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Construction of a new sea defence and widening of the Skegness seafront promenade will start this month – and people who live and work in the area have been invited to a drop-in session to learn more.
Roads and railways will become better-suited to wildlife and withstanding climate change under a project by Natural England and partners.
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New homes should be connected to vital utility services more quickly under plans announced by Housing Minister Brandon Lewis.
Effective provision of advice to local planning authorities in relation to water drainage management - new consultation announced.
Southern Water Services Limited (Southern Water) has been ordered to pay £500,000 after untreated sewage was discharged into the Swalecliffe Brook.
Major new infrastructure project has been given the go ahead to address London's failing sewerage system.
Water Minister Dan Rogerson visited Queen Elizabeth Olympic Park this week to see the Canal & River Trust's work to restore waterways.
Anglers on the River Sence in Leicestershire are excited after catching a species of fish which disappeared from the area over 40 years ago.
The bathing water at Budleigh Salterton is at risk of failing tough new standards for water quality the Environment Agency has warned.
Anglian Water has been fined £50,000 after sewage contaminated a brook through an emergency overflow pipe killing more than 1,500 fish.
Residents of Combe Martin are invited a special beach awareness day in the popular North Devon village.
The Environment Agency has accepted an Enforcement Undertaking from Wessex Water, in the first case where a civil sanction has been used against a water company.
The Environment Agency are working together with Teignbridge District Council to explain to local businesses what happens if they pour fat, oils or other dirty liquids down their yard drains or road gullies.
The Environment Agency bathing water monitoring teams will be out and about in the South West every week until the end of September, taking nearly 4,000 samples from 194 bathing waters.
Final year before bathing waters have to meet new water quality standards which are twice as strict.
The Environment Agency has begun its annual testing regime to make sure bathing water on the Lincolnshire coast meets strict water quality standards.
Defra will be taking part in a Twitter discussion on water use on farms and abstraction reform.
New figures show almost 99 per cent of England’s bathing waters meet strict quality standards.
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