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<br />~ <br />~ <br />,.s::.. Presidential Water Quality Initiative and the USDA <br />-.J Water Quality Program Plan <br /> <br />President Bush recommended a new initiative for enhancing <br />water quality in his 1990 budget proposal presented to <br />Congress on February 9,1989. (See table 1.) The <br />President's initiative defines a vigorous effort to protect <br />ground and surface water from potential contaminatioa by <br /> <br />agricultural chemicals and wastes, especially pesticides and <br />nutrients. The plan integrates the combined expertise of <br />USDA agencies to promote the use of environmentally and <br />economically sound farm production practices and to develop <br />improved chemical and biological pest controls. <br /> <br />In his statement of principles and policies, the President <br />makes it clear that farmers are ultimately responsible tor <br />avoiding contamination of water resulting from management <br /> <br /> <br />Crop rotation, terraces, and strip farming <br />conservation practices reduce the runoff transport <br />of nutrients and pesticides that cause impairment <br />to lakes, streams, and ground-water recharge <br />areas. <br /> <br />Table 1. Water Quality Appropriated Funding for 1990' <br /> <br /> Participating Agency <br />Activity ASCS ES SCS <br /> (financial assistance) (educational assistance) (technical assistance) <br />. (millions 01 dollars) <br />Demonstration Projects 0.89 0.9 1.1 <br />Nonpoint Source Hydrologic Unit Areas 7.0 1.7 4.6 <br />. <br />Regioaal Project Initiatives - 0.9 2.6 <br />Water Quality Special Projects 11.9 - - <br />Technology and Data Base - 1.75 3.9 <br /> <br />. After Gramm-Rudman-Hollings sequestratioa <br /> <br />2 <br />