Improving Water Quality at the Watershed Level by Targeting High Return Stakeholders
Project Main Goal
Improve water quality in the Everglades National Park and Biscayne Bay Watershed by reducing agricultural nutrient leaching into groundwater through use of precision irrigation and precision fertilization Best Management Practices (BMPs).
This project includes research and extension activities:
- Develop, support, and market economically viable BMPS.
- Conduct stakeholder opinion surveys for BMP views.
- Develop an economically based watershed management plan.
- Develop a guide for others to use in implementing such BMP plans.
This project is funded by the USDA CSREES National Integrated Water Quality Program for 2005 to 2007.
Installation of tensiometers for soil moisture managed irrigation.
Installation of drip irrigation line.
Investigators
- Dr. Jonathan H. Crane
- Dr. Edward (Gilly) Evans
- Dr. Kati W. Migliaccio
- Dr. Yuncong Li
- Dr. Rafael Munoz-Carpena
- Dr. Bruce Schaffer
Publications
Migliaccio, K.W., B. Schaffer, Y.C. Li, E. Evans, J.H. Crane, and R. Muñoz-Carpena. 2008. Assessing benefits of irrigation and nutrient management practices on a southeast Florida royal palm (Roystonea elata) field nursery. Irrigation Science 27:57-66. DOI 10.1007/s00271-008-0121-4
Migliaccio, K.W., E.A. Evans, J.H. Crane, B. Schaffer, Y. Li, and R. Muñoz-Carpena. 2006. South Florida ornamental plant grower perspectives: water conservation management practices. ABE369, Agricultural and Biological Engineering Department, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, IFAS, UF. http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/AE397, 5 pgs.
Migliaccio, K.W., Y.C. Li, H. Trafford, and E.A. Evans. 2006. A simple lysimeter for soil water sampling in south Florida. ABE361, Agricultural and Biological Engineering Department, Florida Cooperative Extension Service, IFAS, UF. http://edis.ifas.ufl.edu/AE387, 3 pgs.