WATER QUALITY

The Agricultural Water Quality Program (AWQP) develops, demonstrates, validates, and promotes agricultural Best Management Practices (BMP's) for Colorado producers. BMP's are recommended methods and structures designed to prevent or reduce water pollution to the extent technically and economically practical. Support, funding and advice from commodity groups, independent crop consultants, individual producers, state and national regulators continues to guide the work of the AWQP and helps ensure enhanced impact of our team's efforts. Due to the adaptable nature of the AWQP our team has a wide variety of resources developed and maintained over the program's history. This work includes such diverse issues as; private well and septic educational materials, limited irrigation, nutrient management, agronomics and economics of conservation tillage, and many more. Described below are summaries of the program's research focus areas... It is our land-grant mission to feed the world while we..

Primary location: Fort Collins United States