Water
Posts about our work to improve the water environment
The Sampling and Collection teams have an important role to play for the Environment Agency to help understand and enhance our water wildlife, but what does the work involve? The sampling and collecting teams (S&C) primary function in fisheries is to …
I’m often asked “why do I need to buy a rod licence, what do I get for my £27?” Apart from it being the law for anyone fishing for migratory and freshwater fish, the income from rod licence sales funds …
As a Hydrometry & Telemetry Technical Specialist it’s my job to provide my colleagues and our partner organisations with technical information on surface water, rainfall and groundwater. For the past year or so I’ve been working on the Midlands Fish …
The record breaking severe weather that we’ve seen recently in the UK highlights the urgent need to prepare and adapt our communities and businesses and the infrastructure that we all rely on. The overall financial cost to businesses of the …
There have been some misleading reports in the press that the spell of dry weather in June will bring drought conditions. Victoria Williams, Water Resources Adviser , explains what the real risks currently are. Every week we measure water resources …
On the last Saturday in May, I went fishing for the first time ever, and what a day that turned out to be! Armed with a new rod & reel, and an Environment Agency day rod licence purchased from the …
There has been a lot of discussion on Twitter about the Somerset dredge in the past couple of weeks. Keeping the community updated is an important part of this project. I know everyone wants a good job done quickly before …
I work in the Fisheries and Biodiversity team where we’re often approached by angling clubs or landowners, who have noticed deterioration in their local stretch of river. As a hydromorphologist I am often called to these locations to identify the …
Monday 5 May was a significant day in our monitoring calendar as it was the start of our bathing water sampling season. Probably one of our most enjoyable sampling programmes as it’s not every day you can go to the …
For six years I have worked at the National Fisheries Laboratory. To many we are known as the fish choppers of the Environment Agency, but this only touches the surface of the varied and important work we are involved with. …