Electrofishing to assess a river's health
For me, an average day at work consists of a boat, a net, a few colleagues and a lot of fish. And I love it. It is amazing what you can find out about fish now. I work for the …
Working together to reduce flood risk in Winchester
After the terrible floods of early 2014, we have been busily working in partnership with Hampshire County Council, Winchester City Council and Southampton University to deliver new defences to reduce the risk of flooding in Winchester. The crystal clear waters …
Using data to improve the environment
LIDAR survey showing Sharpham Vineyard, Totnes We live in a data rich world. As an engineer I know the power of data in the design and implementation of new urban...
Floods, Camera, Action – a tweet of a job
I’ve been lucky enough to work on a number of different projects since working for the Environment Agency but I feel most proud of the work that I’ve been doing more recently – using high tech cameras to monitor flooding. …
Clamping down on illegal fishing
One of the questions we get asked a lot is "where does my rod licence money go?" Darren Wakenell, is one of our bailiffs. Here he explains more about his role. I've been a fisheries enforcement officer for 13 …
Engineering with nature to help reduce flooding
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Andy Croxford, Posted on:
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Climate change, Fisheries and biodiversity, Flood
Flooding can occur from many different sources. We saw this in winter 2013-2014 when the storm surge caused flooding on the east coast, there was widespread river flooding across many counties, chalk springs started to flow leading to groundwater flooding …
Protecting Morpeth together
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CLLR Ian Swithenbank – Northumberland County Council’s cabinet member for local services, Posted on:
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Community, Flood
Northumberland County Council speak about the partnership approach to the £26m Morpeth Flood Alleviation Scheme and how their £12 million contribution has helped deliver the ambitious project. It’s the first time a major scheme to reduce the risk of flooding …
The misconceptions of flooding
In this guest blog Christina Worsley from not-for-profit environmental charity Newground CIC writes about people's misconceptions about flood risk and how people can better protect themselves. At Newground I work with individuals, communities and businesses across Lancashire to help them to manage …
Flood action for businesses this winter
Mike Still, Managing Director, Client Service at Marsh, Chairman of Business in the Community’s Business Emergency Resilience Group and The Prince’s Business Ambassador to Scotland, writes in time for winter about a business led-approach that might just help a business …
Flood defence engineers need construction toys, mud and the outdoors
In this blog, flood risk management engineer Rebecca Sharpe writes about why her role is rewarding and says girls and boys should be encouraged to get into engineering. I am a flood risk management engineer, working in Asset Performance. I’m …