Water Withdrawal Sensitivity Analysis Metric
The term water withdrawal refers to the removal of water from any water source. In the context of agriculture, water withdrawals are in the form of freshwater. Freshwater [...]
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Agriculture-Water Index Fall 2014 Overall Index Results
Below are the results for the pilot states for the Agriculture and Water metrics that we developed. We also provided, but did not provide a ranking for, a water withdrawal [...]
Agriculture-Water Index Overview
There are 7 indicator metrics within the agricultural water section of the State Sustainability Report. A brief description of each agricultural metric is listed below with [...]
Non-Point Source Pollution Metric
In the Clean Water Act, the EPA defines point source pollution as follows: (14) The term “point source” means any discernible, confined and discrete conveyance, [...]
CAFO Agriculture Water Metric
CAFOs or Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations are a practice in agriculture where large amounts of livestock – including everything from chickens to cows- are contained [...]
Agricultural Land Use Index
The way land is used and managed in agriculture can have a significant impact on water quality. Some of basic land use practices used in agriculture that impact water quality [...]
Organic Agriculture and Water Sub-Indicator
USDA Organic Seal www.ams.usda.gov Organic agriculture is a method of agriculture designed to limit its environmental and ecological impacts. Organic agriculture methods can [...]
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