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Best Management Practices For Pesticide And Fertilizer Storage And Handling

Troy Bauder, Reagan Waskom and, Claudia Arrieta (August, 2010)

Summary

Storage and handling of pesticides and fertilizers in their concentrated forms pose the highest potential risk to ground or surface water from agricultural chemicals. For this reason, it is essential that facilities for the storage and handling of these products be properly sited, designed, constructed, and operated. This publication discusses some best management practices for safe pesticide and fertilizer storage & handling.