A new report from the House of Commons Environmental Audit Committee published today is calling for Government action to “stop using seas as a sewer” and warning that the Government’s ‘out of sight, out of mind’ treatment of the oceans is putting marine resources at great risk.

The House of Commons Environmental Audit Committee has flagged up a raft of concerns over the possibility of deteriorating water quality, growing nitrate pollution and inadequate monitoring after the UK leaves the European Union.

The Welsh Assembly is introducing new regulations covering the whole of Wales to protect water quality from agricultural pollution.

In a prosecution brought by the Environment Agency, environmental offences for nitrates pollution and over-abstraction have cost a Shropshire farmer £36,000 in court.

Lesley Griffiths, Cabinet Secretary for Energy, Planning and Rural Affairs in the Welsh Assembly has said she “is minded to introduce” a whole Wales approach to tackling nitrate pollution from agriculture and improve water quality.

The House of Commons Environmental Audit Committee has launched a new inquiry into nitrates pollution in the UK.

The European Commission is calling on Malta, Spain, France and Greece to comply with European legislation on a number of separate water issues.

The European Commission is referring Germany to the Court of Justice of the EU for failing to take stronger measures to combat water pollution caused by nitrates.

The European Commission is urging Germany to take stronger measures to combat water pollution caused by nitrates.