Animal
Manure & Waste Management
Educational Resources
Note: the entire Arizona Water Quality Educational Materials document is available as a PDF file (828 kB).
Table of Contents:
Fact Sheets
Title: Collection and Storage of Agricultural Animal Wastes
and Wastewater (Farm*A*Syst series)
Source: Arizona Cooperative Extension
Web Site: http://ag.arizona.edu/pubs/quarterly.html
Phone #: 520-621-7177
Cost: free on web
Audience: adult
Abstract: Arizona Cooperative Extension fact sheet AZ1014,
1998, 2 pp., PDF (32 kb).
Title: Manure Use and Management (Farm*A*Syst series)
Source: Arizona Cooperative Extension
Web Site: http://ag.arizona.edu/pubs/quarterly.html
Phone #: 520-621-7177
Cost: free on web
Audience: adult
Abstract: Arizona Cooperative Extension fact sheet AZ1012,
1998, 2 pp. PDF (31 kb).
Books
Title: Water Quality and Animal Feeding Operations in Arizona: A Producer's
Notebook
Source: Arizona Department of Agriculture
Web Site:
Phone #: 602-542-0972
Cost: none, but quantities are limited. Therefore, only one
per operation will be distributed.
Audience: dairy operators, feedlot operators, and others confronted
with issues concerning animal waste management. Also assistance
providers to that community.
Abstract: Natural Resources Conservation Service (NRCS) and Arizona's
Natural Resource Conservation Districts (NRCDs) has worked with Arizona
Department of Agriculture and University of Arizona Cooperative Extension
Service (ACES) to provide education on the National Pollutant Discharge
Elimination System (NPDES) permit and state water quality regulations.
The notebook is one component and includes information on state and federal
regulations related to animal waste management; contact information for
various financial and technical assistance organizations; principles on
nutrient management;
record keeping assistance sheets developed by ACT to make complying with
the NPDES permit easier, and Frequently Asked Questions. EPA
and ADEQ have assisted the group to ensure that regulatory descriptions
are appropriate. 2001.
Material last reviewed: June 3, 2011
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