Water board warns of inspections in manure-free zones

The water authority, with its area of operation covering a large part of the Green Heart, reports that the checks are being carried out at the parcel level. According to the Hoogheemraadschap of Rijnland, these checks should contribute to the limitation of the contamination of ditches. Manure in waterways has an adverse effect on water quality. Rijnland reports that a manure-free zone is a strip of land along the ditch where no manure may be used. The manure-free zone is measured from the inlet of the ditch. The inlet is the place where the ground starts to slope down towards the water. Fine or reduction in CAP premium If manure ends up in a ditch, it constitutes an infringement, warns the hoogheemraadschap. A consequence may be that the user or owner of the parcel receives a fine or that the entrepreneur is reduced in their CAP premium. This also applies when the work has been ...