29 May 2025
Photo description: A mixed wildflower meadow, full of purple and yellow flowers. Image by Couleur / Pixabay Government fails to endorse a proposed Nitrogen Strategy Government ministers have stopped short of endorsing a dedicated Nitrogen Strategy during a House of Lords inquiry into nitrogen pollution. Farming Minister Daniel Zeichner and Water Minister Emma Hardy […]
30 Jan 2024
Defra has published documents showing the catchment areas wholly or partly in England which have been designated as sensitive under section 96C of the Water Industry Act. The documents include the designation notice and a map of the sensitive catchment areas. They have been designated due to the habitats site related to the catchment being […]
22 Dec 2022
Defra published an unchanged set of final water targets to be delivered under the Environment Act 2021 from those consulted on at the start of the year. The final water targets are: Water demand: Reduce the use of public water supply in England per head of population by 20% from the 2019/20 baseline reporting year […]
17 Feb 2022
Defra ‘Farmers take ownership of nitrogen targets in Dorset’s Poole Harbour Farmers in Dorset’s Poole Harbour catchment are aiming to become some of the most nitrogen efficient in the UK. Poole Harbour is designated as a Special Protection Area (SPA), Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI) and Ramsar site. But an increase in nutrients entering […]
27 Apr 2021
EA New advice for farmers – Green crops & Cambridge Successful cover crops scheme expanded Cambridge and Affinity Water are pleased to announce that our novel cover crops scheme has been a success again this year. The joint initiative, launched last summer, captured 40 tonnes of nitrogen over 800 hectares which may otherwise have leached […]
27 Mar 2019
WWTOnline A group of farmers in Dorset have been equally rewarded by Wessex Water for growing cover crops that brought reductions in the levels of nitrates that enter Poole Harbour. ‘The work to protect the site came as the result of a first-of-its-kind uniform price scheme by online environmental trading platform EnTrade. The new scheme, […]
12 Dec 2018
EAC Comprehensive report into Nitrate Pollution in its many forms EAC Introduction: We decided to look at the issue of nitrate pollution for several reasons. One was the continuing problem of water quality. For instance, in October 2015, it was reported that the majority of water bodies in England were failing to achieve good status […]
19 Feb 2018
Benjamin L. Jones Research Associate, Cardiff University, Leanne Cullen-Unsworth Research Fellow, Cardiff University, Richard K.F. Unsworth Research Officer, Swansea University Disclosure statement Britain’s seagrass is a refuge for numerous species of fish, stabilises sandy beaches, and helps to lock away the carbon which humans produce. The meadows that surround the country’s coast have been called […]
