The mention of a new partnership may not get your pulse racing, but teaming up with various groups across the country, has led to some of our biggest successes. Take our work on creating and maintaining flood defence schemes, for …
My son Isaac is 10 years old this June. He was born during the wettest summer I can remember. I was a Field Operations team leader at the time, based in Short Ferry near Lincoln. While I was at …
I started fishing when I was Head of Wildlife, Recreation and Marine Policy in our Head Office 10 years ago. We were promoting angling participation at the time and I thought if I was going to lead this credibly I …
The phrase “a picture tells a thousand words” really does ring true in the high-pressured environment of responding to a large scale flooding event. That’s why new technologies that allow our staff in an incident room to see what’s happening …
Water is a precious resource - essential to everyone and everything. Our goal is a water environment that is cleaner, healthier and managed in a way that is more resilient to flood and drought. Water and sewerage companies play a …
Chris Haynes-Brown has worked at the Environment Agency for 20 years and is currently employed as deputy director of finance. Chris started fishing aged 10 and has enjoyed coarse, game and saltwater fishing ever since. I’ve worked for the Environment …
After the floods in 2007 in Sheffield the Environment Agency undertook a comprehensive programme of works to clear the River Don of tree growth, vegetation and debris. Both eyewitness accounts and subsequent modelling demonstrated the capacity of the channel was …
...significantly in this chain as overall response to a flood is only as good as the weakest link. On detection we now have a river level monitoring service which covers...
...impact on me. There I worked on water supply, roofing solutions and micro-hydropower and saw the hugely positive impact engineering can make. Clean water, a roof over your head and...
...civil engineering that hooked her and her 12-year career sees her leading on exciting new projects that create better places. I would say to any girl considering a career in...
