Agricultural Water Resources

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

• Campagnolo E, Johnson K, Karpati A, Rubin C, Kolpin D, Meyer M, Esteban E, Currier R, Smith K, Thu K, McGeehin M. Antimicrobial residues in animal waste and water resources proximal to large-scale swine and poultry feeding operations. The Science of the Total Environment, 2002, p 89-92.

United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)

• USDA Site on Agriculture
• Barnyard/Feedlot Runoff Management (USDA-NRCS) [PDF - 73 kb]
• National Agricultural Library - Irrigation
• National Agricultural Library – Water Availability
• Water Quality Information Center (WQIC)
• 2007 Census of Agriculture

United States Environmental Protection Agency (EPA)

• National Agriculture Compliance Assistance Center
• EPA’s Agriculture Website
• Agriculture 101 (focuses on the United States)
• EPA Polluted Runoff (Nonpoint Source Pollution)
• Source Water Protection Practices Bulletin: Managing Livestock, Poultry, and Horse Waste to Prevent Contamination of Drinking Water [PDF - 361 kb]
• Risk Assessment Evaluation for Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations [PDF - 3.4 mb]

United States Geological Survey (USGS)

• Irrigation Water Use
• Irrigation Techniques
• Irrigation Methods