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Impacts of changing precipitation patterns on water quality

J.L Hatfield and J.H. Prueger
Journal of Soil and Water Conservation January 2004, 59 (1) 51-58;
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ABSTRACT:

Changing climate across the United States has been observed in the increasing intensity and amount of precipitation. One of the predicted areas for this impact is in the upper Midwest or the Corn Belt, and one concern is that current soil management practices in this region may not adequately protect the soil under these changes resulting in water quality impacts. To address this concern, this study was conducted to survey the current literature on the water quality impacts from current soil management practices and evaluate potential impacts on runoff and drainage from soil management practices under a number of precipitation scenarios. Soil management practices, e.g., crop residue, no-till, incorporation of manure, provide protection under today's climate. However, increasing precipitation amounts, or frequencies, rapidly decrease the effectiveness of these practices with the deleterious effect being even greater on soils with low water holding capacity and limited depth. The water quality impacts may be even more dramatic with the likelihood of increased surface runoff events. Soil management practices need to be developed and evaluated under precipitation patterns that may represent future scenarios so that producers can begin to adopt these practices into their management programs.

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  • Jerry L Hatfield is director of the U.S. Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service, National Soil Tilth Laboratory in Ames, Iowa. John H. Prueger is a micrometerologist with the U.S. Department of Agriculture-Agricultural Research Service, National Soil Tilth Laboratory in Ames, Iowa.

  • Copyright 2004 by the Soil and Water Conservation Society

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