To conduct public outreach and provide awareness of the potential contamination of ground water from pesticides.
Ground water is a significant source of drinking water for tribal communities in Arizona.
The prevention of contamination of ground water from pesticides is important and is a major concern of tribal governments. Long term use of pesticide products for cotton may have rendered ground water vulnerable to contamination on some tribal lands. Tribal pesticide programs have current and past data on types of pesticides used, location and volume of pesticides used within specific fields on their lands. The ability to analyze the data in electronic format is limited and resources are needed to create a pesticide use database. The ITCA anticipates developing a database which may assist tribes in identifying and assessing their pesticide usage.