Alabama Water Watch works to protect Alabama’s precious water resources by training citizens to collect credible water quality data from r...
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About the Choctawhatchee-Pea Basin
Agriculture in the Choctawhatchee-Pea (Choc-Pea) Basin encompasses 1,988,597 acres. It includes portions...
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Your county Extension office can help you to identify plants located in or around a body of water. All that may be needed is a good-...
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Proliferative gill disease (PGD), also known as hamburger gill disease (figure 1), is the most significant parasite disease of farm-rais...
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Roughly 46 percent of United States acreage is made up of grassland-pasture, rangeland, and cropland that produce an abundant supply of food...
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As with any system it is important to avoid runoff when irrigating or watering. Proper irrigation installation and design will ens...
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While Alabama averages 55 inches of rain per year, the state also experiences drought. These may be flash droughts that last a few months or...
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The Alabama Watershed Stewards Handbook: A Water Resource Training Curriculum was written for participants in the Alabama Watershed Steward ...
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A watershed is an area of land through which rainwater drains by flowing across, through, or under the soil surface to a common low point, t...
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When a body of water is impaired and placed on the 303(d) list, it is the responsibility of the state environmental agencies and concerned s...
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Lakes and ponds can develop dense stands of aquatic vegetation that interfere with intended uses and destroy the natural beauty of the water...
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Corrosivity is defined as the condition of water that causes it to dissolve metals, such as those in metallic plumbing, at an excessive rate...
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