1. Agricultural Best Management Practices For Protecting Water Quality
Recommended by Georgia Soil and Water Conservation Commission and approved by the EPD.

2. Agricultural Best Management Practices Conservation Tillage Systems
Growing crops with minimum disturbance of the soil

3. Agricultural Best Management Practices Contour Farming & Terracing
Prevent water from running downhill by plowing with the land’s natural contour

4. Agricultural Best Management Practices Strip-cropping
Alternating crops in strips with sod

5. Agricultural Best Management Practices Filter Strips
Sod or plants placed in areas where water runs when it rains

6. Agricultural Best Management Practices Grassed Waterways
A grassed channel in a field where water can be channeled

7. Agricultural Best Management Practices Cover Crops & Crop Rotation
Crops planted on bare soil to reduce erosion
Growing crops in different places on a rotating schedule

8. Agricultural Best Management Practices
Nutrient Management
Soil testing and fertilizer application to prevent applying too many nutrients

9. Agricultural Best Management Practices Integrated Pest Management
A total approach to managing crop pests to reduce the use of pesticides

10. Agricultural Best Management Practices Irrigation Water Management
Controlling amount of water applied to prevent excess drawdown of aquifers and surface water

11. Agricultural Best Management Practices
Pasture Management
Managing animals and pasture grass to reduce surface water contamination

12. Agricultural Best Management Practices Agricultural Waste Management
Temporarily store manure for later application to agricultural land

13. Agricultural Best Management Practices
Stream Crossings
Constructing fenced crossings with gravel bases to permit livestock to cross at designated places

14. Agricultural Best Management Practices
Stream Buffers
Strips planted or natural vegetation maintained on sides of streams

15. Agricultural Best Management Practices
Critical & Heavy Traffic Area Management
Plantings to stabilize highly erodable land
Gravel placed in areas where livestock travel routinely

16. Agricultural Best Management Practices
Composting
“Cooking” dead birds and poultry manure in compost piles