by Kenneth Lyngaas | Feb 19, 2020
The pesticide is a term used to describe the human-made chemical used in agriculture to management control of the pest. The suffix “-cide” literally means “kill”, therefore, pesticide refers to a chemical substance that kills pests, insects, microbes and pathogens. And weeds has been developed; pesticides not replaced.
by Kenneth Lyngaas | Jun 18, 2017
Water scarcity is a term used to describe a country or region where the annual renewable water supplies are below 1000 m3 per person.
by Kenneth Lyngaas | Nov 15, 2016
Cotton production impact on natural resources diagram
by Kenneth Lyngaas | Aug 21, 2016
Water pollution is a term used to describe the lowering of water quality due to input of sewage, pesticides, agricultural run-off, and industrial wastes that can result in harm to aquatic plants and animals.
by Kenneth Lyngaas | Aug 17, 2016
Wastewater is a term used to describe the spent or used water from a home, community, farm, or industry that contains dissolved or suspended matter.
by Kenneth Lyngaas | Aug 17, 2016
Urban runoff water is a term used to describe stormwater from city streets and adjacent domestic or commercial properties.
by Kenneth Lyngaas | Aug 17, 2016
Surface runoff water is a term used to describe the snow melts or irrigation water above what can infiltrate the soil surface and stored in small surface depressions; a major transporter of nonpoint source pollutants in rivers, streams, and lakes.
by Kenneth Lyngaas | Aug 17, 2016
Surface water is the generic name used to describe all water that is naturally open to the atmosphere (rivers, lakes, reservoirs, ponds, streams, impoundments, seas, estuaries, etc.)