Morpeth: The Grand Opening
After two years hard work and £26 million, hundreds of residents turned out to see the official opening of the Morpeth Flood Alleviation Scheme. As the Area …
Community
What do schoolchildren think about looking after water?
...draft river basin management plans. The Agency asked us to put a range of key questions to the pupils about looking after water. Children’s views were noted down from discussion,...
A community approach to reducing flood risk
I have lived in Deerhurst since 1987. I knew the village was at risk of flooding even before I decided to buy a house here and that houses had last flooded in 1947, but that didn’t put me off. There …
Love Your River - An urban approach
My name is Guy Pluckwell and I work on the Love Your River Telford project. When we initially surveyed the watercourses in Telford we found that they were being impacted by urban pollution, such as sewer misconnections, trading estate runoff …
100 Days: Flood, sweat and engineers
It’s now been 100 days since I took on the role of Chairman and that time has flown by. I’ve witnessed the sheer breadth of work the Environment Agency does first hand and have had the pleasure of meeting some …
Working with wardens and communities
Earlier this year, Friday 8 August to be exact, a number of areas were affected by intense rainfall and localised flooding, and Pontefract in West Yorkshire, was one of these areas. Following the flood, along with Wakefield Council, we visited …