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Make the right choices when visiting beaches, rivers and lakes this summer
Catchment Sensitive Farming advice is now available to farmers, land managers and growers across England
First published during the 2022 Truss Conservative government
Employment Tribunal decision.
Thames Water has now accrued £32.4m in fines since 2017 for 11 cases of water pollution.
First published during the 2019 to 2022 Johnson Conservative government
Deputy Ambassador Brown condemns Russia’s continued attacks on Ukraine’s civilians and critical national infrastructure, including healthcare facilities.
First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government
Anglian Water pays a total of £560,170 in a fine and costs after raw sewage discharge killed 5,000 fish in Northamptonshire river.
Measures set out to encourage water efficient products and introduce more consistent approach to leakage; seven new areas designated in serious water stress
Projects worth over £1.6 billion of investment will tackle water pollution and increase resilience to drought
Oxfordshire water contamination "reckless failure" - judge
First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government
The Coal Authority is applying a zero waste method to the disposal of its reed bed cuttings by composting the material to divert it away from landfill sites.
The bathing water season has begun, with regular monitoring by the Environment Agency now underway
New powers made possible through the Environment Act will enable Ofwat to clamp down on excessive cash pay-outs and hold water companies to account
Environment Agency officers have found an innovative 'green' solution to help prevent fish deaths during the dry weather.
Water company chiefs challenged on environmental performance, leakage and protecting supplies.
Review of water investment programme to ensure water companies’ money delivers better outcomes for environment.
Dozens of fish killed in Cambridgeshire incident.
This was a speech given by EA Chair Emma Howard Boyd to the Gobeshona Conference on Locally Led Adaptation Action in Bangladesh
Consultation to expand storm overflow reduction targets to cover all coasts, estuaries and marine protected sites.
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