For our water resources to retain their value (that is, quality suited to sustaining aquatic ecosystems, people and animals) they need protection so that negligible amounts of contaminants from chemicals applied to land leach through or across the soil into water resources.
This note will assist in the development of comprehensive and effective nutrient and irrigation management plans. The note will also assist regulatory agencies to assess their adequacy in meeting environmental objectives.
This note focuses on rural, commercial or recreational land exceeding 5000 square metres in area where vegetation is irrigated and fertiliser/pesticides are applied and/or animals are held intensively in paddocks and their wastes containing nutrients are deposited onto the land.
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