2.3 Water
Section 2: Natural Resources
Notifications
Follow the Rule: NOP regulation 205.200 requires that production practices maintain or improve natural resources of the operation, including water quality. Some of the choices apply to a specific category: crop, handler, or livestock. Choose the ones that apply to your operation.
Guidance and Additional Regulations
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Resources and Links
Latest Updates
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Worksheet Questions
Source of water:
Irrigation canal or ditch
Municipal
On-site well
Lake, Pond, Reservoir
Rainwater catchment
River/Stream
Other
Other sources of water
If you use non-municipal water as an ingredient or to wash crops, please provide a water test from within the last 3 years.
Does the operation use on-site water treatments?
Water Treatments
If water treatment materials used by the operation, add them to the Materials Use List.
Check ways water is used in crop/livestock production and/or handling. If other, describe below.
Cleaning equipment
Cleaning facilities
Cleaning products
Cleaning transport
Cooking
Cooling
Culinary steam
Heating
Irrigation
Ingredient
Processing aid
Product transport
Natural behaviors/outdoor access
Water for livestock
Foliar Sprays
Fertigation
Other
Other water use
Check ways you conserve water
monitor water use
water conservation areas identified
employees trained in conservation practices
repair leaks
replace or retrofit fixtures
low flow faucet aerators
motion sensor faucets
pre-rinse spray valves
pressurized waterbroom
connectionless steamers
low volume toilets
water efficient ice machines
cooling tower conductivity controllers
water efficient landscape
other
Other water conservation practices
List other water conservation practices
Describe how you protect riparian areas
feed livestock outside riparian areas
fence without impacting wildlife
prevent erosion
prevent overgrazing of livestock
other
Other practices used to protect riparian areas