Environment, Nature & Climate · United Kingdom

England - Natural England - Nitrate Sensitive Areas (England)

A NSA was an area where nitrate concentrations in drinking water sources exceeded or was at risk of exceeding the limit of 50 mg/l set by the 1980 EC Drinking Water Directive. Voluntary agricultural measures were introduced by DEFRA as MAFF as a means of reducing the levels of nitrate with…

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