Oireachtas Joint and Select Committees
Wednesday, 13 October 2021
Joint Oireachtas Committee on Agriculture, Food and the Marine
Nitrates Directive, Water Quality and Pollution: Discussion
Dr. Eimear Cotter:
Our latest assessments show that agriculture impacts about 1,000 water bodies in the country. Agriculture is therefore the most significant pressure of those that are impacting water. The latest assessment from the EPA, which is supported by the draft River Basin Management Plan for Ireland 2018-2021, reports about 1,000 water bodies impacted by agriculture.
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