protect and enhance the natural resource base and environment by improving and maintaining healthy watershed habitat and water supply protection
enhance economic opportunities by reducing economic liability from water contamination
improve the quality of life in rural America through adequate clean water supplies, and
protect food safety through clean irrigation and livestock drinking water supplies.
The
reduce
pathogens such as bacteria, viruses and protozoa in waters derived
from
agricultural and rural watersheds
maintain
adequate water supplies for agricultural crop and livestock production
and rural
use.
Each year, priorities for research may change.
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