this muck is full of phosphates, vital for growing the crops we need. it goes by tanker, but it s sucked up by tanker. actually, you go up on that dry hill there, it s dry, it is dry as a cork, there s no land drains, there s no nothing and we have the right, we have a licence to spread there. the prices can t see how muck could be getting into our rivers when there s so many rules and regulations governing how farmers like them can safely use it. we are just down the valley from the prices farm. this runs runs eventually into the river wye itself. we tested the water here for phosphates, and as expected, phosphate levels are very low.
sucked out by tanker. actually, you go up on that dry hill there, it s dry, it is dry as a cork, there s no land drains, there s no nothing and we have the right, we have a licence to spread there. the prices can t see how muck could be getting into our rivers when there s so many rules and regulations governing how farmers like them can safely use it. we are just down the valley from the price s farm. which runs eventually into the river wye itself. we tested the water here for phosphates, and as expected, phosphate levels are very low. but further down river, they are too high. and that s putting wildlife at risk.
sucked up by tanker. actually, you go up on that dry hill there, it s dry, it is dry as a cork, there s no land drains, there s no nothing and we have the right, we have a licence to spread there. the prices can t see how muck could be getting into our rivers when there s so many rules and regulations governing how farmers like them can safely use it. we are just down the valley from the price s farm. which runs eventually into the river wye itself. we tested the water here for phosphates, and as expected, phosphate levels are very low. but further down river, they are too high. and that s putting wildlife at risk.
isn t going to happen overnight. it s good number of years for for a rise in the phosphate levels but it can be done. it is something that has to be started sooner rather than later. scotland s environmental regulator spends £900,000 a year on a dedicated team of 12 inspectors and support staff just checking water pollution from farms. so what about in wales? natural resources wales of the environmental regulator but while they do inspect some farms they don t have a full time, fully funded team like in scotland. in charge of water quality at nrw is sean williams. we know there are problem areas in the wye catchment. what we ve done is a lot of targeting different bars so that we had a dairy project
it is dry as a cork, there s no land drains, there s no nothing for that we have the right, we have a licence to spread there. the prices can t see how muck could be getting into our rivers when there s so many rules and regulations governing how farmers like them can safely use it. we are just down the valley from the price s farm. which runs eventually into the river wye itself. we tested the water here for phosphates, and as expected, phosphate levels are very low. but further down river they are too high. and that s putting wildlife at risk.