Pesticide-laden water can travel through the soil to ground water or run off to surface water. To minimize pesticide pollution to water, the following are good practices:

• Develop and implement best management practices for pesticides.
• Assure that pesticide suppression activities acknowledge and incorporate the state and federal rules and regulations for air, water, waste, and the overall environment.
• Assure that streams and surface waters are avoided when pesticides are applied to the land.
• Review the suggestions in the ponds section.

Contact the Idaho State Department of Agriculture for more information; they are the state regulatory agency responsible for administering the Federal Insecticide, Fungicide, and Rodenticide Act (FIFRA) in Idaho.