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The Agricultural Water Quality Program (AWQP) protects Colorado state waters and the environment from impairment or degradation due to the improper use of agricultural chemicals while allowing for their proper and correct use.

It's been a busy week here at the CSU AWQP! Here are some of our highlights from this week:It takes a village - It's har...
09/25/2026

It's been a busy week here at the CSU AWQP! Here are some of our highlights from this week:

It takes a village - It's harvest season in Colorado and when help is needed our team springs into action! Covering silage piles is hard (but fun) work. (Photos 1 and 2)

PREP Network - Kenzie Maruca and Katie Wolf showed off our pollinator filter strip to the Pesticide Regulatory Education Program (PREP) Network's Endangered Species Act Primer course. We showed a filter strip at the base of one of the fields we work in and spoke to the group about the impact that inter seeding pollinator species has had on water quality in filter strips. (Photo 3)

Installing our Low Cost Sampler (LCS) at the CSU Spur Campus - Manny Deleon and Kenzie Maruca, installed the AWQP developed LCS to look at stormwater runoff at the CSU Spur campus, working with the Water TAP program. (Photo 4)

Guest lecture for Agroecosystems Management - AJ Brown gave a classroom lecture and a field demonstration for one of the many awesome Soil and Crop Sciences classes. (Photo 5)

Field work - Our graduate student, Birtukan Megersa, conducted field work for her Master's thesis by soil sampling, field transects, and using a drone to map the field. (Photos 6 and 7)

Our programs research on Mountain Meadow Hay systems in the Yampa River Valley is in this week's Food for Thought. Check...
08/27/2026

Our programs research on Mountain Meadow Hay systems in the Yampa River Valley is in this week's Food for Thought. Check it out!

As a CSU Extension summer intern, Daniel Seffah-Duodu did some great work with our program this summer.
08/27/2026

As a CSU Extension summer intern, Daniel Seffah-Duodu did some great work with our program this summer.

Behind the equipment, reports, and data is our incredible water quality monitoring team. Staff and students alike instal...
08/24/2026

Behind the equipment, reports, and data is our incredible water quality monitoring team. Staff and students alike install water sampling equipment, collect water samples, engage with community, develop new ag-tech, practice technical lab skills, learn from each other, and share laughs along the way.

Happy National Water Quality Month to the AWQP team!

As Colorado endures another wildfire season, we remind our community of the ways in which water quality is impacted by w...
08/17/2026

As Colorado endures another wildfire season, we remind our community of the ways in which water quality is impacted by wildfire events.

While wildfires often create cause for concern of air quality, water quality is also directly impacted by fires. Both physical and chemical water health measures including sediment loads, pH, erosion, and more can be significantly altered by fire and impact downstream watersheds and irrigation water systems.

For more information about water quality after wildfires, these resources are a great place to start.
Addressing the Impacts of Wildfires on Water Resources: https://extension.colostate.edu/resource/addressing-the-impacts-of-wildfire-on-water-resources/
Use of Wells and Septic Systems Following a Wildfire: https://extension.colostate.edu/resource/use-of-wells-and-septic-systems-following-a-wildfire/

Water quality is important everywhere. 📍Fort Collins, CO📍Yampa, CO📍Fruita, CO📍Rocky Ford, COCheck out our program site m...
08/10/2026

Water quality is important everywhere.
📍Fort Collins, CO
📍Yampa, CO
📍Fruita, CO
📍Rocky Ford, CO

Check out our program site map at: https://arcg.is/1bzem to learn more about water quality research across Colorado!

August is National Water Quality Month! 💧National Water Quality Month is an opportunity to pause and reflect on how impo...
08/03/2026

August is National Water Quality Month! 💧

National Water Quality Month is an opportunity to pause and reflect on how important water is to our every day lives and the functioning of the ecosystems around us. Follow along this month as we share how the AWQP protects water quality via research, collaboration, technological advancement, and more.

One way that the AWQP makes "every drop count" is our collaboration with and participation in the CSU-TAPS program.A par...
07/31/2026

One way that the AWQP makes "every drop count" is our collaboration with and participation in the CSU-TAPS program.

A part of the Irrigation Innovation Consortium, TAPS is a sprinkler corn farm management competition focused on advancing precision agricultural management skills that gives participants the opportunity to work closely with soil moisture probe technology, test out irrigation management strategies, and support research on irrigation efficiency.

Irrigation Innovation Consortium

05/01/2026

Undergraduate Research Assistant Kenzie Maruca shares her hands on experience assembling and deploying data loggers and how this experience has strengthened her understanding of the applications of technology in agriculture.

Data collection through the loggers allows for better quantitative comprehension of the physical field components, including soil, air, water, and more.

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