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Protecting Groundwater: A Guide for the Pesticide User
PPT Slide
Leaching potential
for soil types and
shallow water tables
Buffer or setback
recommendations
Tile-terraced field
recommendations
Chemigation
prohibition
KEEP OUT OF THE REACH OF CHILDREN
CAUTION
PRECAUTIONARY STATEMENTS
Environmental Hazards
Atrazine can travel (seep or leach) through soil and can enter ground water which may be used as drinking water. Atrazine has been found in ground water. Users are advised not to apply atrazine to sand and loamy sand soils where the water table (ground water) is close to the surface and where these soils are very permeable, i.e. well-drained. Your local agricultural agencies can provide further information on the type of soil in your area and the location of ground water.
This product may not be mixed/loaded, or used within 50 ft. of all wells, including abandoned wells, drainage wells, and sink holes.
This product may not be mixed or loaded within 50 ft. of intermittent streams and rivers, natural or impounded lakes and reservoirs. This product may not be applied aerially or by ground within 66 ft. of the points where field surface water runoff enters perennial or intermittent streams and rivers or within 200 ft. around natural or impounded lakes and reservoirs. If this product is applied to highly erodible land, the 66-ft. buffer or setback from runoff entry points must be planted to crop, seeded with grass or other suitable crop.
Tile-Terraced Fields and Containing Standpipes
To ensure protection of surface water from runoff through standpipes with tile-outlets in terraced fields, one the following options may be used:
1. Do not apply this product within 66 ft. of standpipes in tile-outletted terraced fields.
2. Apply this product to the entire tile-outletted field and immediately incorporate it to a
depth of 2-3 inches in the entire tile-outletted terraced field.
3. Apply this product to the entire tile-outletted terraced field under a no-till practice
only when a high crop residue management practice is described as a crop
management practice where little or no crop residue is removed from the field during
and after crop harvest.
This pesticide is toxic to aquatic invertebrates. Do not apply directly to water, to areas where surface water is present, or to intertidal areas below the mean high water mark. Do not apply when weather conditions favor drift from treated areas. Runoff and drift from treated areas may be hazardous to aquatic organisms in neighboring areas. Do not contaminate water when disposing of equipment wash water .
Chemigation Prohibition
Do not apply this product through any type of irrigation system.
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