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The loss of nutrients to our waters is causing a decline in water quality. As a country we are required to have all our waters achieving “good status” by 2021 which is a goal we must all work towards. In all cases to mitigate against the loss of N and P to waters we can “Break the Pathway” through the use of buffer zones. A buffer zone may be fenced or unfenced, planted with trees or just grass, but in all cases acts to intercept and take up excess nutrients before they negatively impact on water. Buffer zones are no spread zones for nutrients. Ditches and drains are designed to remove water from fields but act as corridors and connecting pathways for nutrients and so buffer zones should be sited along these areas of potential loss.