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Policy/environmental relevance

Freshwater quality with respect to eutrophication and nutrient concentration is an objective of several directives and other policies: the Nitrates Directive (91/676/EEC); the Urban Waste Water Treatment Directive (91/271/EEC); the Industrial Emissions Directive (2010/75/EU); the Convention on Long-range Transboundary Air Pollution and the National Emission Ceilings Directive (2016/2284/EU); and the Water Framework Directive (2000/60/EC). The Drinking Water Directive (2020/2184) sets the maximum allowable concentration for nitrate of 50mg NO3/l.

Reducing nutrient pollution from agriculture is an aspect of the European Green Deal, the ‘Farm to Fork’ Strategy and the Common Agricultural Policy.