Advice for pesticide users: Safe herbicide use to protect drinking water

Drinking water monitoring results for Ireland show that a number of herbicides commonly used on grassland, such as MCPA, are being detected more frequently in recent years.

Careless storage, handling or use of pesticides can easily cause breaches of the legal limit for pesticides in drinking water.

Rush control and MCPA Spraying rushes can very easily lead to breaches of the drinking water standard for pesticides, particularly if using MCPA products.