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Update on Environment Agency investigation

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Grasses by a water body

Work continues on our largest ever criminal investigation, to date, into potential breaches of environmental permit conditions by all water and sewerage companies discharging into English waters.   The extent of potential non-compliance involves more than 2,200 wastewater treatment works. To …

Enhancing flood and coastal erosion risk digital services with the latest data and mapping

Flooded agricultural land

The Environment Agency is transforming its understanding of flood and coastal erosion risk in England.   Over the past four years, we’ve been working with local authorities to develop a new National Flood Risk Assessment (NaFRA) and a new National …

Big data, tiny microbes: environmental DNA in action

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Picture of a white clawed crayfish on a rock.

All living things, from bacteria to blue whales, have DNA in their cells. DNA provides the blueprint for life, directing how organisms grow, reproduce, and live. Since DNA gives a unique genetic code for every species on Earth, we can …

World Soil Day: Unearthing the secrets of soil

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Happy World Soil Day! Let's take a moment to appreciate the incredible role soil plays in our lives. Healthy soil is the foundation of sustainable agriculture, biodiversity, and climate resilience. Below, read about the Environment Agency’s efforts to measure, monitor, and …

Working together to create natural, sustainable solutions to climate change and nature loss 

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Nature Returns is an ambitious program across government and the private sector to explore head-on some of the biggest environmental challenges we face. Key participants in the programme include the Environment Agency, Forestry Commission, and the Royal Botanic Gardens, Kew.   …

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 …