Should I swim in the river or at the beach?
Summer is ending and you may be tempted to go for a swim in the river instead of the sea for a change, with just under half of the new bathing water sites announced this year being in rivers. So …
Cleaner Seas
World Rivers Day: What are the biggest causes of river pollution and what’s being done about them?
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Helen Wakeham, Posted on:
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agriculture, Cleaner Seas, Environment Agency, Rivers, Uncategorized, Water
By Helen Wakeham, Director of Water World Rivers Day, celebrated every year on the fourth Sunday of September, is a global event that highlights the importance of rivers and the urgent need to protect them. Public concern around pollution in …
Wet winters leading to more macroalgae in Solent, but nutrient reduction offers hope for the future
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Cleaner Seas, Climate change, Fisheries and biodiversity, Nature
If you spend time on or around the water of the Solent’s harbours, you will likely have noticed high levels of bright green macroalgae, on the shore or in the water. Wet winters are causing an increase in green macroalgae …
What’s the foam you sometimes see along Britain’s coastlines?
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Cleaner Seas, Cleaner Seas, Climate change, Environment Agency, Water
Have you ever been at the coast and noticed a frothy foam at the water’s edge? From April to August, it’s fairly common to see these discoloured, sometimes creamy-looking and bad smelling foamy patches in the sea. You might think …
Bathing water classifications and short-term pollution
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Cleaner Seas, Cleaner Seas, Environment Agency, Water
Our blog on 1 February explained how we approach monitoring, sampling and testing of bathing waters and our approach to keeping public informed and warned when there are short term risks of pollution which bathers would rightly want to be …
Water transformation: source to sea.
Helen Wakeham, Director of Water Transformation at the Environment Agency delivered a keynote speech today (25 January) at the annual Coastal Futures Conference in London. Here, Helen shares her thoughts on the history and future of our estuarine, coastal, and …
Do your part to protect the water environment this Christmas
Our Area Environment Manager Rachael Caldwell looks at what we can all do to improve water quality over the festive season.
Better bathing water quality; better health and wellbeing
A look into the LOVEmyBEACH project.
Your toilet is not a rubbish bin - think before you flush
We work hard at the Environment Agency to keep water clean for people to enjoy and rivers healthy for wildlife to thrive. Did you know there are simple things you can do too? Water UK has announced today that wet …
Organisations unite for #binit4beaches campaign
Turning Tides is a cross-agency partnership working together to do everything possible to improve the quality of bathing waters in North West England. Five years ago the partnership generated the LOVEmyBEACH campaign as a method to engage with the general …