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Best management practices for chemical treatment systems for construction stormwater and dewatering [[electronic resource] /] / Richard A. McLaughlin and Alex Zimmerman
Best management practices for chemical treatment systems for construction stormwater and dewatering [[electronic resource] /] / Richard A. McLaughlin and Alex Zimmerman
Autore McLaughlin Richard Allen <1956->
Pubbl/distr/stampa Vancouver, WA : , : Federal Highway Administration, Western Federal Lands Highway Division, Technology Deployment Program, , [2008]
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (23 pages) : illustrations, map
Altri autori (Persone) ZimmermanAlex
Collana FHWA-WFL/TD
Soggetto topico Sediment control - United States
Suspended sediments - United States
Runoff - United States
Best management practices (Pollution prevention) - United States
Building sites - United States - Management
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Record Nr. UNINA-9910699257903321
McLaughlin Richard Allen <1956->  
Vancouver, WA : , : Federal Highway Administration, Western Federal Lands Highway Division, Technology Deployment Program, , [2008]
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National Regional Sediment Management Program
National Regional Sediment Management Program
Pubbl/distr/stampa [Vicksburg, Miss.] : , : US Army Corps of Engineers, Engineer Research and Development Center, , 2018
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (2 unnumbered pages) : color illustration
Soggetto topico Sediment control - United States
Sediment control
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione und
Record Nr. UNINA-9910715047103321
[Vicksburg, Miss.] : , : US Army Corps of Engineers, Engineer Research and Development Center, , 2018
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Sediment classification methods compendium [[electronic resource]]
Sediment classification methods compendium [[electronic resource]]
Pubbl/distr/stampa [Washington, D.C.] : , : United States Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Water, , [1992]
Descrizione fisica 229 pages : digital, PDF file
Soggetto topico Sediment control - United States
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Record Nr. UNINA-9910694843103321
[Washington, D.C.] : , : United States Environmental Protection Agency, Office of Water, , [1992]
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Soil and water quality [[electronic resource] ] : an agenda for agriculture / / Committee on Long-Range Soil and Water Conservation, Board on Agriculture, National Research Council
Soil and water quality [[electronic resource] ] : an agenda for agriculture / / Committee on Long-Range Soil and Water Conservation, Board on Agriculture, National Research Council
Pubbl/distr/stampa Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1993
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (540 p.)
Disciplina 333.76/0973
Soggetto topico Soil management - United States
Soils - United States - Quality
Water quality management - United States
Sediment control - United States
Agricultural ecology - United States
Soggetto genere / forma Electronic books.
ISBN 1-280-19611-4
9786610196111
0-309-58571-6
0-585-03780-9
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Record Nr. UNINA-9910455891203321
Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1993
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Soil and water quality [[electronic resource] ] : an agenda for agriculture / / Committee on Long-Range Soil and Water Conservation, Board on Agriculture, National Research Council
Soil and water quality [[electronic resource] ] : an agenda for agriculture / / Committee on Long-Range Soil and Water Conservation, Board on Agriculture, National Research Council
Pubbl/distr/stampa Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1993
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (540 p.)
Disciplina 333.76/0973
Soggetto topico Soil management - United States
Soils - United States - Quality
Water quality management - United States
Sediment control - United States
Agricultural ecology - United States
ISBN 1-280-19611-4
9786610196111
0-309-58571-6
0-585-03780-9
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Record Nr. UNINA-9910778792203321
Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1993
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Soil and water quality : an agenda for agriculture / / Committee on Long-Range Soil and Water Conservation, Board on Agriculture, National Research Council
Soil and water quality : an agenda for agriculture / / Committee on Long-Range Soil and Water Conservation, Board on Agriculture, National Research Council
Edizione [1st ed.]
Pubbl/distr/stampa Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1993
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (540 p.)
Disciplina 333.76/0973
Soggetto topico Soil management - United States
Soils - United States - Quality
Water quality management - United States
Sediment control - United States
Agricultural ecology - United States
ISBN 1-280-19611-4
9786610196111
0-309-58571-6
0-585-03780-9
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Nota di contenuto SOIL AND WATER QUALITY -- Copyright -- PREFACE -- Acknowledgments -- Contents -- Executive Summary -- BASIC CONCEPTS -- Soil Quality -- Pollution Prevention -- Profitability and Productivity -- THE AGENDA -- Enhancing Soil Quality -- Efficient Use of Inputs -- Resisting Erosion and Runoff -- Field and Landscape Buffer Zones -- IMPLEMENTING THE AGENDA -- Problem Areas, Problem Farms -- Problem Areas -- Problem Farms -- Farming Systems -- Better Tools and Information -- Better Management Tools -- Better Information -- New Cropping Systems -- Criteria and Standards -- INFLUENCING PRODUCERS' DECISIONS -- Barriers Imposed by Price and Supply Control -- Soil and Water Quality as Policy Objectives -- Policy Instruments -- Research Applications -- Technical Assistance -- Long-Term Easements -- Nonvoluntary Change -- Rights and Responsibilities -- PART ONE -- 1 Soil and Water Quality: New Problems, New Solutions -- SOIL AND WATER QUALITY PROBLEMS -- Soil Quality -- Water Quality -- Surface Water Quality -- Groundwater Quality -- Environmental Risks -- SEARCH FOR SOLUTIONS -- Factors Influencing Solutions -- State and Local Government Policies -- Characteristics of the Agricultural Sector -- TIME TO MOVE AHEAD -- 2 Opportunities to Improve Soil and Water Quality -- CONSERVING AND ENHANCING SOIL QUALITY -- Defining Soil Quality -- Importance of Soil Quality -- Agricultural Productivity -- Water Quality -- Global Climate -- Soil Policy Goals -- Erosion Control Alone is Not Sufficient -- Soil Degradation as an Environmental Problem -- Measurement of Soil Quality -- National-Level Assessments of Soil Quality -- Assess Currently Available Data -- Soil Management at the Farm Level -- Soil Quality Thresholds -- Soil-Specific Management -- Promise of New Technology -- Better Use of Available Information -- INCREASING INPUT USE EFFICIENCIES.
Mass Balance between Inputs and Outputs -- Increased Input Efficiency -- Improving Nitrogen Management -- Reduction of Residual Nitrogen in the Farming System -- Nitrogen Mass Balances -- Refining Fertilizer Recommendations -- Realistic Yield Goals -- Accounting for All Sources of Nitrogen -- Synchronizing Fertilizer Applications with Crop Needs -- New and Improved Tools -- Improving Phosphorus Management -- Phosphorus Cycle -- Transport Processes -- Phosphorus Mass Balance -- Control Phosphorus Buildup in Soil -- Thresholds for Phosphorus Levels in Soil -- Improving Manure Management -- Nutrient Value of Manures -- Manure Is an Important Source of Water Pollution -- Obstacles to Improving Manure Management -- Livestock Concentration -- Nitrogen and Phosphorus Buildup after Repeated Applications -- High Capital Costs -- Special Emphasis on Manure Management -- Improving Pesticide Management -- Constraints to Making General Recommendations -- Reducing the Total Mass of Pesticides Used -- Pesticide Mass Balance -- Improved Pesticide Use Efficiency -- Integrated Pest Management -- Design Better Pesticides -- Improve Pesticide Application Practices -- Match the Pesticide to Site Conditions -- Alternative Pest Control Technologies -- Improving Irrigation Management -- Disposal of Drainage Water -- Reduction of the Volume of Drainage Water -- New Cropping Systems -- Technical Constraints to Input Management -- Economic Constraints to Input Management -- Managing Cropping Systems -- INCREASING RESISTANCE TO EROSION AND RUNOFF -- Time Lag of Sediment Load Reductions -- Protecting Stream Channels -- Resistance to Episodic Damage -- Conservation Tillage and Residue Management -- Develop New Cropping Systems -- Probability Analysis -- CREATING FIELD AND LANDSCAPE BUFFER ZONES -- Creating Managed Buffer Zones -- Protection of Existing Natural Vegetation.
Balance Needed -- 3 A Systems Approach to Soil and Water Quality Management -- LINKAGES AMONG OBJECTIVES -- LINKAGES AMONG PROGRAMS -- ADVANTAGES OF FARMING SYSTEMS APPROACH -- Variability -- Targeting -- Integration -- Win-Win Opportunities -- Adaptability -- FARMING SYSTEM AS UNIT OF ANALYSIS AND MANAGEMENT -- Integrated Farming System Plans -- Rigorous Planning Standards -- Soil Quality -- Input Use Efficiency -- Resistance to Erosion and Runoff -- Buffer Zones -- Need for Performance Standards -- Use of Models -- Purposes, Advantages, and Limitations of Modeling -- Models of Nonpoint Source Pollution -- On-Farm Record Keeping -- Developing Capacity at the Local Level -- Public-Sector -- Private-Sector -- TARGETING PROBLEM AREAS AND FARMS -- Soil and Water Quality Monitoring -- Soil Quality -- Water Quality -- Monitoring Production Practices -- Problem Farms -- Monitoring Progress -- Refine Strategies to Change Producer Behavior -- Regional and National Data Collection -- IMPLEMENTING A SYSTEMS APPROACH -- Limited Funding -- New Sources of Funds -- 4 Policies to Protect Soil and Water Quality -- ENVIRONMENTAL AND AGRICULTURAL POLICY -- A Brief History -- Incremental Redesigning of Agricultural Policy -- Incentives are Perverse -- Incremental Reform -- Increasing Planting Flexibility -- Nonincremental Reform of Agricultural Policy -- Limitations of Commodity Program Reform -- Effects of Program Elimination -- Environmental Policies for Environmental Goals -- FACTORS AFFECTING PRODUCERS' DECISIONS -- CONTINUUM OF POLICIES -- Research and Development -- Understanding Producers -- Technical Innovation -- Technical and Financial Assistance -- New Approaches -- Potential for Change -- Market-Based Incentives -- Facilitating Changes in Land Use -- Long-Term Easement Program -- Advantages of Easements -- Implementing an Easement Program.
Need for Nonvoluntary Approaches -- State and Local Legislation -- Evaluating the Role for Regulation -- Implications of the Structure of Agriculture for Regulation -- Clarifying Landowner Responsibilities and Rights -- Advantages of Defining Rights and Responsibilities -- Implementation -- PART TWO -- INTRODUCTION Soil, Water, and Farming Systems -- 5 Monitoring and Managing Soil Quality -- DEFINING SOIL QUALITY -- IMPORTANCE OF SOIL QUALITY -- Soil Quality and Agricultural Productivity -- Effect of Soil Degradation on Productivity -- Effect of Soil Degradation on Costs of Production -- Sustaining Soil Quality Is Essential to Improving Agricultural Productivity -- Soil Management -- Soil Quality and Water Quality -- Direct Effects -- Indirect Effects -- Soil Quality and Water Quality Are Linked -- Soil Quality and the Global Climate -- Soil Quality as a Long-Term Goal of Soil Management -- National Assessments of Soil Resources -- Soil Quality and Soil Conservation -- Soil Quality and Sustainability -- IMPORTANCE OF MONITORING CHANGES IN SOIL QUALITY -- Indicators of Soil Quality -- Minimum Data Set -- Nutrient Availability -- Organic Carbon -- Labile Carbon -- Texture -- Water-Holding Capacity -- Structure -- Rooting Depth -- Acidity and Alkalinity -- Pedotransfer Functions -- Quantifying Soil Quality -- Indicators of Productivity -- Indicators of Water Regulation -- Indicators of Buffering Capacity -- Temporal and Spatial Variabilities -- Temporal Variability -- Spatial Variability -- EXTENT OF DEGRADATION OF U.S. SOILS -- Physical Degradation -- Erosion -- Erosion Estimates -- Effect of Erosion on Soil Quality -- Compaction -- Surface Soil Compaction -- Subsoil Compaction -- Alleviation of Subsoil Compaction -- Corn Yield Response to Subsoil Compaction -- Chemical Degradation -- Salinization -- Acidification -- Biological Degradation.
Organic Matter Content -- Carbon from Biomass -- Soil Fauna Activity and Diversity -- Effects of Biological Degradation -- 6 Nitrogen in the Soil-Crop System -- THE NITROGEN CYCLE -- Mineralization -- Nitrification -- Immobilization -- Denitrification -- Interactive Processes -- NITROGEN MASS BALANCE -- Nitrogen Inputs -- Nitrogen in Fertilizers -- Nitrogen Fixed by Legumes -- Nitrogen in Animal Manure -- Nitrogen in Crop Residue -- Other Nitrogen Inputs -- Nitrogen in Rainfall -- Nitrogen in Irrigation Water -- Soil Nitrogen and Mineralization -- Nitrogen Outputs -- Nitrogen in Crops and Residues -- Nitrogen Balance -- Losses to the Environment -- Losses to the Atmosphere -- Losses to Surface Water and Groundwater -- OPPORTUNITIES TO REDUCE NITROGEN LOSSES -- Accounting for Nitrogen from All Sources -- Regional Nutrient Balances -- Farm Nitrogen Balances -- Improving Nitrogen Management -- Soil Testing -- Improving Estimates of Crop Nitrogen Needs -- Economically Optimum Rate of Nitrogen Application -- More Refined Models Needed -- Determining Realistic Yield Goals -- Synchronizing Applications with Crop Needs -- New Tools for Nitrogen Management -- Obstacles to Better Nitrogen Management -- Economic Obstacles -- Seasonal Obstacles -- Cropping Systems as a Nitrogen Management Tool -- 7 Phosphorus in the Soil-Crop System -- THE PROBLEM OF PHOSPHORUS DELIVERY TO SURFACE WATERS -- SOURCES OF PHOSPHORUS -- Point Sources -- Agricultural Sources of Phosphorus -- Forms and Bioavailability of Phosphorus -- Soluble Phosphorus -- Particulate Phosphorus -- Total Phosphorus -- PHOSPHORUS IN THE SOIL-CROP SYSTEM -- The Phosphorus Cycle -- Mass Balance -- Phosphorus Inputs -- Phosphorus Outputs -- Phosphorus Buildup in Soils -- TRANSPORT PROCESSES -- Leaching and Subsurface Flow -- Surface Flow -- Soluble Phosphorus Losses.
Sediment and Sediment-Bound Phosphorus Losses.
Record Nr. UNINA-9910817964903321
Washington, D.C., : National Academy Press, 1993
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Soil quality resource concerns: sediment deposition on cropland
Soil quality resource concerns: sediment deposition on cropland
Pubbl/distr/stampa [Washington, D.C.] : , : USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service, , 1996
Descrizione fisica 1 online resource (2 unnumbered pages) : color illustrations
Soggetto topico Sedimentation and deposition - United States
Sediment control - United States
Soils - United States - Composition
Sedimentation and deposition
Soils - Quality
Formato Materiale a stampa
Livello bibliografico Monografia
Lingua di pubblicazione eng
Altri titoli varianti Soil quality resource concerns
Record Nr. UNINA-9910709858503321
[Washington, D.C.] : , : USDA Natural Resources Conservation Service, , 1996
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