Main Title |
Chesapeake Bay area nutrient management programs : an overview / |
CORP Author |
Environmental Protection Agency, Annapolis, MD. Chesapeake Bay Program. |
Publisher |
Printed by the Environmental Protection Agency for the Chesapeake Bay Program, |
Year Published |
1996 |
Report Number |
EPA-903-R-96-001; CBP/TRS-143/96 |
Stock Number |
PB96-147483 |
OCLC Number |
36780293 |
Subjects |
Nutrient pollution of water--Chesapeake Bay Region (Md and Va) ;
Water quality management--Chesapeake Bay Region (Md and Va)
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Additional Subjects |
Nutrients ;
Water pollution control ;
Watersheds ;
Potomac River basin ;
Agriculture ;
Urban areas ;
Runoff ;
Leaching ;
Chesapeake Bay
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Internet Access |
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Holdings |
Library |
Call Number |
Additional Info |
Location |
Last Modified |
Checkout Status |
EJAD |
EPA 903/R-96-001 |
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Region 3 Library/Philadelphia, PA |
11/14/2011 |
EJDD |
CB 00778 |
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Env Science Center Library/Ft Meade,MD |
03/26/1999 |
NTIS |
PB96-147483 |
Some EPA libraries have a fiche copy filed under the call number shown. |
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07/26/2022 |
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Collation |
7 p. : ill. ; 28 cm. |
Abstract |
Agriculture has been identified as a major contributor of nutrients to the Chesapeake Bay in the 1987 Chesapeake Bay Agreement. Under this agreement, the states of Maryland, Pennsylvania, and Virginia and the District of Columbia committed to reduce nutrient loads to the Chesapeake Bay by 40 percent by the year 2000. These jurisdictions have made the implementation of agricultural nonpoint source (NPS) pollution control effective practice to reduce NPS pollution in the 1992 Baywide Nutrient Reduction Reevaluation and the 1995 'Cost Analysis for Nonpoint Source Control Strategies in the Chesapeake Basin'. Nutrient management is a pollution prevention practice that manages the rate, timing, and method of application of nutrients and minimizes their potential losses through runoff or leaching to groundwater. Nitrogen, phosphorus and potassium are three essential plant nutrients used in significant amounts in intensive agricultural operations. These nutrients are important for satisfactory crop production but, if not managed properly, can easily move from farmland to ground and surface waters. |
Notes |
"March 1996." "CBP/TRS 143/96, EPA-903-R-96-001"--Cover. |