- ADAS
- ADAS is a consultancy and research organisation to the
land-based industries in the UK and overseas. Many aspects of its
programme address how to reduce pollution from agriculture and
horticulture and to take positive steps to enhance or conserve the
rural landscape. Activities and research in these areas, many of which
are related to eutrophication, can be viewed on the ADAS website.
- Centre for Ecology and Hydrology (CEH)
- CEH undertakes research in land and freshwater
environments. It
has facilities located at many sites across the UK. The best way to
access information is to go to the CEH
Website and follow the links to the various science
programmes or the research teams.
- Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
(Defra)
- The department is responsible for all aspects of water
policy in England, including water supply and resources, and the
regulatory systems for the water
environment and the water industry. These cover: drinking water
quality; the
quality of water in rivers, lakes and estuaries; coastal and marine
waters; sewage treatment; and reservoir safety. The department also
co-ordinates marine
environment policy, including international agreements on the North
East
Atlantic and the North Sea. Many of these responsibilities have an
influence on eutrophication and much information related to policy
making can be found in the Environmental Protection section of the Defra
website.
- Department of Agriculture and Rural Development
(DARD)
- The Department of Agriculture and Rural Development (DARD)
has
a long history of eutrophication research in Northern Ireland, which
began in 1967 when the Government of Northern Ireland set up the
Freshwater Biological Investigation Unit (FBIU) under the Ministry of
Agriculture to research the cause of algal blooms on Lough Neagh. Visit
the website.
- Department of Geography, Reading University
- The Aquatic Environments Research Centre is part of the
Department of
Geography at the University of Reading. Staff at the centre conducts
interdisciplinary research on the structure, function, problems and
management of a range of different aquatic environments. Particular
areas of expertise rest in the nutrient hydrochemistry of lakes, rivers
and riparian wetlands, simulation of algal population dynamics in
eutrophic lakes, and evaluation of the impact of land use and
management on water quality at the catchment scale. Visit the Aquatic Environments
Research Centre website.
- Division of Molecular and Environmental
Microbiology,
Dundee University
- The Division contains a research team that investigates the
formation, significance, fate and control of cyanobacterial toxins
(CT). [The genera of cyanobacteria (blue-green algae) which commonly
form mass populations in fresh, brackish and marine waters include
members, which produce potent toxins.] The team contributes to the UK
and World Health Organization policy formulation for CT control in
drinking and recreational water. Visit the website.
- Natural England
- Natural England is a Government agency set up by
the Environment
Protection
Act 1990 to champion the conservation of wildlife, geology and wild
places in England. Many of its interests and activities are related to
eutrophication. Visit the Natural
England website for general information.
- Environment Agency for England & Wales (EA)
- Following a formal consultation exercise, which ended in
March
1999, and further discussions with key external and internal groups,
the Agency released its eutrophication strategy in August 2000. This
promotes improved policy co-ordination, a partnership approach to
eutrophication management, measures to reduce nutrient inputs to water
nationally and more comprehensive catchment-based action for priority
(impacted or sensitive) waters. Local catchment-based action is being
evaluated through the introduction of a suite of pilot eutrophication
control action plans. For more information on this and related topics
visit the Research Section of the EA website.
- Northern Ireland Environment Agency (NIEA)
- Eutrophication is considered by NIEA to pose the most
widespread
single threat to good water quality in Northern Ireland. In October
1999 the Water Management Unit published, for public
consultation, "Eutrophication in Northern Ireland's Waters - Proposals
for a Strategy to Control Nutrient Enrichment". For the latest
developments visit the Environmental
Protection section of the NIEA website.
- Institute of Grassland and Environmental Research
(IGER)
- The 'Soil, Environmental and Ecological Sciences Dept' of
IGER
undertakes research on nutrient cycling, agro-ecology and management of
farm manures and nutrient resources. These topics are closely related
to nutrient enrichment of aquatic environments. Go to the Departments
web pages.
- Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA)
- SEPA is the public body responsible for environmental
protection in Scotland. This includes regulatory activities to prevent
the pollution of natural waters. Visit the SEPA website for
information.
