Agricultural programs & laws

Agricultural programs & laws

Of or pertaining to laws, political programs or schemes related to agriculture.

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Watershed and Flood Prevention Act of 1954

Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws

P.L. 83-566 (August 4, 1954) established USDA's small watershed program administered by the Natural Resources Conservation Service; purposes of projects built under this authority include flood ...

watershed

Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws

The total land area, regardless of size, above a given point on a waterway that contributes runoff water to the flow at that point. A major subdivision of a drainage basin. the United States is ...

Waters of the United States

Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws

Defined broadly by the Army Corps of Engineers in enforcing §404 to include all of the navigable waters in the United States and the adjacent wetlands.

A small component of the National Wildlife Refuge System. There are over 2,000,000 acres of this prime duck-producing land, mostly prairie potholes in the Dakotas, Minnesota, and Montana. The Fish ...

water table

Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws

The upper limit of the part of the soil or underlying rock material that is wholly saturated with water.

water service contract

Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws

A type of contract, authorized by the Reclamation Project Act of 1939, whereby water is furnished for irrigation or municipal or miscellaneous purposes at rates to produce revenue sufficient to cover ...

water quality standards

Agriculture; Agricultural programs & laws

State-adopted and the Environmental Protection Agency-approved ambient standards for water bodies. The standards prescribe the use of the water body and establish the water quality criteria that must ...