Soil Processes and Water Quality

Published:
August 10, 1994 by CRC Press - 416 Pages
Author(s):
Bobby A. Stewart, West Texas A&M University, Canyon, USA

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ISBN 9780873719803
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Features

  • Promotes a better understanding of how agricultural practices affect soil processes, which in turn govern the transportation and pathways of agrochemicals
  • Illustrates how to use water quality models to develop soil management practices
  • Addresses how to maintain environmental quality while promoting increased agricultural productivity
  • Covers water contamination by heavy metals and addresses the management of soil phosphorous and nitrogen
  • Emphasizes the importance of wise land use and agricultural practices
  • Assesses the significance of heavy metals, tropical deforestation, and land use in water quality degradation and contamination

    • Summary

    Agrochemicals and agricultural practices have a tremendous impact on environmental quality, particularly their role in water quality degradation. Soil Processes and Water Quality examines principles and practices that minimize the risks of water pollution while enhancing agricultural intensification and productivity. It focuses on how agricultural practices-such as tillage methods, use of fertilizers and manures, cropping systems, and the use of agrochemicals and pest control measures-impact soil processes and affect water quality. Extensive coverage of such topics as water contamination by runoff, leaching, macropore flow, and sediments is also included.
    Rapid increases in the use of agrochemicals make Soil Processes and Water Quality an indispensable reference for soil scientists, water quality professionals, researchers, environmental chemists, agrochemicals professionals, government agency employees, academic instructors, agronomists, and students.

    Table of Contents

    Soil Processes and Water Quality (R. Lal and B.A. Stewart). The Management of Soil Phosphorous Availability and its Impact on Surface Water Quality (A. Sharpley and A. Halvorson). Impact of Nitrogen Fertilization of Pastures and Turfgrasses on Water Quality (R.M.C. Muchovej and J.E. Rechcigl). Impact of Soil N Management on the Quality of Surface and Subsurface Water (L.B. Owens). Animal and Municipal Organic Wastes and Water Quality (H. Kirchmann). Soil and Water Contamination by Heavy Metals (B.R. Singh and E. Steinnes). Water Quality Effects of Tropical Deforestation and Farming System on Agricultural Watersheds in Western Nigeria (R. Lal). Macropore Hydraulics: Taking a Sledgehammer to Classical Theory (E.L. McCoy, C.W. Boast, R.C. Stehouwer, and E.J. Kladivko). Water Quality Models for Developing Soil Management Practices (J.R. Williams, J.G. Arnold, C.A. Jones, V.W. Benson, and R.H. Griggs). Research Priorities for Soil Processes and Water Quality in the 21st Century (R. Lal and B.A. Stewart). Index.

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