It is well known that the most common reason behind not achieving the goals of national water quality

is the nonpoint source pollution. Nonpoint source pollution is mainly caused by some sources. The land
is polluted through use of such sources. After that, through the process of precipitation the pollution is
transferred to such places which are far far away from the original sources of the pollution. Nonpoint
source pollution is prevailing in rural as well as urban areas in the United States. It is known to be one of
the prominent causes of water pollution

There are extreme variations in addressing the problem of nonpoint source pollution however some
patterns are more prominent than others. For example state as well as regions require a significant
quality of water along with political salience. They require it before the adaptation of actual NSP
regulations. Agriculture which is exempted from Clean water act of the United States is a significant
source of water contamination. There is a compelling need to get the strong and big agricultural states
to give importance to the matter and take measures to save water from being contaminated through
agricultural processes and procedures.

Florida

Florida ranks seventh among the agricultural states of the United States. It produces a lot of agriculture
products. Along with which NPS is also produced as a by-product. In 2011 it was reported that Florida
makes over $4 billion of agricultural exports. Although agriculture is one of its major exports, it is not the
only export they have, which means that there are also other big industries and sectors which
contribute to the economy of Florida as well as the United States. Among them one big name is Tourism.
Tourism makes $76 billion for the economy of Florida. Florida is most known for its beautiful beaches,
and a major chunk of the $76 billion comes from there. Freshwater recreation is what is responsible for
the successful tourism industry of Florida, which consists of many different water sports. Most of the
beaches in Florida are charismatic manatee homes. Now when NSP threatens the freshwaters, there is
also a considerable threat being posed to the tourism industry if the problem is not dealt with. CWA has
allowed the state some funding to study the NSP and derive its solutions.

According to facts and figures out of the total water pollution in Florida over 50% is caused by the
nonpoint source pollution. The same causes over 70% of the pollution in lakes of Florida. The studies
have also revealed that it is much more cost saving to minimize or eradicate the cause of NSP rather
than to restore the present water bodies. It works on the same principle. The same way pollution from
NSP has contaminated the water bodies, the influx of fresh and clear water will clean the water bodies.
It is more of a natural procedure but needs a little attention from the authorities in Florida. Florida had
started working on the issue back in the 1970s when they introduced the Nonpoint Source Management
Plan. The plan was evaluated and approved by EPA in the year 1978.

The NSM program of the CWA is implemented by Florida Departement of Environmental Protection.
According to them, nonpoint source management is a Florida Friendly practice that will work to protect
and prevent the contamination of natural resources of Florida especially water for that matter. The NSM
program clearly reflects how important is the protection of natural resources for the tourism industry of
Florida.

Obligatory necessities for agricultural nonpoint sources in Florida are fixing to real water quality
hindrances, as estimated by Florida's CWA water quality models, wherever those impedances happen.
For instance, agricultural nonpoint sources included inside a Basin Management Action Plan. Territory
intended to address particular and distinguished water quality issues in a specific district or watershed
should either execute state established BMPs or lead state-ordered water quality observing to
demonstrate that their releases meet state water quality guidelines and subsequently are not adding to
the issue. Moreover, when a water body is liable to a TMDL, the FDACS recognizes BMPs and different
measures that agricultural sources must use to guarantee that the TMDL is met. Each agricultural
nonpoint source must keep records in regards to BMPs, which FDACS reviews to confirm BMP
implementation. Cost sharing is accessible to help with execution.

For all other agricultural sources, Florida has made a deliberate enlistment program to give motivators
to ranchers to actualize water quality BMPs. Farmers who select in the program and appropriately
execute the endorsed BMPs get various legitimate and financial advantages. For instance, under Florida
law, enlisted ranchers are ventured to agree to state water quality prerequisites, and under Florida's
Right to Farm Act, they are to a great extent protected from extra neighborhood direction.
Furthermore, adjusting ranchers may be qualified for fetched share programs and may get points of
interest in different sorts of permitting. Although few investigations have followed the adequacy of
Florida's agricultural nonpoint source program in really enhancing water quality, However, in the year
2010, the year for which such information is accessible, the EPA's removal of fifty-four already
debilitated conduits from Florida's rundown of waters not meeting their water quality measures a
considerable lot of which had been weakened for supplements underpins the deduction that the
program has worked.