Farmers set for new Defra-backed water pollution study
Date posted: 30 Sep 2010
A number of the country's farmers are being given the chance to take part in a new Defra-backed water pollution study.
Published by Louise Border.
The government's Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs (Defra) is offering farmers the chance to take part in a new water pollution study, with the Welsh Assembly and Environment Agency also getting behind it.
Those signing up for the Demonstration Test Catchments scheme will be able to try out as many as 80 different methods which will aim to tackle water pollutants in rivers.
The coalition government's agriculture and food minister Jim Paice believes that the study will serve a useful purpose.
He stated: "Most rivers are at risk from agricultural pollution and one in five currently do not reach the required quality standards, so this hugely important research will help farmers make the right decisions."
GPS technology is among the methods that will be tried by farmers involved in the scheme.
Farmers can also play a part in supporting wildlife sites in the UK, it was recently suggested by environment secretary Caroline Spelman.
Please contact Adam Bradley, Head of Food and Agriculture for further information or call 01223 225275
Click here to email or call on 01223 225186.
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