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Managing Mosquitoes in Surface-Flow Constructed Treatment Wetlands

Constructed wetlands can provide many economic and environmental benefits, but due care must be taken to prevent mosquito infestations.

Catalog # 8117

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Orchard Floor Management Practices to Reduce Erosion and Protect Water Quality

Water-induced erosion carries valuable soil out of orchards and into downstream waterways, where it can cause serious problems. Learn how to keep your soil where it will do you the most good.

Catalog # 8202

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Pesticide Choice: Best Management Practice (BMP) for Protecting Surface Water...

Full Title: Pesticide Choice: Best Management Practice (BMP) for Protecting Surface Water Quality in Agriculture

How to make pest control decisions that will minimize the potential for harm to surface water quality.

Catalog # 8161

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Reducing Runoff from Irrigated Lands: Causes and Management of Runoff . . .

Minimizing runoff from surface irrigation is a balance between adequate irrigation and tailwater runoff. This publication discusses how surface runoff can occur and management methods that can minimize the amount of water leaving a property.

Catalog # 8214

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Reducing Runoff from Irrigated Lands: Managing Existing Sprinkler . . .

If you experience runoff from an existing sprinkler-irrigated orchard, changing the design and set-up of the sprinkler system, the management of the sprinkler system, or the management of the orchard floor may reduce the amount.

Catalog # 8215

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Reducing Runoff from Irrigated Lands: Measuring Irrigation Flows in a Pipeline

Minimizing the application of excess water requires knowing when and how much water to apply. Flow measurement is most easily done in a pipeline; this publication describes the four most commonly used flowmeters, their maintenance, and uses.

Catalog # 8213

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Reducing Runoff from Irrigated Lands: Soil Intake Rates and Application . . .

Matching the sprinkler application rate to the soil intake rate is difficult and complex. This publication discusses three approaches to determine the design application rate of a sprinkler irrigation system to the soil intake rate.

Catalog # 8216

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