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Mark Pilcher

Mark Pilcher

Mark Pilcher has worked in a variety of regulatory and advisory roles for the Environment Agency for 25 years. He currently works in West Cornwall as a Team Leader covering diverse issues on the Isles of Scilly, Bathing Waters, Water Industry, Agriculture, Mines & Quarries, and Ports and Harbours.

Environment Agency monitoring of the South West's largest abstractor

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A pontoon at Gothers Pit.

Mark Pilcher, Land and Water team leader in West Cornwall, talks about our demanding work to inspect one of the largest abstractors of water in the south-west.  The Environment Agency (EA) is responsible for regulating water in England - its …

A whiter smile, a greener environment: cleaning up with China clay

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When travelling down on holiday to Cornwall many of my friends ask me "What are those white hills we can see near St Austell?" My reply often shocks them when I explain that that those 'hills' are in fact the …

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