Dr Carla Turner www adas uk This project
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Dr Carla Turner www. adas. uk This project has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 727984
Partners
Background • Set of EU directives, guidelines and policies to protect water quality: • Drinking Water Directive, Water Framework Directive, Groundwater Directive, Nitrates Directive, Directive on the Sustainable Use of Pesticides. • Limits for nitrate (50 mg/l) and pesticides (0. 1 µg/l) are still exceeded in many areas with vulnerable water resources. • Agriculture is a source of nitrate and pesticide.
Occurrence and exceedance of selected pesticides in groundwater monitoring stations, 2010 -2011 Source: European Environment Agency, WISE-So. E Rivers
Fairway Objectives • to increase the scientific understanding of the relationship between agriculture and drinking water protection, • to increase the understanding of the social, technical and economic barriers to practical implementing of measures, • to deliver innovative measures and tools to overcome these barriers, • to develop protocols and data-sets for monitoring of farming practices and water quality, and to increase awareness and involvement of farmers and other citizens in the monitoring of water supplies, • to develop effective governance approaches for small to large water supplies, • to identify key strategies and good practices for drinking water protection and assess the implications of these options for policy and practice.
Fairway approach • Multi-actor platforms • 13 cases in 11 countries • Site-specific • • management tools, measures and good practices, indicators for monitoring and communication tools
13 case studies
England Case Study 336 KM² 170 KM² 45 KM²
Louth and Ancholme Catchment Slug it Out - 6 Reservoirs
Thanks www. fairway-project. eu/ Carla Turner Carla. turner@adas. co. uk Isobel Wright iwright@lincoln. ac. uk Jenny Rowbottom JRowbottom@lincoln. ac. uk www. adas. uk This project has received funding from the European Union's Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 727984
