Opinion: Elevated nitrogen levels in Irish water is an unintended consequence of agricultural expansion and action must be taken to address this Irish water quality has declined over the decades.

Some of the mysteries of agricultural water pollution were explained by Teagasc Agricultural Catchment Specialist, Eddie Burgess, on a recent Environment Edge podcast. “The type of farm that is most ...

As Central Iowa Water Works imposes a lawn-watering ban to help ensure member utilities have the capacity to treat high levels of nitrates in their source water, some central Iowans are eyeing the ...

Residents are advised not to give the water to infants under six months old or use it to prepare infant formula.

AMMONIA AND nitrate levels in water supplies near icy roads gritted with chemical fertiliser are well within safe levels, the Emergency Co-ordination Response Committee has said. In its daily briefing ...

VOLUNTEERS are helping a Stroud conservation charity to monitor water pollution in local rivers. The Stroud Valleys Project ...

Nitrate levels in rivers and streams flowing into coastal areas surveyed by the environmental group Coastwatch have shown a decline for the first time since 2012. The finding follows surveys of ...

John Murphy of the IFA said that without support for farmers, we risk undermining both our climate goals and the future of Irish agriculture Water quality improved and agricultural greenhouse gas ...

Sixteen scientists compiled 50 years of data on the Des Moines and Raccoon rivers, two of the largest sources of drinking ...