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Visiting the River Wharfe

Posted by: pressoffice, Posted on: 15 June 2021 - Categories: Water
L to R: EA's Yorkshire Area Director Oliver Harmar, Kathleen Roberts, Karen Shackleton & Professor Rick Battarbee from the Ilkley Clean River Group, EA Chair Emma Howard Boyd and EA’s Area Environment Manager for North Yorkshire Martin Christmas

The Chair of the Environment Agency, Emma Howard Boyd, visited the River Wharfe in Ilkley, Yorkshire, last week.

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Don’t tell everyone how great our beaches are or they’ll all want to come!

Posted by: Michael Donkin, Posted on: 15 May 2018 - Categories: Cleaner Seas

30 years in the job and I’m still being approached by members of the public commenting on just how fabulous our beaches are. There’s not many people who can count themselves lucky enough to go to the beach every day …

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Rain helping the environment and groundwater in the south east

Posted by: Paul Hickey, Posted on: 9 February 2018 - Categories: Water

Following the recent rain in the south east the soil is wetter, many reservoirs have risen and groundwater replenishment has started. This improvement is welcome because the autumn and the previous winter were dry in the south east of England. …

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Meet the EA angler: Neil Trudgill

Posted by: Neil Trudgill, Posted on: 2 January 2018 - Categories: Fisheries and biodiversity

  Neil Trudgill is a Fisheries Technical Specialist. After studying fisheries at Stirling University he began working at the Environment Agency in 2000 and has worked in the fisheries department ever since. My first memory of fishing is from when …

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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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Winter rain needed in the South East

Posted by: Stuart Sampson, Posted on: 13 December 2017 - Categories: Water

  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 …

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Sir James Bevan visits River Bulbourne in Hemel Hempstead

Posted by: James Bevan, Posted on: 24 November 2017 - Categories: Community, Water

In my first weeks as Chief Executive at the Environment Agency - back in December 2015 - I took the train up to Hemel Hempstead to see our work restoring the River Bulbourne. This week I was able to revisit …

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Organisations unite for #binit4beaches campaign

Posted by: Stephanie Wyatt, Posted on: 3 November 2017 - Categories: Cleaner Seas, Cleaner Seas, Water

...has on beaches. Hundreds of bags of dog poo were found on the UK’s beaches according to the Marine Conservations Society’s 2016 research; with 792 bags recorded at 364 beaches...

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A tale as old as time...the beauty of the beach

Posted by: Tom Gallagher, Posted on: 21 August 2017 - Categories: Water

    We've got to work together to have any chance of protecting our seas. Of course Southern Water has a massive part to play and we've invested millions of pounds to reduce our impact on bathing water quality. But …

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Environmental performance of the water and sewerage companies in 2016

Posted by: Emma Howard Boyd, Posted on: 13 July 2017 - Categories: Regulated industry, Water

Water is a precious resource - essential to everyone and everything. Our goal is a water environment that is cleaner, healthier and managed in a way that is more resilient to flood and drought. Water and sewerage companies play a …

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