Nutrient neutrality: How sustainable drainage systems can help housebuilders find the right balance

Etisang Abraham

Balancing the need for new homes and protecting water quality is a challenge with limited guidance available. Etisang Abraham explains measures that could help housebuilders

In recent years, legislation and regulatory advice from the Environment Agency have been introduced to protect designated catchment areas across England from the impacts of increased nutrient run-off.

Given that watercourses create essential ecosystems – supporting aquatic organisms (fauna and flora), natural habitats and recreation for humans – there is a need to protect them from pollution. Various land uses (agriculture, wastewater treatment and housing developments) have the potential to contribute to nutrient pollution by releasing nitrogen and phosphates into watercourses.

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