Research and analysis

Agriculture and rural land management: challenges for the water environment

Impacts of farming on the environment and mechanisms for improvement, plus future challenges and approaches.

Applies to England

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This report describes:

  • the range of pressures caused by farming and their impacts on the water environment
  • improvement mechanisms
  • measures to control the sources and impacts
  • future challenges and proposed approaches
Published 22 October 2021
Last updated 7 April 2022 + show all updates
  1. Added an attachment: 'Water quality: what 3 future environmental land management schemes can achieve by 2027'. Updated the 'challenges' document to link to this.

  2. First published.