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Regulation on water protection from nitrate contamination due to agricultural activities.

Country/Territory
Türkiye
Document type
Regulation
Date
2004
Source
FAO, FAOLEX
Subject
Sea, Water
Keyword
Maritime zone Policy/planning Pollution control Water quality standards Fertilizers/nutrients Freshwater pollution Groundwater Surface water Data collection/reporting Environmental planning Hazardous substances Transport/storage
Geographical area
Asia, Black Sea, Europe, Europe and Central Asia, Mediterranean, Middle East, Western Asia
Abstract

The Regulation provides for the assessment of water nitrate contamination as per agricultural activities and take necessary technical and for the prevention measures to enact in case of such contamination.The Ministries of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, Environment and Forestry, the Ministries of Health, and Energy and Natural Resources shall jointly cooperate in order to: i) assess surface and underground waters potentially containing nitrate or that could be contaminated by nitrate if no preventive measures are taken; and ii) whether natural lakes, other fresh water resources, estuaries, coastal waters and sea waters are eutrophic or shall be eutrophic if no measures are taken. All related parties in coordination with the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs shall formulate the principles of good agricultural practices within two years from the publication of this Regulation, in order to enact and enforce a general protection level against overall water contamination. An action plan shall be prepared by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs and it shall include, among others, a list of fertilizers approved for agricultural use in a defined lapse of time, an evaluation of the properties of animal derived fertilizers, eventual storage facilities, nitrogen contents present in fertilizer and the absorption rate of plants. The plan shall be monitored jointly by the Ministry of Agriculture and Rural Affairs, the Ministry of Environment and Forestry, the Ministry of Health, and the Ministry of Energy and Natural Resources. Reference and evaluation analytical methods are detailed in the text.

Full text
Turkish