Written Question·Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs·UIN 82633

Acid Rain: Monitoring

Tabled: 15 October 2025

Answered: 21 October 2025

Question

Mr Angus MacDonald

Liberal Democrat — Inverness, Skye and West Ross-shire

To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, what monitoring networks her Department supports to measure acid deposition.

Answer

Emma Hardy

The Precipitation Network (Precip-Net) measures the chemical composition of rainwater at 48 UK sites. Acid air pollutants measured include ammonium, nitrates and sulphates. More information can be found here. It is part of the umbrella UKEAP (UK Eutrophyi...

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