2025年2月5日 · The National Water Quality Assessment shows that agricultural runoff is the leading cause of water quality impacts to rivers and streams, the third leading source for lakes, and the second largest source of impairments to wetlands.

2020年9月10日 · EWG’s interactive map locates U.S. news stories since 2010 that have reported contamination of drinking water with nitrate, animal waste, pesticides or disinfection byproducts, all of which are often associated with runoff from farm fields.

2022年3月21日 · The EPI report portrays an agricultural industry that has polluted water and evaded accountability for the better part of half a century. Pollution sources include fertilizer runoff from cropland and manure runoff from factory farms, fouling waterways with pesticides, phosphorus, nitrogen, and fecal bacteria.

According to a report by the Department of Ecology, State of Washington, farm runoff is a major source of pollution in local water sources (WDoE, n.d.). Major pollutants produced by farms are nitrates, nutrients, bacteria, and heat.

2022年11月23日 · Pesticides contaminate water through runoff, direct application, and atmospheric deposition. In addition, they contaminate food sources and poison wildlife. Livestock pollution includes animal waste and overgrazing. Animal waste runoff can carry bacteria, viruses, oxygen-demanding organic, and nutrients into rivers.

Last week, water experts marked the 50th anniversary of the Clean Water Act with a dire warning: After evaluating over 700,000 miles of rivers and streams across the country, they concluded …

2019年3月1日 · Agricultural contaminants can impair the quality of surface water and groundwater. Fertilizers and pesticides don't remain stationary on the landscape where they are applied; runoff and infiltration transport these contaminants …

A deluge of chemical fertilizer and manure washes off farm fields each year, polluting drinking water supplies nationwide with nitrate, a contaminant linked to cancer and birth defects.

2024年6月5日 · Rain can cause farm runoff that pollutes waterways. This tool shows farmers exactly how it happens. LODI - The day was sunny and warm on Ron Schoepp's farm. But in one place, water was falling as if it were raining. It came from a sprinkler that sprayed over five pans filled with soil from local farms.

In Most Agricultural Watersheds, Farm Runoff Causes the Bulk of Water Quality Problems Every year, farm operators apply more than 12 million tons of nitrogen fertilizer and 8 million tons of phos-