Management of nonpoint-source pollution: What priority?

LM Thomas - Journal of Soil and Water Conservation, 1985 - jswconline.org
THE US Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) has made steady progress toward attaining
the nation's water quality goals since passage of the Clean Water Act in 1972. Much of this …

A new nonpoint-source water pollution control challenge

CF Myers - Journal of Soil and Water Conservation, 1987 - jswconline.org
CONGRESS enacted the Water Quality Act of 1987 on February 4. This law sets new
directions for the Clean Water Act, including a new section 319 that encourages states to …

Policies for nonpoint-source water pollution control

W Harrington, AJ Krupnick, HM Peskin - Journal of Soil and Water …, 1985 - jswconline.org
POINT-SOURCE water pollution controls alone are insufficient to meet the objectives of the
Clean Water Act. Agricultural and urban non-point sources account for more than half of the …

[CITATION][C] State initiatives in nonpoint-source pollution control

R Savage - Journal of soil and water conservation, 1985 - jswconline.org
ALONG with the control of toxic material and the cleanup and abatement of groundwater
contamination, control of nonpoint-source pollution currently ranks high as a priority for …

Nonpoint-source pollution control: The USDA position

PC Myers - Journal of soil and water conservation, 1986 - jswconline.org
NONPOINT-SOURCE pollution is among the nation's most serious natural resource
problems. In 6 of the 10 Environmental Protection Agency regions nonpoint sources are the …

Nonpoint sources of water pollution

CF Myers, J Meek, S Tuller… - Journal of Soil and Water …, 1985 - jswconline.org
THE water pollution generated by nonpoint sources, from a nationwide perspective, can
appear over-whelming. The sheer size of the land area involved, the vast number of …

Non-point sources

FX Browne - Journal (Water Pollution Control Federation), 1981 - JSTOR
Overcash and Davidson1 edited a book on the environmental impact of non-point-source
pollution. The book presented the data and basic processes involved in predicting receiving …

Cost-effective targeting of agricultural nonpoint-source pollution controls

AM Duda, RJ Johnson - Journal of Soil and Water Conservation, 1985 - jswconline.org
INVESTIGATIONS conducted under the Clean Water Act and the Soil and Water Resources
Conservation Act found agriculture to be the most significant contributor of nonpoint-source …

ES&T feature: pollution from nonpoint sources

FJ Humenik, MD Smolen… - Environmental science & …, 1987 - ACS Publications
Recent water quality evaluations and landmark legislation place nonpoint source(NPS)
control programs at a pivotal point. Because NPS pollution impacts are site-and source …

Pollution from nonpoint sources

FJ Humenik, MD Smolen, SA Dressing - Environ. Sci. Technol.;(United …, 1987 - osti.gov
Efforts to protect water from nonpoint source pollution are underway, but much remains to be
done. Recent water quality evaluations and landmark legislation place nonpoint source …