Water Conservation and Recycling in Ornamentals Production
| Autor: | Raymond F. Hasek, R. H. Sciaroni, Roy L. Branson |
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| Rok vydání: | 1986 |
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| Zdroj: | HortScience. 21:35-38 |
| ISSN: | 2327-9834 0018-5345 |
| DOI: | 10.21273/hortsci.21.1.35 |
| Popis: | Most areas of northern California have ample water supplies from reservoirs, aqueducts, or deep wells, but some regions are not as fortunate. Such a region is Half Moon Bay located just 35 km south of San Francisco along the coastal plain. Several large producers of ornamental plants and cut flowers are located in the vicinity. Competition between homeowners and producers of ornamentals for available water in this area became critical by 1977 as a result of urban sprawl. In addition state and regional agencies began taking action to curtail polluted runoff waters from ornamental production sites. Locally the Coastside County Water District Water Quota Ordinance of 1977-78 instituted a water quota system with strong penalties for noncompliance. Statewide the California Fish and Game Code (1) was strictly enforced to prevent certain classified materials from passing into the waters of the state. The combination of these developments activated a search by growers for better use or reuse of irrigation water and separation of clean runoff waters from those that might be nutrient laden or otherwise polluted. |
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