Environment Act 2021: Difference between revisions
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===Water=== | ===Water=== | ||
*Reduce the length of rivers and estuaries polluted by target susbstances (cadmium, nickel, lead, copper, zinc, arsenic) from abandoned metal mines by 50% by 2037 ( | *Reduce the length of rivers and estuaries polluted by target susbstances (cadmium, nickel, lead, copper, zinc, arsenic) from abandoned metal mines by 50% by 2037 (Abandoned metal mines target) | ||
*Reduce nitrogen, phosphorus and sediment pollution load from agriculture to the water environment by at least 40% by 2037 against a 2018 baseline ( | *Reduce nitrogen, phosphorus and sediment pollution load from agriculture to the water environment by at least 40% by 2037 against a 2018 baseline (Agriculture target) | ||
*A 70% reduction in phosphorus loadings from wastewater/sewage effluent by 2037 against a 2020 baseline (Wastewater target) | *A 70% reduction in phosphorus loadings from wastewater/sewage effluent by 2037 against a 2020 baseline (Wastewater target) | ||
*A reduction in Distribution Input (DI) over population by 20% from the 2019/2020 reporting years by 2037/2038 (Water demand target) | *A reduction in Distribution Input (DI) over population by 20% from the 2019/2020 reporting years by 2037/2038 (Water demand target) | ||