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Enhancing the Value of Gulf Oysters with Off-Bottom Farming
Bill Walton is not the first seafood expert to reflect on
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one of... more
Frogging By Ear Workshop
Come spend a fun weekend in the longleaf with herpetologists, Jimmy and Sierra Stiles, learning all about frogs in... more
Auburn University Hosting Alabama Water Policy Symposium, May 10
A statewide partnership seeking a comprehensive water policy
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for Alabama will hold a... more
You Have Fire Ants Where? Webinar Set for April
The third Don’t Bug Me webinar set for Friday, April 5 discusses how to keep fire ants away from... more
Irrigation Scheduling Workshop Scheduled Feb. 28 in Shorter
Helping Alabama row-crop producers get the most out of the irrigation technology they are adopting in ever-increasing numbers is the... more
Climate Adaptation Exchange Scheduled Feb. 8 in Tifton, Ga.
It's a quickly emerging common concern among farmers throughout the world.
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After... more
Rain Garden Certification Workshop in Auburn!
As homeowners... more
Introduction to Watersheds - Free Educational Workshop
Watersheds provide our drinking water, habitat for wildlife, soil in which to grow our food, and the streams, rivers and... more
Alabama Master Naturalist Program
The Alabama Master Naturalist Program is a new statewide program whose goal is to help promote awareness, understanding, and respect of Alabama’s... more
Water Wheels Outdoor Water Conservation Lab Introduced at GREEN LIVING EXPO 2012
Written by Dr. Cathy Sabota/posted and narrated by Leslie Grill
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Water: An Alabama Treasure
Many Alabamians recognize that water is one of our most important natural resources. We expect our water to be readily available, usable in almost any amount we want, and free from pollutants.
In general, Alabama's water quality compares quite favorably with the rest of the nation. A growing population, industrialization, and changing practices in natural resource uses make it increasingly difficult to maintain the high quality of our water resources.
Recently public attention has been more keenly focused on water quality and quantity issues in Alabama. Some specific examples include the formation of monitoring groups of volunteers such as Water Watch (inland) and Bay Watch (Mobile Bay) to observe water quality conditions. The controversy surrounding the diversion of water from the Tallapoosa River to Atlanta and then into the Chattahoochee River system has made Alabama residents aware that our supply of water is becoming more limited as residential and industrial usage increases.
State and local agencies charged with assuring water quality have done a reasonably good job of controlling and reducing point source pollution such as industrial discharges, municipal sewage treatment facilities, and other site-specific discharges. However, it is not as easy to either identify or control non-point source pollution, which includes urban and rural runoff. If we are to maintain the quality of Alabama’s watersheds, major efforts to reduce non-point source pollution are needed. more...
