Targets for improving water quality in hundreds of rivers and lakes in Northern Ireland by 2027 will not be met, according to auditors.
The report, carried out by the Northern Ireland Audit Office, found that the biggest pressures were agriculture and pollution from water treatment works.
In the Republic of Ireland almost twice as many rivers and five times as many lakes achieved a"good" or"high" ecological status in 2020. But only 1% of farms in Northern Ireland are inspected each year by the Northern Ireland Environment Agency.
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