Science behind the samples
Laboratory scientist, Sean, takes us through the science behind bathing water monitoring.
Invasive species week: coastline risks from invasive species and how we tackle them
As part of invasive species I wanted to uncover the coastline risk of invasive species and the work I do as part of my role to tackle this issue. I was very fortunate to grow up a 10 minute walk …
Winter rain needed in the South East
If you live in the south east of England you might have noticed that there hasn’t been a lot of rain recently. Low amounts of rainfall over a prolonged period can cause problems for the environment and even future …
Organisations unite for #binit4beaches campaign
Turning Tides is a cross-agency partnership working together to do everything possible to improve the quality of bathing waters in North West England. Five years ago the partnership generated the LOVEmyBEACH campaign as a method to engage with the general …
A life in water
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Andy Roberts, Posted on:
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Fisheries and biodiversity, telemetry, Uncategorized, Water
I know I’m lucky. I’ve got a great job. Every day I travel across Hampshire and the Isle of Wight, measuring water levels and flows in rivers, and rainfall amounts and groundwater levels in boreholes and wells. I’ve got really fond …
New water quality standards are in place at bathing beaches – so what’s changed?
There are over 400 bathing waters in England, and from 2016 water quality will be classified as either Excellent, Good, Sufficient or Poor, based upon regular samples and testing by the Environment Agency to check how clean the water is. …
The Sonde of Music
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. …
A river's health check
The Sampling and Collection teams have an important role to play for the Environment Agency to help understand and enhance our water wildlife, but what does the work involve? The sampling and collecting teams (S&C) primary function in fisheries is to …
Smoother spawning
As a Hydrometry & Telemetry Technical Specialist it’s my job to provide my colleagues and our partner organisations with technical information on surface water, rainfall and groundwater. For the past year or so I’ve been working on the Midlands Fish …
Sampling bathing water - what are we looking for and why?
Monday 5 May was a significant day in our monitoring calendar as it was the start of our bathing water sampling season. Probably one of our most enjoyable sampling programmes as it’s not every day you can go to the …