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EM-117 Best Management Practices for Water Quality: Agriculture in the Lower Rio Grande Valley
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| Field | Value |
|---|---|
| Title | EM-117 Best Management Practices for Water Quality: Agriculture in the Lower Rio Grande Valley |
| Creator | Berthold, Allen |
| Subject | Arroyo Colorado best management practices |
| Description | The Arroyo Colorado Watershed is 706 square miles and runs from McAllen to the Lower Laguna Madre. The water body is impaired for dissolved oxygen, bacteria and legacy pollutants. In 2007, local stakeholders developed and published A Watershed Protection Plan for the Arroyo Colorado Phase I that identifies strategies to address water quality issues. The plan is currently being implemented throughout the watershed. Agricultural production comprises almost half of the land within the Arroyo... Funding was provided through a Clean Water Act 319(h) Nonpoint source grant from the Texas State Soil and Water Conservation Board and the U.S. Environmental Protection Agency; Project 10-11. |
| Date | 2020-11-11T16:20:00Z 2020-11-11T16:20:00Z 2014 |
| Type | Other |
| Identifier | https://hdl.handle.net/1969.1/191218 |
| Language | en_US |
| Relation | Educational Materials;117 |
| Format | application/pdf |
| Publisher | Texas Water Resources Institute |
