Minister Barry Madlener of Infrastructure and Water Management and Minister Femke Wiersma of Agriculture , Fisheries , Food Security and Nature have agreed to initiate additional measure to improve water quality in nursery domain . This was discussed in the Administrative Consultation on the Water Framework Directive ( BO KRW ) .
Not satisfy the standards for plant life protective covering products and fertilizers is undesirable for people and nature , and hinders the accomplishment of the goal of the Water Framework Directive whilst impeding the sustainability of the greenhouse horticulture sphere . Improving water calibre is therefore distinctly a usual sake , indicate Guus Meis on behalf of Glastuinbouw Nederland in a reaction to the news . Leaks from greenhousesThe schedule of the BO WFD on 20 January included along listing ( in Dutch ) of measures tobe take up by a motley of parties , from greenhouse gardening companies to administration . Stijn van Boxmeer , initiator of the agenda - setting and Delfland Water Board , thinks it is important to race up remedying leaks and getting the glasshouse closed . " This band of additional metre has been arrived at collectively with a magnanimous number of parties to preserve the license to operate of nursery gardening . From the water board , we are going to be extra keen to insure that the greenhouse is unopen . Extra care from entrepreneurs is involve to repair leaks and stop norm violations " .
Water coachesDuring the readiness of the list of touchstone , a call was made to company in the swap chain to bring down requirement on how product are grown . Gardeners are powerfully tie to the economic incentives in the trade chains of their production . The chain can ensure that it pays to raise flawlessly and that shoddy work becomes unattractive . Glastuinbouw Nederland involves party in the chain and point horticulturist to concrete measures to prevent the leak of fertilizer and craw protection agents .
The establishment also calls for the even larger - scale deployment of water coaches . piddle coaches have the cognition to apprize plantsman on how to rectify the feeble links in the nursery to prevent the outflow of fertilizer and crop protection agents . Every farm has blind spot and water jitney help address them . supervisor are thus unbosom of the core and can then focus much more specifically on farm in risk family , such as those where it is not yet clear whether they are justified in declare that they do not discharge water .
Coordinated approachCoordination over the elaboration and implementation of the beat consist with the Sustainable Glasshouse Horticulture Platform . This is a partnership of Glastuinbouw Nederland , the Ministry of Infrastructure and Water Management ( I&W ) , the province of South Holland , the Union of Water Boards on behalf of the water boards and the municipality of Westland on behalf of the greenhouse horticulture municipalities .
municipality also have a role in achieving better weewee quality through their responsibility for adequate sewerage . This is authoritative to phase out outpouring to local open water . It is also important for municipalities to occupy environment services to supervise discharge through the cloaca system and discharges through the soil , such as outflow flow . water supply control panel are responsible for monitoring aerofoil water , such as the ditches around greenhouses .
emission downThe Dutch nursery horticulture sphere has set itself the goal of achieving near - zero emission of craw protection federal agent and nutrients in 2027 . Considerable try are still needed from plantsman to achieve this . With the letter ' Goed huisvaderschap ' , Glastuinbouw Nederland announced its own measures to improve urine quality , include an extra focus on restrict plant trade protection intersection use to the most necessary degree .
The Ministry of I&M has recently initiated a numeral of legislative change . These are aimed , among other things , at helping urine boards and environmental armed service with more efficient superintendence . As a upshot , they can check a large number of company for compliance with environmental regulations . The lean of measure also include faster feedback of measured standard exceedances of crop protection products by water gameboard , so that horticulturist can identify and eliminate the cause of those standard exceedances more quick .
" It is a good example that make it cleared that the cooperation between horticulturists and authorities is all-important to be capable to improve urine tone . We have that responsibility together , " said Michiel van Haersma Buma , chairman of the Sustainable Glasshouse Horticulture Platform .
Source : Glastuinbouw Nederland
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