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In 1995, scientists and others formed a coalition known as the Mississippi Delta Management Systems Evaluation Area Project to assess the influence of selected agricultural "best practices" on water quality and ecological stability. This volume provides background information on agricultural and water quality issues in the region and presents individual research results from the project. The final chapters address watershed management and discuss applications of the research results to national water quality goals. Distributed by Oxford U. Press. Annotation ©2004 Book News, Inc., Portland, OR (booknews.com)
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All 50 states are implementing mandates of Total Maximum Daily Load (TMDL) assignments for contaminants likely to impact water in the United States, making water quality management a timely topic. TMDL criteria are a new initiative under the Clean Water Act and of critical importance to agricultural producers and state and federal regulators. Unfortunately, few precedents for assignment of pollutant maxima exist. This volume will show what one state (Mississippi) is doing to determine the most cost-effective and reliable practices for reducing the potential for non-point source pollution of U.S. waters. Readers may be able to apply some of the lessons learned in the Mississippi Delta Management Systems Evaluation Area (MDMSEA) to their own region.
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