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Phosphorus: challenges for the water environment

Eutrophication issues and sources of phosphorus, with current and future problems and solutions.

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Phosphorus: challenges for the water environment

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This report describes:

  • current and potential future problems with high concentrations of phosphorus and eutrophication in freshwaters
  • sources and evidence gaps
  • current solutions
  • the extent of the challenge for agricultural and non-agricultural sources
  • potential future approaches and solutions

A set of annexes include:

  • current and possible future control measures for the main sources of phosphorus
  • river basin management planning assumptions
  • a summary of projects to close the evidence gap

Updates to this page

Published 22 October 2021
Last updated 22 December 2022 + show all updates
  1. Published a new version which addresses policy and technical developments, along with updated facts and figures since the previously published version.

  2. First published.

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