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Occurrence and transport of agricultural chemicals in Leary Weber Ditch basin, Hancock County, Indiana, 2003-04

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2005

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Baker, Nancy T., Stone, Wesley W., Wilson, John T., and Meyer, Michael T., 2005, Occurrence and transport of agricultural chemicals in Leary Weber Ditch basin, Hancock County, Indiana, 2003-04: .

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Leary Weber Ditch Basin, Hancock County, Indiana, is one of seven first-order basins selected from across the United States as part of the Agricultural Chemicals: Source, Transport, and Fate study conducted by the National Water-Quality Assessment Program of the U.S. Geological Survey. The nationwide study was designed to increase the understanding of the links between the sources of water and agricultural chemicals (nutrients and pesticides) and the transport and fate of these chemicals through the environment. Agricultural chemicals were detected in Leary Weber Ditch and in every associated hydrologic compartment sampled during 2003 and 2004. Pesticides were detected more frequently in samples collected from overland flow and from [...]

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  • National and Regional Climate Adaptation Science Centers
  • Northeast CASC

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