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Managing the impacts of drought in the Midlands

Two Environment Agency officers, a man and a woman, both wearing waterproof bib-and-brace dungarees, walk up a shallow, narrow stream in the forest with nets and buckets looking for any fish in need of rescue and removal to safer, deeper waters.

Managing the impacts of drought in the Midlands

What is the situation in England? The National Drought Group met today (15 July) and a drought was declared in the West and East Midlands. The region joins the north-west and Yorkshire which officially declared drought last month. Dry weather …

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Flood action for businesses this winter

Posted by: Mike Still, Posted on: 12 October 2015 - Categories: Flood

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 …

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Flood defence engineers need construction toys, mud and the outdoors

Posted by: Rebecca Sharpe, Posted on: 9 October 2015 - Categories: Community, Flood

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 …

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Breathing new life into historic Ipswich

Posted by: Andrew Usborne, Posted on: 8 October 2015 - Categories: Flood

My name’s Andrew Usborne, I'm the project manager for the Ipswich Flood Defence scheme, a multi million pound flood project to upgrade Ipswich’s flood defences. Ipswich is one of the oldest towns in England. Dating back to the seventh century, …

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Grand designs: investing in flood risk management

Posted by: Ken Allison, Posted on: 6 October 2015 - Categories: Community, Flood
an aerial view of the Morpeth flood scheme

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 …

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The Sonde of Music

Posted by: Andy Newton, Posted on: 29 September 2015 - Categories: hydrometry, Water

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. …

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Events and rewards – a fond farewell

Posted by: Dr Paul Leinster, Chief Executive, Posted on: 25 September 2015 - Categories: agriculture, Fisheries and biodiversity, Flood, Regulated industry, Water
Paul Leinster

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 …

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How we can collaborate with farmers to reduce pollution near popular beaches

Posted by: Claire Flanagan, Posted on: 25 September 2015 - Categories: Water

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 …

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‘Super tides’ this autumn

Posted by: John Curtin, Posted on: 24 September 2015 - Categories: Flood

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 …

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Improving water quality at Saltburn by the Sea

Posted by: Dave Rennie, Posted on: 18 September 2015 - Categories: Water
Famous lifts at Saltburn by the Sea

...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....

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Laser surveys light up open data

Posted by: Martin Whitworth, Posted on: 18 September 2015 - Categories: agriculture, Flood, Waste

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 …

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