Linking Danish agricultural nitrogen fertilizer regulation to nitrate levels in drinking water

Birgitte Hansen

Linking Danish agricultural nitrogen fertilizer regulation to nitrate levels in drinking water

Birgitte Hansen

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Abstract

Denmark depends fully on simple treated groundwater for drinking water. The nitrate levels in groundwater increased in the 1970s and 1980s from high use of artificial nitrogen fertilizers. In the mid-1980s, Denmark regulated agricultural nitrate-application and stopped this trend. The presentation will focus on how national mitigation measures have successfully lowered nitrate pollution in ground- and drinking water by linking nitrogen surplus in agriculture to age-dated groundwater sample. The presentation will also discuss how recent more-targeted regulation, using a newly developed concept, is needed to lower the impact further to meet the current legislative demands.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	ISEE 2022 Abstract Book
Publication status	Published - 20 Sept 2022
Event	34th Annual Conference of the Society for Environmental Epidemiology - Athen, Greece Duration: 18 Sept 2022 → 21 Sept 2022 Conference number: 32

Conference

Conference	34th Annual Conference of the Society for Environmental Epidemiology
Abbreviated title	ISEE 2022
Country/Territory	Greece
City	Athen
Period	18/09/22 → 21/09/22

UN SDGs

This output contributes to the following UN Sustainable Development Goals (SDGs)

SDG 6 Clean Water and Sanitation

Programme Area

Programme Area 2: Water Resources

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Linking Danish agricultural nitrogen fertilizer regulation to nitrate levels in drinking water

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