Best Management Practices for Orchard Spraying

Prevent chemical runoff and off-target contamination during mixing and loading procedures.

Mix and load sprayers in areas where runoff cannot occur.

 

Locating fill areas away from open surface water greatly reduces the likelihood that rinsate or spilled materials will runoff and contaminate local surface waters.

 

Even water in seasonal drainages and irrigation ditches can transport contaminants.

Clean up spills immediately.  Have spill absorbent materials available

when mixing and loading.

 

Cleaning up spills with absorbent material reduces likelihood of overland runoff of

chemical pesticides into open water sources.

 

Spilled material that is not cleaned up can contaminate open water resources through pathways including overland runoff, soil erosion, and leaching.

Hood River Grower-Shipper Association -- Best Management Practices Project