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Research: Nitrates: challenges for the water environment

Environment Agency

January 29
17:59 2025

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This report describes:

  • an overview of the problem of nitrates in the water environment, including sources of nitrates and risks of deterioration
  • evidence gaps
  • current control mechanisms, with case studies
  • potential future solutions and approaches

Updates to this page

Published 22 October 2021
Last updated 29 January 2025 +show all updates
  1. Update to the nitrate narrative, including updates to some of the maps, charts and tables based on the latest round of reporting for the Nitrate Directive.

  2. First published.

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