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Publication

 
27th January 2017

Assessing the combined effectiveness of Scotland's rural diffuse pollution measures in reducing FIO from a livestock catchment

Livestock on beach; Cover photograph courtesy of: Clare Neely and Emily Hastings, The James Hutton Institute

SEPA are proposing to adopt monitoring to show effectiveness of rural diffuse pollution measures in reducing FIO from a livestock catchment. This will draw from the recommendations in the CREW report “Monitoring guidance to assess the effectiveness of the Rural Diffuse Pollution Plan”. Before SEPA embark on an extensive monitoring programme to confirm the current modelling predictions, they would like to ensure that similar work has not already been carried out that could provide the information needed to evaluate and verify the models.