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  2. Agricultural wastewater treatment - Wikipedia

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    Agricultural wastewater treatment is a farm management agenda for controlling pollution from confined animal operations and from surface runoff that may be contaminated by chemicals in fertilizer, pesticides, animal slurry, crop residues or irrigation water. Agricultural wastewater treatment is required for continuous confined animal operations ...

  3. Farm water - Wikipedia

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    In just three weeks, a 1000-bird flock's water consumption should increase by about 10 gallons a day. [13] Water consumption is also influenced by temperature. In hot weather, birds pant to keep cool, thus losing much of their water. [14] A study based in Ohio showed that 67% of water sampled near poultry farms contained antibiotics. [15]

  4. Environmental impact of agriculture - Wikipedia

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    Bigger farms tend to favour monocultures, overuse water resources, and accelerate deforestation and soil quality decline. A study from 2020 by the International Land Coalition , together with Oxfam and World Inequality Lab, found that 1% of land owners manage 70% of the world's farmland.

  5. Are giant farms threatening rivers? Water dispute over mega ...

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    South Carolina’s environmental agency won’t tighten controls over industrial-scale farms that withdraw billions of gallons of water from rivers, despite criticism the rules allow agricultural ...

  6. As California farms use less Colorado River water, worries ...

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    The voluntary water-saving program is an unusual effort by farmers who receive the single largest share of Colorado River water. While the growers adamantly oppose leaving farmland permanently dry ...

  7. How much water can Stanislaus farms and cities expect as ...

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    The water is pumped from the Sacramento-San Joaquin Delta to as far south as Kern County. Four districts totaling about a quarter-million acres, between Crows Landing and Mendota, will get 100% of ...

  8. Environmental impact of pig farming - Wikipedia

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    Staggering statistics show that compared to white-owned farms, black-owned farms have declined by 98% and there are only about 18,000 today. Furthermore, environmental justice activists have described the apparent linkage between air pollution and toxic hazards with the demographic of suburban communities that show black and low-income ...

  9. Water stagnation - Wikipedia

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    Some plants prefer flowing water, while others, such as lotuses, prefer stagnant water. Various anaerobic bacteria are commonly found in stagnant water. [4] For this reason, pools of stagnant water have historically been used in processing hemp and some other fiber crops, as well as linden bark used for making bast shoes.