Imaging spectroscopy for ground water protection in a watershed with intensive agricultural land use

0491761 - ÚVGZ 2019 CZ eng A - Abstract
Zemek, František - Pikl, Miroslav - Rodriguez-Moreno, Fernando
Imaging spectroscopy for ground water protection in a watershed with intensive agricultural land use.
Quo vaditis agriculture, forestry and society under Global Change?: Book of abstracts. Brno: Global Change Research Institute of the Czech Academy of Sciences, 2017. s. 15-15. ISBN 978-80-87902-20-2.
[Quo vaditis agriculture, forestry and society under Global Change? 02.10.2017-04.10.2017, Velké Karlovice]
R&D Projects: GA MŠMT(CZ) LO1415; GA MZe QJ1220007
Institutional support: RVO:86652079
OECD category: Environmental sciences (social aspects to be 5.7)

The objective of this study was to identify the areas with high risk of nitrogen (N) leaching to underground water in arable land of a catchment cca 200 km2 in size. The underground water is the main source of drinking water for the Brno city, Czech Rep. It represents an irreplaceable treasure both for people living in the city and the region. Special attention must be paid to its reasonable exploitation and protection from pollution. The latter is related to the human activities carried out in the areas feeding aquifers. Intensive agriculture practices on arable land can endanger ground waters through the infiltration of pesticides and fertilizers, especially different forms of nitrogen.
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