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Defra invites the public, community and environmental groups, farmers, businesses and local authorities to share views on modernising bathing water regulations.
A sewage pumping station failure killed over 2,000 fish in Melksham, with sewage from a burst rising main also killing fish near Weston-super-Mare.
Nearly 500 inspections of water company assets have happened in South West. Inspection teams continue to grow, focused on checks, enforcement, and regulation.
The UK and Welsh Governments have introduced major legislation with new powers to bring criminal charges against water executives and a ban on bonuses.
It brings together key stakeholders to enhance local and regional collaboration, communication and strengthen environmental response capabilities.
The Environment Agency is asking people going to the beach at Par in Cornwall and Combe Martin in Devon to talk to their beaches via AI.
Talking watercourses are asking people in the region to provide information to help shape water quality improvement plans.
One of the world's rarest lichens has been discovered in a Cumbrian River for the first time in memory and represents a significant biodiversity milestone.
An £80,000 project to reduce flood risk and bring a boost to wildlife and habitat in West Yorkshire is complete.
A speech by Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs, Steve Reed on the introduction of the Water (Special Measures) Bill to Parliament.
The Royal Navy is helping to reintroduce oysters to the Solent after nearly half a century thanks to a unique project opposite Portsmouth Naval Base.
Partnership project transforms 17 hectares of floodplain grassland into complex wetland habitat at Manor Farm. Flourishing wildlife and flood management.
The Environment Agency and the Norfolk Rivers Trust has worked together on a project along a section of the River Glaven in North Norfolk.
Environment Secretary Steve Reed has announced a series of initial steps towards ending the crisis in the water sector.
Environment Agency prosecutes after routine sampling results. Court told how water company broke permitted levels 3 times in 10 months.
Water company inspections will more than quadruple as the government cracks down on poor performing companies.
First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government
A robotic bird of prey is being used to stop seagulls contaminating Teignmouth’s bathing water.
Dozens of new bathing water sites in England have been designated ahead of the 2024 bathing season in the government’s largest ever rollout.
£11.5m extra funding announced to boost tree planting, habitat restoration and flood management across England through the Water Environment Improvement Fund.
The UK Government will introduce new world-leading legislation to ban wet wipes containing plastic.
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