The U.S. Environmental Protection Agency has recommended that states
develop Pesticide Management Plans for four agricultural chemicals -
alachlor, atrazine, metolachlor, and simazine - used in Utah as
herbicides in the production of corn and sorghum, and to control weeds
and undesired vegetation (such as along right-of-ways or utility
substations). This report and accompanying maps are intended to be used
as part of these Pesticide Management Plans to provide local, state, and
federal government agencies and agricultural pesticide users with a
base of information concerning sensitivity and vulnerability of ground
water in the basin-fill aquifer (bedrock is not evaluated) to
agricultural pesticides in the central Virgin River basin, Washington
and Iron Counties, Utah. We used existing data to produce pesticide
sensitivity and vulnerability maps by applying an attribute ranking
system specifically tailored to the western United States using
Geographic Information System analysis methods. 24 pages + 2 plates