Agricultural Resources and Environmental Indicators: Water Quality Impacts of Agriculture
Marc Ribaudo
No. (AH722) ,
August 2000
Agricultural production releases residuals that may degrade the quality of the Nation's water resources and impose
costs on water users. The extent and magnitude of this degradation is difficult to assess because of its nonpoint
nature. However, agriculture is the leading source of remaining impairments in the Nation.s rivers and lakes and
a major source of impairments to estuaries.
Keywords: water quality, agriculture, water resources, nonpoint source pollution, sediment, nutrients, pesticides, minerals, pathogens, pollutants, ERS, USDA
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Contents
- Quality of the Nation's Water
- Agriculture's Share and Implications for Policy
- Agricultural Pollutants and Their Economic Impacts
- Sediment damage
- Nutrient damage
- Pesticide damage
- Mineral damage
- Pathogen damage
- Reducing Loadings from Agriculture
- Value of Cleaner Water
- References
See other chapters in the Agricultural Resources and Environmental Indicators series.
Updated date: August 30, 2000
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