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Last updated: October 11, 2002
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How can agricultural research in South Dade enable natural land managers
and farmers to work together to support habitat restoration?
Poster presented May 1999, at the South Florida Restoration Science Forum
Everglades Agricultural
Hydrology Research Unit (EAHRU)
Miami, Florida
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Mission
Provide Agricultural and hydrologic science
and technology needed to sustain agricultural production and a quality
environment.
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in south Florida, the research findings and the model can be used for other
regions with high ground water table, low gradient profile, shallow soil
profile and non-point source water pollution problem. |
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Everglades National Park West of C-111
Canal
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C-111 Canal
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Agricultural Area East of C-111 Basin
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A Unique Hydrologic System in South
Florida
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Extensive drainage canal network
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Direct impact on the hydrology affecting the
Everglades National Park Restoration Plan.
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Sustainable Agriculture
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Affordable
Appropriate Technology
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Environmental
Maintenance
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Fertilizers
Pesticides
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Reevaluation
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Agronomy,
Soil Hydrology & Horticulture
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Agricultural Constrains
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| Flooding:
About 17% of agricultural area were adversely
affected by flood of the tropical storm Gordon in 1994. The estimated
monitory loss was about $89 million . |
| Water Quality:
Nonpoint source water pollutants resulted
from agricultural area have been implicated as a source of water quality
degradation in southern Biscayne Bay in South Florida. |
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Objective 1
Evaluate, interpret, collect and/or enhance
and water quality data bases of the agricultural area in south Florida.
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Ground Water Research
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Measuring
Water Table in Irrigated Farms
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Influence
of Water Level in Canal on Regional Water Table
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Determining
Land Evaluation Using a Portable GPS.
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Elevation Comparison
Homestead General Airport
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Objective 2
Understanding the fundamental interrelationship
between the regional hydrology including water quality and agricultural
production in South Florida.
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Water Balance
Research
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Effect of
Soil Moisture on Crop Growth
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Energy Balance
Bowen Ratio System
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Objective 3
Develop a new technology in form of a computer
model for predicting water balance, crop production, movement of water,
and transport of agricultural chemicals in surface and subsurface water.
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Modeling
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USDA-Everglades
Agro-Hydrology Model
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Studying Soil
Water Characteristics of Typical Soils in South Florida
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Portable Rainfall
Simulator
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Studying Movement
of AgroChemicals in Three Different Soils of South Florida
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For further information contact:
Dr. Reza Savabi,
Lead Scientist
USDA-ARS, SHRS,
Everglades
Agro-Hydrology
Research Unit
13601 Old Cutler Road
Miami, FL 33158
Email: miare@ars-grin.gov
Or visit our home page at:
http://www.ars-grin.gov/ars/SoAtlantic/Miami/eahru/homehydr.htm
Phone: (305) 254-3633
Fax:
(305) 234-2540 |
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