Water News Europe article

Ireland's water quality is not good enough and is failing to meet the targets set out in the Water Framework Directive.  For solutions a number of organisations and people were interviewed including Edward Burgess; “We can do things better,” Burgess said as he outlined how Irish dairy farming could continue to cut chemical nitrogen input, grow more clover and other multi species swards which introduce the nutrient to grass systems. But the catchment science specialist was clear that Irish farming is not currently achieving what was required in meeting the objectives of the Water Framework Directive for 2027. The entire article is available here on the Water News Europe website.