Ground-water Sensitivity and Vulnerability to Pesticides in Utah

Ground-water Sensitivity and Vulnerability to Pesticides in Utah
ISBN-10
1557916934
ISBN-13
9781557916938
Category
CD-ROMs
Pages
40
Language
English
Published
2003-01-01
Publisher
Utah Geological Survey
Authors
Matt Butler, Janae Wallace, Mike Lowe

Description

The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency is recommending that states develop Pesticide Management Plans for four agricultural chemicals – alachlor, atrazine, metolachlor, and simazine – herbicides used in Utah in the production of corn and sorghum. This report and accompanying maps are intended to be used as part of these Pesticide Management Plans to provide local, state, and federal government agencies and agricultural pesticide users with a base of information concerning sensitivity and vulnerability of ground water to agricultural pesticides in Utah. We used existing data to produce pesticide sensitivity and vulnerability maps by applying a combined process-based and index-based model specifically tailored to the Western United States using Geographic Information System analysis methods. This is a first cut at developing pesticide sensitivity and vulnerability maps; better data and tools may become available in the future so that better maps can be produced. 40 pages + 2 plates

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