Prevent manure from entering watercourses

Type: Effect

Links from: Item Link details Reduce the amount of manure washed off fields into watercourses Construct livestock crossings for watercourses regularly used by livestock Restrict livestock access to watercourses

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Links to: Link details Item Reduce losses of faecal indicator organisms (FIOs) to water Reduce losses of nitrogen fertiliser via surface run-off Reduced phosphorus in water Avoid substances with a high BOD entering watercourses

Defra Project IF0131
Assessment of reduction in environmental burdens through targeted measures compared with whole farm approaches in cropping and livestock systems
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Friday 30 October 2009