New Nitrates Action rules could take 24 months to improve water quality
Regulations: The nitrates derogation and NAP are designed to protect surface/ground waters from pollution arising from agricultural sources
It may take 18 to 24 months for new tougher rules under the latest Nitrates Action Programme (NAP) to improve water quality in some of the country’s deteriorated catchments, it has been claimed.
The timeline emerged at last week’s Joint Oireachtas Agriculture Committee on the nitrates derogation and NAP, which must protect surface/ground waters from pollution arising from agricultural sources.
