There are more than 450 designated bathing waters across England. The Environment Agency is responsible for monitoring, improving, and maintaining water quality at all designated bathing waters. Importantly, designation also means that information is provided to the public to help …
New life has been breathed into Buckinghamshire’s Hamble Brook by a substantial wetland site spanning 2,500 square metres. This work, led by the Chilterns Chalk Streams Project, further extends the largest scheme of its kind involving the Environment Agency, and …
The water industry is underperforming, and it needs to change. We know that people want and deserve more for their water environment. We are meeting this challenge head on. We want to be a modern, confident and efficient regulator. To enable …
My name is Lucy, and I am a Field Monitoring Officer in the National Monitoring Field Team. My role involves collecting water samples from bathing waters and rivers. I take several types of samples but today I am going to …
My name is Jason Doe and I’m a freshwater ecologist in the Environment Agency. I have been surveying algae in the River Wye for several years and find the interactions between aquatic life and its environment fascinating. Plants and invertebrates …
