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Water: nutrient and heavy metal pollution 'decoupling' from growth

News Published 24 Feb 2014 Last modified 21 Jun 2016

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Photo: © Guilherme Cecilio

European households are generating lower levels of nutrient pollution in water, despite a growing population. In a similar example of 'absolute decoupling', levels of some pollutants from agriculture and manufacturing have fallen in recent years, while the economic production of these sectors has grown.