Practice Code: 614
Reporting Unit: Number (No.)
A watering facility is a permanent or portable device to provide an adequate amount and quality of drinking water for livestock and or wildlife.
Purposes and Benefits
- Improves water quantity and quality by providing a clean, reliable, easily accessible water supply for animals away from water bodies
- Improves heard production and health
Ground Disturbing Potential of Conservation Practices
This is a potential ground disturbing conservation practice. Any project with ground disturbing or potential ground disturbing practices planned may need to be submitted for review by the State Historic Preservation Officer and Tribal Historic Preservation Officers. Please see the Cultural Resources Review Process Flowchart for an outline of this process. View a list of conservation practices used in New York State, and their ground disturbing potential.
Conservation Practice Documents
Documents associated with this and other conservation practices are available at the NRCS Field Office Technical Guide Web site.
Related Conservation Practices
This practice is commonly used in a Conservation Management System with practices such as:
Prescribed Grazing (528)
Spring Development (574)
Water Well (642)
Water Well Testing (355)
If you want to learn how you can protect natural resources on your farm or forestland, please contact your local NRCS office.
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