Mise en oeuvre du Programme de Gestion Durable de l'Azote et évaluation d'impact à l'échelle d'un bassin versant agricole (Arquennes, Belgique)

Application of the Action Programme and impact evaluation at a catchment scale (Arquennes, Belgium). Two water catchments exploited by a water supply company (SWDE) in the rural village of Arquennes (Hainaut Province, Belgium) are contaminated by nitrate (concentrations higher than 50 mg NO3 -.l-1). Catched water is no longer used for distribution. The catchment basins (31 ha and 47 ha) are located exclusively in a cultivated area, mainly on loamy soils. Since October 2004, these basins are used as pilot areas for environmental evaluation of good agricultural practices in respect of use of nit... Mehr ...