Farmers 'up in arms' as water quality review is published
The EPA recently published its data on water quality in 2022, showing, overall, no significant improvement in the biological quality of rivers or lakes.
Farmers are "up in arms" as they fear a reduction in stocking rates for derogation farmers in areas across the country will "decimate incomes".
The Environmental Protection Agency has published its report - Water Quality Monitoring Report on Nitrogen and Phosphorus Concentrations in Irish Waters 2022 - which shows that nitrate concentrations "remain too high in rivers, groundwater, and estuaries in the south-east, south-west and midlands and eastern regions".
