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Regulatory EDM 2024 Bathing Season storm overflow data analysed 

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The Environment Agency has analysed Event Duration Monitoring (EDM) data on storm overflows associated with bathing waters across England for 2024.   This regulatory data, bolstered as 100% of storm overflows are now fitted with event duration monitors, is a vital …

What are this year’s bathing water classifications? 

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Today, 26 November, the Environment Agency and Defra published the annual classifications of bathing water sites in England.   The results follow testing of England’s 450 designated sites throughout the May to September bathing season. 92% of bathing waters in England …

How EA has spent fishing licence income to support angling and fisheries 

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We have just published our Fisheries Annual Report for 2023 to 2024, which details how fishing licence income has been spent to improve fishing and fisheries throughout England.  Anyone 13 and over who fishes with a rod and line in …

Waste Crime Engagement Specialists take to the stage at the Environmental Services and Solutions Expo in a bid to stop waste crime

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Waste crime is estimated to cost the UK economy around £1 billion per year. Often this money is taken away from essential services to deal with the damage caused by waste criminals. Waste crime can endanger people's safety, undercut reputable …

A day in the life – plant surveying on the River Mimram with Emma, a Senior Environmental Monitoring Officer 

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Every June to September, Environment Agency monitoring officers conduct surveys of aquatic plant life (known as macrophytes) to determine the health of our riverine ecosystems. This year, I was lucky enough to spend the day on the River Mimram with …

Day in the life of a new Environment Officer

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The Environment Agency (EA) is improving the way the water industry is regulated. This includes expanding the number of our officers focused solely on regulation and compliance. Here, one of the EA’s new dedicated Environment Officers, Rebecca Lee, explains why …

How the EA uses its enforcement powers to hold water companies to account

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Since 2015, we have successfully concluded 63 prosecutions against water and sewerage companies for pollution offences securing fines of over £151 million. The most recent of these include a £2 million fine for Severn Trent Water after allowing huge amounts …

Monitoring antimicrobial resistance in the environment

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Microorganisms drive many of the biogeochemical processes that make the Earth habitable for people. These processes involve the movement and transformation of chemical elements and compounds between living organisms, the atmosphere, and the Earth's crust. However, some microorganisms can cause …