Water

EPA In-Vessel Composting of Sewage Sludge Fact Sheet

EPA Land Application of Biosolids Fact Sheet

EPA Method Update Rule

EPA Office of Water Sewage Sludge & Biosolids and CAFO Update

EPA Use of Composting for Biosolids Management Fact Sheet

EPA Use of Incineration for Sewage Sludge Management Fact Sheet

EPA's Environmental Regulations & Technology - Controlling Pathogens & Vector Attraction in Sewage

Federal Clean Water Act (CWA)

United States’ most important water quality protection law; Originally passed in 1972, the Act's goal is to "restore and maintain the chemical, physical, and biological integrity of the Nation's waters."; The Act contains a number of provisions that affect agriculture.

Fertilizer Use Data

This product brings together data on fertilizer consumption in the United States by plant nutrient and major selected product, as well as consumption of mixed fertilizers, secondary nutrients, and micronutrients. Share of crop area receiving fertilizer and fertilizer use per receiving acre, by nutrient, are presented for the major producing States for corn, cotton, soybeans, and wheat. Additional data include fertilizer farm prices and indices of wholesale fertilizer price. Fertilizer price data (table 7) have been updated through 2012. Fertilizer price indexes (table 8) have been updated through 2011. Fertilizer consumption and use (tables 1-6) have been updated through 2010. Fertilizer consumption and use for corn (tables 9 to 14) and for cotton (tables 15 to 20) have been updated through 2010. Fertilizer consumption and use for wheat (tables 27 to 32) have been updated through 2009. Crop-specific updates occur when survey data from the Agricultural Resource Management Survey and NASS' Agricultural Chemical Usage Data become available.

Fish Consumption and Swimming Advisories