We've been testing our sirens!
It’s Monday morning and I’m sat at my desk planning out my work week, time seems to be flying by recently. I catch myself casting my mind back little over a week to the annual upper Calder valley Yorkshire siren …
Flood
Posts about our work managing flood risk and responding to flooding
Remote controlled boat for river flows
Given the chance, wouldn’t your job be better if you could do it using a remote controlled boat? It was this thought that led us to develop a high-tech river survey boat, known as the acoustic remote controlled boat or …
Protecting people and property by working with others
Here at the Environment Agency we have the job of investing funding for Flood and Coastal Risk Management, working with local councils and water companies amongst others to put measures in place to protect people and property. As the Flood …
Flood wardens unite!
It’s Saturday morning and all is relatively quiet in the city as I make my way to the office, there’s rain in the air but a spring in my step because today is our annual flood warden seminar. Now you …
Hunting for history in Exeter
You’d be amazed how often we find historical artefacts during our flood work. Particularly in ancient cities like Exeter, where we’ve started work on a £30 million flood defence scheme with Exeter City Council and Devon County Council. And that’s …
Creating a safer Severn Estuary
My name is Dave Shaw and I work as an Operations Field Team Leader in Flood and Coastal Risk Management. The work that me and my team do is focused in Gloucestershire but we often help in other parts of …
Repairing flood defences in Dorset
Work is well underway across Dorset and Wiltshire to repair damage caused by flooding and coastal storms. In this blog we hear from Mark Goldingay about the work to repair damaged assets. Assets are banks, pumping stations, sluices, gates and …
Repairing flood defences in Somerset
With dredging on target, work will soon be at full speed to repair the damage caused by winter flooding in Somerset. In this blog we hear from Pat Hall who has been helping to plan the repair works across Somerset. …
High Flyers - Tales from the Aerial Survey Team
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Susan Winter, Posted on:
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Categories:
Climate change, Fisheries and biodiversity, Flood, Water
If the sky’s clear and you look up there’s a slim chance you’ll see a small purple and white plane flying back and forth, especially if you live in an area at risk of flooding or along the coast. But …
Fish SOS! How you can help
It may seem strange that a Fisheries Officer would be attending ‘SOSfest’, a public safety festival! It was filled with stalls manned by the Police, Fire Service, Ambulance and Armed Forces to name a few. My flood resilience colleagues were …