ASABE Technical Library - Abstract
Member and Access Notice
Future Directions
Published by the American Society of Agricultural and Biological Engineers, St. Joseph, Michigan www.asabe.org
Citation: No Citation available.Authors: Ray, Chittaranjan
Keywords: Pesticides, Registration, Education, Training, Research, Assessment
Pesticides in ground water will remain a major regulatory and environmental issue in the
following decades. Especially for domestic wells, which do not come under any regulatory
compliance, direct monitoring will not be feasible. As a result, alternate methods to assess
their vulnerability will be implemented by state and federal agencies. The use of state
management plans for pesticides is one of the ways to reduce their contamination of ground
water. Soon each state will be required to develop pesticide-specific management plans for
its own conditions.
Current research on the fate and transport of pesticides to surface and ground waters will
supplement the efforts of state and federal agencies in the management of pesticides for
agricultural and non-agricultural uses. Terrestrial half-life studies conducted independently
of those by registrants should provide valuable data on the degradation of the compounds
under diverse environmental conditions. This information can be used by regulatory agencies
during the reregistration of pesticides that appear to have a significant adverse impact on
ground water.