Diffuse Water Pollution from Agriculture (DWPA) is a significant pressure impacting protected sites. The ecological condition of the River Wye is deteriorating, in part due to DWPA. The intensification of agriculture in the form of Intensive Poultry Units (IPUs) and high levels of legacy phosphorus in the catchment’s soils have been receiving significant scrutiny. Where site conservation water quality targets are being exceeded (this is the case for the River Lugg currently), it is necessar...
