United States Government Publishing Office publisher pbl distributor dst United States Government Accountability Office Resources, Community, and Economic Development Division author aut Government Organization text government publication eng GAOREPORTS Legislative Agency Publications gao legislative 2010-08-12 U.S. Government Printing Office 1995-06-30 monographic deposited born digital 69 p. GA 1.13:RCED-95-218 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-RCED-95-218 P0b002ee180394b4e f:rc95218 DGPO 2010-08-12 2011-03-28 GAOREPORTS-RCED-95-218 machine generated eng fdlp REPORT GAOREPORTS-RCED-95-218 RCED-95-218 Water quality Water pollution Water pollution control Agricultural production Economic assistance Technical assistance Federal agencies Water supply management Water resources conservation USDA Conservation Reserve Program USDA Hydrologic Unit Area Program Huichica Creek Watershed Project (CA) West Stanislaus County Watershed Project (CA) Otter Lake Watershed Project (IL) Big Spring Basin Watershed Project (IA) Tar Pamlico River Basin Watershed Project (NC) Big Darby Creek Watershed Project (OH) Coos Bay-Coquille River Watershed Project (OR) Lake Champlain Basin Watershed Project (VR) Black Earth Creek Watershed Project (WI) USDA Agricultural Conservation Program Wisconsin Vermont Letter Report RCED Pursuant to a congressional request, GAO examined the effects of agricultural production on water pollution, focusing on lessons learned from nine innovative, successful watershed projects that reduced such pollution.<p/>GAO found that: (1) the watershed projects ranged from 5 acres to 150 million acres, and involved both surface water and groundwater resources; (2) the watershed projects had received an estimated $514 million in federal funds since early 1995; (3) all nine watershed participants stressed the need for flexibility in the kinds of financial and technical assistance provided by federal agencies; (4) the watershed participants were able to adopt local approaches to watershed management, since the watersheds had different characteristics; and (5) project participants at the local level emphasized that the keys to reducing agricultural pollution are to build citizen cooperation through education, get stakeholders to participate in developing project goals, and tailor project strategies, water quality monitoring, and regulatory enforcement to local conditions. https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-RCED-95-218/html/GAOREPORTS-RCED-95-218.htm https://www.govinfo.gov/content/pkg/GAOREPORTS-RCED-95-218/pdf/GAOREPORTS-RCED-95-218.pdf GAO/RCED-95-218 https://www.govinfo.gov/app/details/GAOREPORTS-RCED-95-218 Letter Report GAO/RCED-95-218; Agriculture and the Environment: Information on and Characteristics of Selected Watershed Projects; Water quality Water pollution Water pollution control Agricultural production Economic assistance Technical assistance Federal agencies Water supply management Water resources conservation USDA Conservation Reserve Program USDA Hydrologic Unit Area Program Huichica Creek Watershed Project (CA) West Stanislaus County Watershed Project (CA) Otter Lake Watershed Project (IL) Big Spring Basin Watershed Project (IA) Tar Pamlico River Basin Watershed Project (NC) Big Darby Creek Watershed Project (OH) Coos Bay-Coquille River Watershed Project (OR) Lake Champlain Basin Watershed Project (VR) Black Earth Creek Watershed Project (WI) USDA Agricultural Conservation Program Wisconsin Vermont