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Waterways: Nitrate Pollution

Volume 701: debated on Tuesday 20 May 2008

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Lord Inglewood

asked Her Majesty's Government:

How much nitrate pollution in watercourses is caused by nitrates dissolved in falling rainwater. [HL3575]

The Minister of State, Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
(Lord Rooker)

A project investigating the significance of different sources of nitrogen input into watercourses is currently under way and due to report in June 2008. This will include an assessment of how much nitrogen entering watercourses originates from rainwater.