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Modeling Management Practice Effects on Pesticide Movement to Ground Water
Author(s) -
Shoemaker L. L.,
Magette W. L.,
Shirmohammadi A.
Publication year - 1990
Publication title -
groundwater monitoring and remediation
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.677
H-Index - 47
eISSN - 1745-6592
pISSN - 1069-3629
DOI - 10.1111/j.1745-6592.1990.tb00328.x
Subject(s) - groundwater , surface water , water quality , environmental science , agriculture , work (physics) , variety (cybernetics) , environmental planning , quality (philosophy) , environmental resource management , computer science , environmental engineering , engineering , ecology , mechanical engineering , philosophy , geotechnical engineering , epistemology , artificial intelligence , biology
The assessment of agricultural impacts on water quality are now being redirected to include both ground water and surface water. Mathematical models have enhanced the ability of scientists’to evaluate these impacts. A variety of public domain models are available that can aid in evaluating the effects of managerial activities on pesticide movement to ground water. However, the ideal non‐point source (NPS) pollution management model does not exist. Current models fail to adequately describe the transport of chemicals to ground water and, simultaneously, the effect of managerial practices on transport mechanisms. Much more work is necessary to develop a model that can describe water quality impacts of agricultural practices in a holistic framework that includes ground water and surface water concerns.