2013 – The continuing challenge of nitrate and pesticide in groundwater

Ineson and Darcy Lecture

NGWA Darcy Lecture,  ‐Prof. David Rudolph (University of Waterloo, Canada) Managing Groundwater Beneath the Agricultural Landscape

Ineson Lecture, Prof. Poul Løgstrup Bjerg (Technical University of Denmark, Copenhagen) Past, Present and  Future: Sources, transport, and fate of pesticides in surface water and groundwater  

Supporting Speakers:

Prof Bob Harris (Secretariat, Defra DTC),  Having our cake and eating it ‐ solving the conundrum of growing food while protecting the water environment 

Prof Kevin Hiscock (University of East Anglia) Mechanisms and control of diffuse pollution losses in a lowland  arable catchment: the example of the Wensum Demonstration Test Catchment  

Tim Besien (Environment Agency) Nitrate and pesticides in groundwater ‐ the regulators’ perspective 

Matilda Beatty (Severn Trent Water Ltd) Identifying the need for groundwater catchment schemes and the practicalities of delivery 

David Johnson (ADAS) Pesticides and nitrates in groundwater; some observations after working with agronomists