Main Title |
Possibility of reducing nitrogen in drainage water by on farm practices / |
Author |
Williford, John W.,
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Other Authors |
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CORP Author |
United States. Bureau of Reclamation. |
Publisher |
United States Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Research and Monitoring, Water Quality Office, |
Year Published |
1972 |
Report Number |
EPA-601/R-72-007 |
OCLC Number |
01051383 |
Subjects |
Water--Purification ;
Nitrogen ;
San Joaquin Valley (Calif) ;
California--San Joaquin Valley
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Internet Access |
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Holdings |
Library |
Call Number |
Additional Info |
Location |
Last Modified |
Checkout Status |
EJBD |
EPA 601-R-72-007 |
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Headquarters Library/Washington,DC |
04/10/2015 |
ELBD ARCHIVE |
EPA 601-R-72-007 |
Received from HQ |
AWBERC Library/Cincinnati,OH |
10/04/2023 |
ELBD RPS |
EPA 601-R-72-007 |
repository copy |
AWBERC Library/Cincinnati,OH |
05/04/2022 |
EMBD |
WPCR 13030 ELY 5-72-11 |
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NRMRL/GWERD Library/Ada,OK |
09/29/1995 |
ERAD |
EPA 601/ R72-007 |
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Region 9 Library/San Francisco,CA |
09/26/2013 |
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Collation |
xii, 83 pages : illustrations, figures, map, tables ; 27 cm |
Notes |
"June 1972." "13030ELY 5-72-11; REC-R2-72-11; DWR no. 174-14"--Cover Includes bibliographical references (pages 82-83). |
Contents Notes |
The report is one of a series which presents the findings of intensive interagency investigations of practical means to control the nitrate concentration in subsurface agricultural waste water prior to its discharge into other water on such areas as the San Joaquin Valley. As a result of the application of large quantities of water to relatively slowly permeable stratified soils, the west side of the San Joaquin Valley now has large areas with groundwater at rootzone depths. Wherever subsurface drains have been installed to control this groundwater, the drainage effluent has had high nitrate concentrations. Large quantities of inorganic nitrogen fertilizers are applied annually and the assumption prevails that fertilizer is the major source of nitrates in the drainage water. The study was designed to evaluate this assumption and to derive, if possible, practical answers regarding the role of on-farm practices in controlling nitrate out-put from the agricultural lands. Examined are the nitrogen budget and methods for reducing the quantity of nitrates in the drainage effluent by modifications in type or use of fertilizers, practicespractives, or drainage techniques. |