The Water Resources (Control of Agricultural Pollution) (Wales) Regulations 2021

• Keep annual livestock manure nitrogen within 170 kg per hectare of your holdingOccupier

• Stay within nitrogen limits on grassland or notify NRW and follow enhanced rulesOccupier

• Notify NRW if you will exceed the 170 kg nitrogen per hectare limit on grassland and submit an enhanced nutrient management planOccupier

• Keep nitrogen from organic manure within statutory limits per hectareOccupier

• Plan the spreading of nitrogen fertiliser before applicationOccupier

• Calculate and record nitrogen from organic manure before spreadingOccupier

• Do not exceed statutory nitrogen limits on your holdingOccupier

• Calculate nitrogen available for crop uptake from organic manureOccupier

• Maintain and update a farm risk map for organic manure spreadingOccupier

• Inspect fields before spreading nitrogen fertiliser and avoid spreading if high riskOccupier

• Do not spread manufactured nitrogen fertiliser within 2 metres of surface waterAny Person

• Do not spread organic manure near surface water, boreholes, springs, or wellsAny Person

• Use low-trajectory slurry spreaders and spread nitrogen fertiliser accuratelyAny Person

• Incorporate organic manure into soil within 24 hoursAny Person

• Do not spread high-nitrogen organic manure during closed periodsAny Person

• Limit slurry and poultry manure spreading after the closed periodAny Person

• Do not spread manufactured nitrogen fertiliser during closed periodsAny Person

• Store organic manure correctly on your farm or holdingOccupier

• Comply with rules for temporary field sitesAny Person

• Separate slurry using approved methods onlyAny Person

• Provide sufficient storage for slurry and poultry manure during winter storage periodOccupier

• Comply with NRW notice to carry out works to prevent water pollutionAny Person

• Notify NRW before constructing new silage or slurry storageAny Person

• Record the total size of your agricultural holdingOccupier

• Maintain records of manure storage capacity and productionOccupier

• Record livestock numbers and field heap sites annuallyOccupier

• Record animal numbers and calculate nitrogen from manure each yearOccupier

• Record details of livestock manure brought onto or sent off the holdingOccupier

• Keep original laboratory reports for nitrogen content analysis of organic manureAny Person

• Record crop sown and sowing date within one weekOccupier

• Record arable crop yields and grassland managementOccupier

• Keep copies of FACTS-qualified fertiliser advice for 5 yearsOccupier

• Keep records for at least 5 yearsAny Person

• Contravene agricultural pollution regulationsAny Person

Unlimited fine

• Record phosphate content before spreading manure or fertiliserOccupier

• Complete and update risk map of your agricultural holdingOccupier

• You must keep at least 80% of the agricultural area sown with grassOccupier

• Do not plough grass on the holding during closed periodsOccupier

• Sow high-nitrogen crop or grass within deadlines after ploughing grasslandOccupier

• Do not include prohibited nitrogen-fixing plants in crop rotationOccupier

• Record the total agricultural area and grass area of your holdingOccupier

• Record livestock numbers and calculate manure nitrogen and phosphateOccupier

• Record livestock manure sent off your holding and its nitrogen contentOccupier

• Record crops sown and sowing dates before spreading phosphate fertiliserOccupier

• Record spreading of phosphate fertilisers within one weekOccupier

• Record the date of grass ploughing within one weekOccupier

• Submit fertilisation accounts to NRW by 31 March 2025Occupier

• Keep all agricultural land covered with crops, stubble or other vegetationOccupier

• Keep livestock feeding sites 20m and drinking sites 10m from watercoursesOccupier

• Use precision spreading equipment for slurry during the relevant periodOccupier

• Keep organic manure at least 15m from surface water (10m with precision spreader) during restricted periodOccupier

• Only use manure from your own livestock during the closed periodOccupier

• Carry out soil phosphorus sampling on each agricultural areaOccupier

• Determine soil phosphorus index for each management areaOccupier

• Produce phosphate fertiliser plan based on soil phosphorus indexOccupier

• Prepare an enhanced nutrient management plan with soil tests and fertiliser calculationsOccupier

• Do not exceed maximum phosphate limits from fertiliser and manureOccupier

• Do not exceed maximum phosphate limits per crop without FACTS adviceAny Person

• Sample slurry and send for analysisOccupier

• Silage silo base must include perimeter channels and drainage to an effluent tankAny Person

• Ensure silo effluent tank capacity meets minimum requirementsAny Person

• Ensure silo base meets design or construction standards and is impermeableOccupier

• Ensure silo and pipe materials resist silage effluentAny Person

• Keep silo and effluent equipment at least 10 metres from water bodiesAny Person

• Ensure silo retaining walls meet strength, loading, and notice requirementsAny Person

• Ensure silo and effluent equipment is built to last 20 years with proper maintenanceOccupier

• Design below-ground effluent tanks to last 20 years without maintenanceAny Person

• Ensure slurry and effluent storage structures are impermeableAny Person

• Protect slurry storage tanks from corrosion to British Standard BS 5502Any Person

• Ensure slurry storage tank walls and base meet British Standard load capacityAny Person

• Ensure temporary slurry storage has adequate capacityAny Person

• Maintain required freeboard in slurry storage tanksOccupier

• Keep slurry storage at least 10m from water or get NRW written approvalAny Person

• Design slurry storage and effluent systems for 20-year lifespanOperator

• Ensure slurry storage tank base meets standards if walls are not impermeableAny Person