DeKalb County SWCD;
CAMERON WATERSHED
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The Cameron watershed, which consists of 16,671 acres of land, drains into the four public reservoirs supplying drinking water to approximately 10,000 people, including the City of Cameron, and two correctional centers. Land in the watershed is primarily grassland, or cropland. Complementary projects have previously been conducted to identify and address water quality issues in the watershed. These include an Environmental Protection Agency (EPA) Clean Lakes grant, U.S. Department of Agriculture (USDA) Water Quality Incentive Program project, a computer modeling project conducted by the Food and Agricultural Policy Research Institute (FAPRI), and an EPA 319 minigrant. The most significant issue in the watershed is the threat that Atrazine levels in water will exceed state drinking water standards. The primary objective of the project is to reduce agricultural nonpoint source pollutants to acceptable Department of Natural Resources’ standards in untreated water by the year 2006. Major goals of the project are to:

1) lower the use of Atrazine to 50% of label rate on 6,000 acres of cropland,
2) reduce nutrient and sediment delivery to the reservoirs, and
3) provide assistance developing Integrated Crop Management (ICM) plans to landowners in the watershed.

Financial incentives will be offered through multi-year agreements to reduce use of Atrazine on corn and grain sorghum cropland.

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Missouri Department
of Natural Resources

Missouri Watershed Information Network (MoWIN)
Send comments to: mowin1@missouri.edu
205 Agricultural Engineering
Columbia, MO 65211
Phone: (573) 882-0085
Toll Free: (MO only): 1-877-H20-shed (426-7433)
Fax: (573) 884-5650

Page last updated August 26, 2008