Information about Agricultural Water Use

Centers for Disease Control and Prevention

• CDC. Direct From CDC: The Food-Water Nexus: Irrigation Water Quality, Risks to Food Safety, and the Need for a Systems-Based Preventive Approach. [PDF - 2 pages] J Environ Health. 2012;75(3):40-1.
• 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. Sci Total Environ. 2002;299(1-3):89-95.

United States Department of Agriculture (USDA)

• USDA Site on Agriculture
• Barnyard/Feedlot Runoff Management (USDA-NRCS)[PDF - 2 pages]
• 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 - 6 pages]
• Risk Assessment Evaluation for Concentrated Animal Feeding Operations [PDF - 138 pages]

United States Geological Survey (USGS)

• Irrigation Water Use
• Irrigation Techniques
• Irrigation Methods