Pesticides and groundwater quality : issues and problems in four states / written by Patrick W. Holden for the Board on Agriculture, National Research Council.

Format:

Book

Author/Creator:

Holden, Patrick W.

Contributor:

National Research Council (U.S.). Board on Agriculture.

Language:

English

Subjects (All):

Groundwater--United States--Quality.

Groundwater.

Pesticides--Environmental aspects--United States.

Pesticides.

Physical Description:

1 online resource (136 pages) : illustrations

Edition:

1st ed.

Place of Publication:

Washington, D.C. : National Academy Press, 1986.

Language Note:

English

Summary:

Pesticides in groundwater can contaminate drinking water and threaten the health of communities. How does this contamination occur and what should be done about this pressing problem? This new book uses a case-study approach to describe the discovery of the problem in four major agricultural states, to summarize the most recent data on the problem, and to review the status of the problem from both technological and policy perspectives. It also addresses the controversial questions of what levels of residues are acceptable, who should bear the costs of drinking water that is already contaminated, and how federal scientific resources can best be used to aid state initiatives in addressing this problem.

Contents:

Pesticides and Groundwater Quality

Copyright

Preface

Contents

Executive Summary

RESPONSES TO GROUNDWATER CONTAMINATION

Detection and Monitoring

Responses to Contamination

Regulation of Pesticides

NEEDS AND PROBLEMS

Understanding the Nature and Scope of the Problem

Monitoring

Screening and analytic techniques

Sampling protocols

Data Needs

Environmental fate data

Defining characteristics of susceptible sites

Delineating vulnerable areas

Pesticide use data

Point Source Contamination

Health Assessment

Health standards

Treatment technologies

Institutional and Policy Capabilities to Respond to the Problem

IMPLICATIONS FOR AGRICULTURE

CONCLUSION

1 California

THE STATUS OF EFFORTS TO MONITOR GROUNDWATER FOR RESIDUES OF AGRICULTURAL PESTICIDES

Past Monitoring Efforts

Current Monitoring Efforts

CRITICAL PROBLEMS AND NEEDS

Nematocides

Interdisciplinary Research

Data Base and the Need for a Multiresidue Analytic Screen

Irrigation Practices

Dry Wells

Ground and Aerial Applicators

Delineation of Regulatory Areas

Public and Institutional Perceptions of California Groundwater Contamination

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES AVAILABLE TO MITIGATE PESTICIDE/GROUNDWATER QUALITY PROBLEMS

Irrigation Efficiency

Best Management Practices for Pesticide Use

Integrated Pest Management (IPM)

Formulation Changes

MODELS TO PREDICT THE TRANSPORT AND ENVIRONMENTAL FATE OF PESTICIDES

2 New York

Aldicarb

Groundwater contamination by aldicarb

Treatment of water contaminated by aldicarb

Factors contributing to. groundwater contamination by aldicarb in Suffolk County

Experimental use permit.

Additional groundwater monitoring for aldicarb

Monitoring for Additional Pesticides

Golden nematode quarantine program

Suffolk County well testing program

Groundwater sampling for pesticides in upstate New York

Evaluation of Leaching Potential of Pesticides

Groundwater Quality Data Base

Residue Analysis

Pesticide Applicators

Public Sentiment Against Pesticide Usage

Potato Integrated Pest Management Program

3 Wisconsin

Sampling for Additional Pesticides

Current Sampling Efforts

Groundwater Protection Bill

Educational Efforts by the Extension Service

Irrigation

Groundwater Resource Evaluation

Prevention of Groundwater Contamination

Best Management Practices

4 Florida

Ethylene Dibromide

Other Pesticides

Data and Information Needs

Environmental Fate Data

Pesticide Use Data

Significance of Residues

Monitoring Resources and capabilities

Point Sources

AGRICULTURAL MANAGEMENT STRATEGIES AVAILABLE TO MITIGATE PESTICIDE/GROUNDWATER QUALITY PROBLEMS.

5 Federal Agencies

U.S. ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION AGENCY

National Groundwater Monitoring Program

Health Advisories

Multiresidue Analytic Techniques

Groundwater Protection Labels for Pesticides

Other EPA Activities

EXTENSION SERVICE-U.S. DEPARTMENT OF AGRICULTURE

6 Agricultural Chemical Companies

TRADE ASSOCIATION

National Agricultural Chemicals Association

COMPANIES

Monsanto

FMC

Ciba-Geigy

Union Carbide

Appendix

INDIVIDUALS INTERVIEWED OR CONSULTED

Bibliography.

Notes:

Bibliographic Level Mode of Issuance: Monograph

Includes bibliographical references.

ISBN:

9786610221738

9781280221736

1280221739

9780309595643

0309595649

9780585155692

0585155690

OCLC:

44962213