Keeping pesticides out of water workshop, Wageningen, The Netherlands

Description

This workshop gave an overview of the potential emission routes to surface water from open field and protected crops and the measures that can be taken to solve the problem. The one and a half day workshop in Wageningen, included an afternoon session on the first day dealing with emissions from greenhouses, the second day morning sessions considered emissions from orchard spraying, followed in the afternoon by a visit to the open day at the Applied Plant Research – Fruit facilities at Randwijk.

Subjects addressed:
• Arable + orchards; spray drift, drift reducing techniques, sprayer loading and cleaning, sprayer cleaning areas – point source pollutions, release of process water – grading, condensation water of storage coolers, unexpected sources
• Greenhouses; drainage water, condensation water from glass surfaces, irrigation water – basin, emission reducing application techniques

Period	17 Aug 2011 → 18 Aug 2011
Event type	Workshop