Groundwater in the Great Lakes Basin

GLOSSARY
Agricultural Source Material (ASM) – nutrients that
are generated by livestock operations, such as manure.
Endocrine Disrupting Chemicals (EDC) – an
exogenous agent that interferes with the synthesis,
secretion, transport, binding, action or elimination of
natural hormones in the body that are responsible for
the maintenance of homeostasis, reproduction, development
and/or behaviour.
Non-Agricultural Source Material (NASM) – nutrients
such as biosolids that are generated by the pulp
and paper industry and municipal sewage treatment
plants.
Nutrients – materials, such as manure, biosolids (e.g.
sewage sludge) and washwater, which are applied to
land for the purpose of improving crop growth.
Nutrient Management Plan (NMP) – a document
including information about the farm and its fields; an
analysis of the nutrients to be applied, how much will
be applied and at what rate; setbacks from sensitive
features, such as wells; and how the nutrients will be
stored.
Nutrient Management Strategy (NMS) – a document
including a description and sketch of the farm, a list
of the types and quantities of nutrients produced and
of the storage facilities, and to whom the nutrients are
distributed.
Nutrient Unit - the amount of nutrients equivalent to
the commercial fertilizer replacement value of the lower
of 43 kg of nitrogen or 55 kg of phosphate.
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