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Environment Agency: giving a helping hand to keep rivers flowing

Posted by: Environment Agency, Posted on: 5 September 2022 - Categories: Water

The Environment Agency owns and operates 8 groundwater schemes and 5 surface water transfer schemes that supplement the flows in several key rivers during the driest months. Just as we do when managing flood risk, our staff work all year …

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Liquid History – a personal view of the tidal River Thames

Posted by: Environment Agency, Posted on: 25 August 2021 - Categories: Other areas of our work, Water
Former Battersea Power Station next to River Thames with river barge carrying spoil.

Water Quality Technical Specialist, Neil Dunlop, gives us a personal view of the River Thames and the multi-billion pound programme of work to improve water quality

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Partnership working on an urban river: Bracknell’s River Cut

Posted by: Stuart Keable, Posted on: 19 December 2017 - Categories: Fisheries and biodiversity

The River Cut in Bracknell is a tributary of the mighty River Thames and is, typically for a heavily urbanised catchment, challenged in many ways. At least 3 sewage treatment works discharge along its course, and historically the channel was …

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How do we protect our breeding fish at this time of year?

Posted by: Phil Rippon, Posted on: 9 December 2016 - Categories: Fisheries and biodiversity, Water

Every year usually between November and January the rivers of the North East are full of life as Salmon, Sea trout and Brown trout come to lay their eggs in the oxygen rich, clean gravels. Following long journeys back to …

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