Title:

G96-NPS-05 Public Water Supply

Sponsor:

University of Missouri - Columbia/Carpenter

Project Manager:

Jerry Carpenter
Office of Sponsored Program Administration
310 Jesse hall
Columbia, MO 65211
573-882-0170
brozr@.missouri.edu

Project Period:

11/1/1995 - 10/31/1999

319 Grant Funds:

$306,757

Project Description:

Public Water Supply

PROJECT DESCRIPTION

Six public drinking water reservoirs in western Missouri have been identified as having atrazine levels exceeding the maximum contaminant level (MCL) of 3 ppb established by the Environmental Protection Agency (EPA). These lakes are located in Adrian, Dearborn, Drexel, Hamilton, Higginsville and Jamesport. The watersheds surrounding these lakes are primarily used for agricultural production. It is our intention to form a community based watershed alliance for each of the six reservoirs to ensure long-term management and compliance.

OBJECTIVES

A project coordinator will work with the six identified communities for a three-year period. The project coordinator will provide overall leadership and assist local Extension faculty with developing management strategies for area landowners and agricultural producers, help establish watershed alliances within the communities, and develop a watershed based approach to insure water quality.

Selected Extension specialists working and living in the communities will constitute a working group that will implement an education program and develop a community watershed alliance. The education program will teach local citizens and officials how to develop strategies to protect their public water supply and enhance community involvement.

PRODUCTS

1. Examples of watershed management plans that can be used in other areas of the state
2. Local citizens groups established to monitor and insure water quality standards of public drinking water supplies
3. Best management practices implemented in the watershed for the reduction of atrazine plus other agricultural runoff.

Project Period: 1995 -- 1998

PROJECT SPONSOR

University of Missouri - Columbia, Extension

COOPERATING AGENCY

EPA/DNR

CONTACT

University of Missouri - Columbia
University Extension
205 Agricultural Engineering
Columbia, Missouri 65211
Bob Broz 573-882-0085
brozr@.missouri.edu