Water Wise Farming
‘Work with the agricultural industry to reduce the loss of pollutants into watercourses’
Farming is the largest land use in the River Dee catchment and underpins our rural communities. Every day, farms manage soil and nutrients to produce the food we rely on. When these valuable resources are lost from the land, however, they can become pollutants in our rivers.
Through our Water Wise Farming programme, we work confidentially with farmers to identify practical changes and targeted investments that keep soil and nutrients where they belong on the farm and working for the business, not in the River Dee.
We provide:
- One-to-one, confidential farm advice
- Grant funding to improve farm yards and improve soil health.
- Opportunities for peer-to-peer learning through farm events and knowledge exchange
Our approach delivers benefits for both farm businesses and water quality, helping to build resilient, future-ready farms across the
