CSF Case Study: Using Environmental Stewardship to meet drinking water quality standards (AE031)

The Catchment Sensitive Farming team in the East Midlands have been working with Severn Trent Water to implement catchment management solutions to water quality issues in
the region. The drinking water standard for nitrate was being exceeded in a number of boreholes Severn Trent Water used for abstraction in the Rufford area. Further investigation showed these to be cyclical, and related to the rearing of outdoor pigs on fields adjacent to the boreholes and within Source Protection Zone 1. For the full case study, please download the PDF from the “Downloads available …” box below.

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