06 Jul 2021
New report sets out the results of the Environment Agency’s determination of areas of water stress that took place in 2021. Additional company areas as a result of the 2021 determination: Cambridge Water Portsmouth Water South Staffordshire Water Severn Trent Water – excluding Chester zone Veolia Water Wessex Water South West Water – Bournemouth South […]
06 Jul 2021
Environment Agency Chair Emma Howard Boyd last week spoke about water scarcity at the WWT event ‘Water Security in a Changing Environment’. “Drought is on the verge of becoming the next pandemic and there is no vaccine to cure it. Most of the world will be living with water stress in the next few years. […]
30 Jun 2021
From the Guardian The head of the Environment Agency has called for the government to reinstate a £120m grant to help increase surveillance of water companies and cut pollution in rivers. Sir James Bevan, the chief executive of the agency, told MPs that water companies and the farming industry, the two main polluters of rivers, were not […]
25 May 2021
From Water Briefing The Environment Agency (EA) has pledged to default to low-carbon concrete when constructing flood defences and other critical infrastructure projects, provided they meet performance requirements, as it sets out its roadmap to hit net zero as an organisation by 2030. More than half of the EA’s carbon emissions currently come from the […]
18 May 2021
The Environment Agency has launched its annual FCERM (Flood and Coastal Erosion Risk Management) Strategy Action Plan to help protect England from flooding and coastal erosion. Launching the Plan, the Agency said that communities, local authorities and government working together is “crucial if we are to tackle the climate emergency.” The measures set out in […]
18 May 2021
This project explored an innovative, systems-based approach to water management. This should help organisations involved in water planning and management understand how different parts of the water system interact and develop ways of managing the water environment as a whole. This will help to bring about multiple benefits while avoiding undesired outcomes. Read more and […]
11 May 2021
The Environment Agency has reviewed the evidence behind 17 different carbon offsetting approaches which included mainly nature-based solutions and a smaller number of built environment approaches: Woodland creation Upland peat restoration Biochar Hedges and trees outside of woodlands Household insulation Household low carbon heating Soils management: pasture Soils management: arable Enhanced weathering Lowland peat restoration […]
05 May 2021
From the Guardian A river in the Lake District is getting its curves back in order to reduce the risk of flooding, with storm damage and landslides set to become more widespread in the national park by 2060. Homes and businesses in the Ullswater valley have been devastated by floods in recent years. Storm Desmond […]
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