Water Quality & Management

Crawfish Production: Water Quality and Management

This is Chapter 7 of the Louisiana Crawfish Production Manual. The chapter discusses water supply and quantity, water quality parameters of greatest importance and practices that affect water quality including flooding date and forage type. Best management practices (BMPs) to minimize the impact of tailwater releases on the environment are also discussed. This work was supported in part by EPA Grant #C9-996102-08 through the Louisiana Department of Environmental Quality.

Measuring Oxygen in Crawfish Ponds

This fact sheet provides information on chemical test kits and meters for measuring oxygen, the advantages and disadvantages of each, and a list of vendors where oxygen-measuring kits or meters can be purchased.

Water Exchanges in Crawfish Production: Avoiding Too Much of a Good Thing

This article discusses recommendations for maximizing efficiency of water use in commercial crawfish aquaculture.

Best Management Practices in Crawfish Production - Good for Producers and Coastal Wetlands

This article discusses 10 best management practices that have been identified to minimize the potential impact of crawfish pond effluents (tailwater) on the environment.

Reducing Crawfish Pumping Costs

Farming crawfish requires pumping water. Pumping water costs money. Although there is really no way to get around these facts, we can take action to minimize pumping costs.