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Nitrate vulnerable zone
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<p>A nitrate vulnerable zone is a <a href="/facts/Conservation_designation/TAbD2z0y">conservation designation</a> of the <a href="/facts/Environment_Agency/B1RNS01A">Environment Agency</a> for areas of land that drain into <a href="/facts/Nitrate/5AnVlYnL">nitrate</a> <a href="/facts/Polluted_soil/BzPwKXhM">polluted</a> waters, or <a href="/facts/Waterway/F0cpQUNN">waterways</a> that could become polluted by <a href="/facts/Nitrate/5AnVlYnL">nitrates</a> due to environmental and health threats. A nitrate vulnerable zone can be designated as a response to an increase in <a href="/facts/Leaching_(agriculture)/AwxtSzo8">nitrate leaching</a> or increased use of nitrate <a href="/facts/Fertilizer/ysh3r6NJ">fertilizers</a>. </p>