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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 …

Reporting water pollution to get easier with new online service 

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We’re piloting a new digital service to provide more ways for the public to report environmental problems.  Public reporting of water pollution, odours, flooding or wildlife concerns is an important way that we are alerted to environmental incidents.  Our national …

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 …