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Results of a multi-year research project on water recycling and associated concerns will be made available to growers in monthly webinars, presented by the researchers themselves and sponsored by SAF. The first webinar, “A Path to Plant Biosecurity, Water and Environmental Sustainability,” will be presented live on October 8, 2013. To learn more about the webinar series and instructions on how to participate go to this page.
The research, funded through the Farm Bill’s Specialty Crop Research Initiative, allowed collaboration among six universities and USDA’s Agricultural Research Service (ARS). It focused on water recycling and how growers can improve recycled water quality and manage associated plant disease concerns.
Areas of discussion will center on the following questions:
The research, funded through the Farm Bill’s Specialty Crop Research Initiative, allowed collaboration among six universities and USDA’s Agricultural Research Service (ARS). It focused on water recycling and how growers can improve recycled water quality and manage associated plant disease concerns.
Areas of discussion will center on the following questions:
- Why is the capture and re-use of surface runoff important to secure an adequate supply of quality irrigation water while reducing nonpoint source pollution?
- How may this practice potentially impact water quality and recycle and spread destructive pathogens?
- What are the major steps to be taken and current technologies available to address irrigation pathogen and water quality problems?
- What is the best way to maximize water treatment dollars?
- What are the best designs to build an irrigation system that recycles water but not pathogens?
- What are other long-term solutions to curbing the spread of pathogens via irrigation water?
For more information, contact SAF’s Lin Schmale, lschmale@safnow.org.
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