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Agriculture water quality Environment Act target delivery plan

Outlining the delivery plan for statutory and interim Environment Act targets relating to agriculture water quality.

Applies to England

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The Environment Act target delivery plan for agriculture water quality.

The Environment Act 2021 set out a series of legally binding statutory targets to significantly improve the natural environment and leave it in a better state for future generations.  

To ensure progress, the Environment Act requires that each statutory target has at least one interim target set in the Environmental Improvement Plan (EIP) which covers the 5 years from publication of the latest revision of the EIP.  

Updates to this page

Published 1 December 2025
Last updated 16 July 2026 Show all updates
  1. Updated with the latest delivery statistics, policy measures and milestones, including new information on the Farming Innovation Programme, ADOPT funding, and progress monitoring.

  2. First published.

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