It’s almost a year since we announced a six-year £2.3 billion flood defence programme to provide better protection for more than 300,000 properties around the country. In that time, we’ve made great progress. The financial security that £370 million a …
Perhaps the hills aren't alive with the Sound of Music, but they are buzzing with sondes. Sondes are devices that enable us to test the temperature, oxygen levels, and 'cloudiness' (turbidity) of water, giving us vital information on its quality. …
This is my last blog post as Chief Executive of the Environment Agency. It has been a great privilege to lead such a capable and committed organisation working to protect and improve the environment for people and wildlife. I am …
For the last five years I have had the enviable job of helping to protect our bathing waters in the beautiful northern reaches of North Yorkshire. There are not many better days than a sunny day out and about visiting …
You may have heard about the potential impact of so-called ‘super tides’ which are due from Saturday 26 September to Saturday 3 October. These tides are enhanced by the autumn equinox which this year fell on Wednesday 23 September. This …
...off from agriculture. Tees Rivers Trust helped in the farm campaign by funding the fencing off of watercourses, preventing access to livestock, which can negatively impact on bathing water quality....
For the last 17 years the Environment Agency has used lasers to map and scan the English landscape from above to help us carry out work such as flood modelling and tracking changing coastal habitats. This month, for the first …
Waste is an issue for all of us. We all create it and that means we are all responsible for what happens to it. Waste needs to be dealt with in the safest way possible. Even as householders, we have …
As someone passionate about sustainable drainage, I’m always trying to think of ways to make the implementation of it appealing and exciting to the general public. In my home town of Auckland, New Zealand, Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems (SuDs) are …
George Colley is a Project Officer in the Water Team of the Wiltshire Wildlife Trust Himalayn Balsam and American Skunk Cabbage may sound like the sort of plants you would find in a botany lesson at Hogwarts but the reality is …
