Protecting surface water from sediment-associated pesticides

Farmers looking to reduce furrow-irrigated runoff will find UC ANR’s free publication, Protecting Surface Water from Sediment-Associated Pesticides in Furrow-Irrigated Crops very useful.

Topics include:

• Impact of pesticides on receiving waters
• Pesticide properties and water quality
• Why surface runoff occurs during irrigation
• Reducing surface runoff during irrigation
• Improving the quality of surface runoff

Non-farmers should remember household pesticides also can cause harm to our waterways. Please see our previous post, Ant management and water quality for details and tips on how to reduce pesticide use.

I will be out of the office July 5-9 and will post a new article upon my return. Let us know if there are any subjects you would like to know more about and we will do our best to provide knowledge backed by science-based research as soon as possible. Happy 4^th of July!