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Farm Community Effort Leads to Improved Drinking Water for Thousands

March 16, 2018 Amelia Dorch and Chad Douglas, NRCS

All communities depend on clean water and that supply of clean water depends on the actions of members in the community and outside of it. The small city of Kutztown lies within the Saucony Creek watershed in Berks County, Pennsylvania. The watershed is mostly agricultural, dotted with small family...

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USDA Announces Support to Improve Water Quality in Targeted Watersheds

May 21, 2014 Amelia Hines, Natural Resources Conservation Service

Running an economical and environmentally friendly dairy operation is a tough job but Andreas Farms is dedicated to meeting the challenge. That challenge involves running an efficient milking operation of more than 1,500 dairy cows while also managing tons of animal waste. Dan Andreas is a dairy man...

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A Clear Answer to Clean Water

June 07, 2012 Dave White, Chief of the Natural Resources Conservation Service

Cross posted from the White House Council on Environmental Quality blog: How important is water? Well, it’s not a question I have to think too hard about. What I can tell you is that without it, there wouldn’t be any humans or critters roaming the earth.

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