Order No. 704/2001 approving the action programme for the vulnerable zone No. 3 - miocenic and jurassic groundwater reservoir of Faro field crop. Country/Territory Portugal Document type Regulation Date 2001 Source FAO, FAOLEX Original source Diário da República No. 159 (I-B), 11 July 2001, pp. 4183-4186. Subject Water Keyword Pollution control Freshwater pollution Effluent waste water/discharge Groundwater Fertilizers/nutrients 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 - miocenic and jurassic groundwater reservoir of Faro fields. 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 Bela Mandil brook, railway Olhão-Faro, the Biogal stream, the National Highway 520-3, the highway Estói-Areia-Pechão and the Bela Mandil brook. It establishes maximum quantity of nitrogen or fertilizers (in kg/ha) to be used in agricultural cultivation according to the different plant species. A list of these plant species and relevant maximum quantity if nitrogen is attached to the text. Full text Portuguese References - Legislation Repeals Order No. 683/98 approving the action programme for the vulnerable zone No. 3 - miocenic and jurassic ground water reservoir of Faro field crop. Legislation | Portugal | 1998 Keyword: Pollution control, Freshwater pollution, Water conservation zone, Zoning Source: FAO, FAOLEX