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Order No. 622/98 approving the action programme for the vulnerable zone No. 2 - quaternary ground water reservoir of Aveiro.

Country/Territory
Portugal
Document type
Regulation
Date
1998
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Original source
Diário da República No. 198/98 (I-B), 28 August 1998, pp. 4463-4464.
Subject
Water
Keyword
Pollution control Freshwater pollution Water conservation zone Zoning
Geographical area
Europe, Europe and Central Asia, European Union Countries, North Atlantic, North-East Atlantic, Southern Europe
Abstract

This Order approves the action programme for the vulnerable zone No. 2 - quaternary ground water reservoir of Aveiro. The aim of this Programme is to protect of waters against pollution caused by nitrates from agricultural sources and to avoid the freshwater pollution within the aforementioned zone, delimited by the National Highway 109, the railway Aveiro-Pampilhosa, the IP-1 and the railway Sernada do Vouga-Aveiro until the National Highway 109. It establishes maximum quantity of nitrogen or fertilizers (in kg/ha) to be used in agricultural cultivation according to the different plant species.

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Repealed by

Order No. 705/2001 approving the action programme for the vulnerable zone No. 2 - quaternary groundwater reservoir of Aveiro.

Legislation | Portugal | 2001

Keyword: Pollution control, Freshwater pollution, Effluent waste water/discharge, Groundwater, Fertilizers/nutrients

Source: FAO, FAOLEX