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  • The problem of nitrates in the water environment, including sources and evidence. Current control measures, potential solutions and approaches.

  • The nature, extent and consequences of physical modifications, opportunities for action and balancing priorities.

  • The problem of excess fine sediments, current control mechanisms and future opportunities.

  • The uses of mercury and pathways into the environment. The amounts in the water environment and restrictions of use.

  • The history and current issues of pollution from abandoned mines, addressing the challenges and future opportunities.

  • The urgent global challenge of climate change, current measures and what's needed for the future.

  • The sources and scale of plastics in the environment, their impact, and how the issue is being tackled.

  • The evidence of faecal contamination, sources of contamination and control measures. Plus a summary of projects addressing evidence gaps.

  • Impacts of pollution from water industry waste water, how the challenge is being addressed and future challenges and actions.

  • Reviews alternative approaches to modelling future river water temperature for England.

  • Presents national-scale trends in the macroinvertebrate communities of English rivers over 29 years.

  • This project explored an innovative, systems-based approach to water management.

  • This project looked at what impact invasive non-native species have on the ecology of sites at which they are recorded.

  • Environment Agency annual reports on our regulation work and the environmental performance of regulated businesses in England.

  • A study of wild roach in English rivers indicates that oestrogenic contaminants continue to occur at levels sufficient to produce a biological response in fish.

  • This project reviewed the occurrence of deep aquifers and presents methods for identifying and mapping them.

  • This project looked at deep subsurface activities and whether we need constraints in order to protect deep groundwaters.

  • Case studies to show how groundwater could be affected by a large-scale development of the shale gas industry.

  • Annual reporting for 2019 on the environmental performance of the 9 water and sewerage companies, including the Environmental Performance Assessment (EPA).

  • This publication reports on a range of environmental indicators for Northern Ireland and provides links to government strategies.