The increased use of renewable electricity across the European Union has not only reduced pressures linked to climate change, but also to air and water pollution (particulate matter formation, eutrophication and acidification), according to a European Environment Agency (EEA) briefing published today (14 Jan). More targeted actions can help minimise the negative environmental effects of […]
Pollution from farming increases massively from a planned surge dairy farming plan. Guardian ‘Ireland is experiencing a water pollution crisis. A lack of investment in managing sewage is part of the story: half of urban wastewater treatment plants don’t meet minimum EU standards, while raw sewage from 77,000 people across Ireland flows into the environment every day. […]
Pollution from farming increases massively from a planned surge dairy farming plan. Guardian ‘Ireland is experiencing a water pollution crisis. A lack of investment in managing sewage is part of the story: half of urban wastewater treatment plants don’t meet minimum EU standards, while raw sewage from 77,000 people across Ireland flows into the environment every day. […]
Guardian: River pollution leads to Welsh demand for halt to intensive chicken farms ‘Pea soup’ algal blooms in River Wye cited as example of damage to habitats as coalition calls for moratorium on planning permission. As rivers in Wales deteriorate and fill with pollution, a coalition of groups has called for a moratorium on planning approval for […]
Climate change is expected to alter water quality in rivers, but where and when this may happen is uncertain. This report describes a study of projected response in the amount of algal plant growth (phytoplankton biomass). Increasing algal growth is one of the ecological manifestations of eutrophication in slow flowing rivers, where the water starts […]
Research commissioned by the Environment Agency predicts that eutrophication in rivers will increase with climate change, but can be mitigated with better water management. It sets out a national scale picture of flow related changes in phosphorus concentrations and indicates where the Agency may need to target intervention to meet phosphorus standards in the future. […]