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14/02/2015

Water Management

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Charlotte Smith visits a farm in Somerset that has installed a £1.5m water recycling plant

Charlotte Smith visits a farm in Somerset that has installed a £1.5 million water recycling plant, amid concerns that this most precious of natural resources is being squandered.

Charlotte Smith visits a Somerset farm that's installed a £1.5m water recycling plant amid concerns that this most precious of natural resources is being squandered. According to Defra, agriculture uses 184 million cubic metres of water a year, and just 3% is currently recycled. Tom and Rich Clothier of Wyke Farms in Bruton decided to 'future-proof' their cheese-making business after two years of drought.
We also hear about two different schemes to harness the natural environment: one is restoring old peat bogs to store water on the moors; the other is testing measures like settlement ponds and natural dams to keep agricultural run-off pollution from entering fresh watercourses. 
The producer is Sally Challoner.

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