Land Use and Nonpoint Pollution in the Sheyenne Valley
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2014-11-06, 1976
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North Dakota State University
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Agriculture poetesses the greatest potential for affecting the quality of the nation's water resources. Agriculture's potential for lowering water quality appears greater than all other industries combined (1)1. Erosion by surface-runoff produces four billion tons of sediment each year (2). Three-fourths of this sediment comes from agricultural land (3). Sediment carries nutrients (and pesticides) and isa primary hazard to water quality (4* Sediment is felt to be the major agricultural
pollutant.