Growing corn for biofuels production is having unintended effects on water quality and quantity in northwestern Mississippi.
More water is required to produce corn than to produce cotton in the Mississippi Delta requiring increased withdrawals of groundwater from the Mississippi River Valley alluvial (MRVA) aquifer for irrigation…
Biofuels Production Has Unintended Consequences on Water Quality and Quantity in Mississippi
Outlet: ScienceDaily
November 30, 2010