Cleaner seas? Yes please!
The thought of flags flying above a beach on sunny summers day warning people to stay out of the water may sound like a premise from a 1970’s shark based movie, but the reality maybe closer than you would like …
A day in a life of a Fisheries Enforcement Officer
The Environment Agency is responsible for overseeing fishing and angling by a system of licensing. Working as a Fisheries Enforcement Officer (FEO) my duties include the enforcement of two important pieces of legislation - the Salmon and Freshwater Fisheries Act …
Living with a changing coast in Devon and Dorset
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Jane Lavick, Posted on:
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Climate change, Fisheries and biodiversity, Flood, Water
The unrelenting storms of this winter clearly highlighted the scale of damage and disruption that can be wreaked on our coastline by Mother Nature, at her most ferocious. Whilst it wasn't the first time that the Dawlish railway line was severed, (it …
Tackling waste crime
In early 2014 approximately 1,000 tonnes of mixed commercial waste was illegally tipped at the former Master Brewer Hotel in Hillingdon. A new development is proposed to take place on this land and the removal of the illegally deposited waste …
The Customer Contact Centre opens its doors for Sport Relief
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Tracey Bartlett, Business Change Manager, Posted on:
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Other areas of our work
Ever wondered who is at the other end of your phone call, email or letter when you contact the Environment Agency? That would be our customer service, registration and incident hotline team, known internally as Contact Centre Services. Our aim every …
The calm after the storms
I started work at the Thames Barrier in April 2009. During much of my five-year spell with the Environment Agency, it's been relatively uneventful in terms of actual flooding. Indeed, for two winters, we didn't have any flood defence closures …
Fish finally find freeway to freedom
I am a geomorphologist. Geomorphology is the science of earth surface processes and landform development. It explains the way rivers form, why coastal erosion occurs and where we’re likely to get flooding. There are many parts to my day job …
GOV.UK: Our digital journey
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Pam Gilder, Director of Corporate Affairs, Posted on:
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Other areas of our work
Today our website moves to gov.uk. This means that online information will be simpler, clearer and easier to find. We’re closing down our old website. But don’t worry – any content which didn’t make the move to GOV.UK will still …
Community spirit - helping to improve our rivers
When I started working for the Environment Agency I realised early on that lower level chronic pollutions were not being reported in Birmingham and the Black Country. I wanted to change this by engaging with local community members and encouraging …
Dredging the Somerset Levels – the site supervisor’s story
The dredging of the Rivers Parrett and Tone started this week, part of a 20 year plan containing various actions to improve flood resilience on the Somerset Levels and Moors. In the first of our monthly blogs from the Somerset …