Building a greener future
As I begin my tenure as Chair of the Environment Agency it is now, more than ever, that we need a bold new vision for the environment. Over the last 40 years EU legislation has helped shape and promote improvements …
Posts about our work managing flood risk and responding to flooding
As I begin my tenure as Chair of the Environment Agency it is now, more than ever, that we need a bold new vision for the environment. Over the last 40 years EU legislation has helped shape and promote improvements …
The Environment Agency’s mission is to create a better place for people and wildlife. And that is exactly what we’re doing through our work on a Sustainable Drainage Scheme. Recently, I visited a fabulous example of such a project in …
The government’s National Flood Resilience Review (NFRR) has been published this week, along with a Property Level Resilience Report. You can read it here. The review looks at how the country can be better protected from future flooding and extreme …
It has been over 200 days since communities across Yorkshire had their Christmas stolen by Storm Eva. Flood defences were damaged and our telemetry stations – which monitor river levels - logged record-breaking levels, alongside the obvious and devastating damage …
Richard Farnell, Leader of Rochdale Borough Council, reflects on an Environment Agency backed project to reopen the River Roch in Rochdale town centre and reveal its historic hidden bridge. When I found out that the Environment Agency and Heritage Lottery …
The value of floodplain meadows was well understood in mediaeval times, when the Domesday Book recorded them as 10 times more valuable than arable land because without them people could not keep their animals alive through the long hard winters. …
My name’s Martin Howarth, I manage the Asset Performance Team in Norfolk. The team’s role is to ensure our flood defences are well maintained and able to cope with the pounding they regularly receive from the powerful North Sea waves. …
From being part of the response team during the flood event to inspecting our flood defences and identifying repairs, we’ve been very busy in the months since the devastating flooding caused by Storm Desmond. I’ve been spending a significant amount …
I was in at the start of the Environment Agency – well, actually, years before that, in its earlier life as the water company. Then, as a nervous conservation officer in 1984 (32 years ago), I was handed a typewriter …
My name’s Ruth Snowden. I’m a Senior Engineer for VBA, a joint venture between VolkerStevin, Boskalis Westminster and Atkins. We’re working on a multi-million pound Environment Agency project to upgrade Ipswich’s flood defences. As a Senior Engineer my role is …