The Water Framework Directive (WFD) of the European Commission considers water
supply and sanitation on agricultural and forestry holdings as a part of water management policy.
In this sense, this study analyses the current situation in Galicia, European Union, in terms of the
management of wastes derived from dairying, and the attitudes of farmers toward this issue and
government regulations. The study was carried out by conducting a field survey to 4384 farm owners.
The farms were classified according to the income level (size) and the priority status of the farm, and
the current situation was defined based on the results obtained from the survey. The most positive
aspect revealed by the survey is the willingness of farmers to improve wastewater management, which
is a meaningful data because 72% of the farmers declared to use some system forwastewater collection
or treatment.