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Environment Agency announces new £300m contract to reduce flood risk

Environment Agency announces new £300m contract to reduce flood risk

Thursday, 13 November 2014

The new contract is to deliver a £300m programme to reduce flood risk in London and the Thames estuary....

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Southern Water fined for polluting the sea and a Kent watercourse

Southern Water fined for polluting the sea and a Kent watercourse

Thursday, 13 November 2014

Southern Water Services Limited (Southern Water) has been ordered to pay £500,000 after untreated sewage was discharged into the Swalecliffe Brook. ...

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Cuadrilla’s environmental permit application consultation opened

Cuadrilla’s environmental permit application consultation opened

Monday, 10 November 2014

Environment Agency opens second public consultation on applications for environmental permits until 8 December. ...

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Albert Dock flood defence improvement work to start

Albert Dock flood defence improvement work to start

Thursday, 06 November 2014

New flood wall will reduce flood risk to hundreds of properties affected by last December’s tidal surge...

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New flood warning system launched in Hull

New flood warning system launched in Hull

Wednesday, 05 November 2014

Faster and more specific flood warnings now available...

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Floods destroy: be prepared!

Floods destroy: be prepared!

Monday, 03 November 2014

As winter approaches, the Environment Agency is urging people across the West Country to be prepared for possible flooding....

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Environment Agency keeps promise to complete Somerset dredge

Environment Agency keeps promise to complete Somerset dredge

Monday, 03 November 2014

The Environment Agency kept its promise to complete the 8km dredge of the Rivers Parrett and Tone in Somerset by 31 October. ...

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Public urged to help stop the spread of quagga mussels

Public urged to help stop the spread of quagga mussels

Friday, 24 October 2014

Members of the public are being urged to help slow the spread of an invasive mussel recorded in the UK for the first time this month. ...

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Siren testing in the upper Calder Valley

Siren testing in the upper Calder Valley

Friday, 24 October 2014

Flood sirens in Walsden, Todmorden, Hebden Bridge and Mytholmroyd will be tested as part of the Environment Agency’s annual maintenance. ...

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King’s Lynn Internal Drainage Board take on Norfolk rivers

King’s Lynn Internal Drainage Board take on Norfolk rivers

Friday, 24 October 2014

The Environment Agency will hand over maintenance of the rivers Babingley, Ingol and Heacham to the King’s Lynn Internal Drainage Board....

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Work begins on Westonzoyland defence scheme

Work begins on Westonzoyland defence scheme

Monday, 13 October 2014

The Environment Agency begins constructing the new flood defence works at Westonzoyland in Somerset this week. ...

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We want your views on the water environment

We want your views on the water environment

Friday, 10 October 2014

The Environment Agency is asking for views on how to improve and protect the water environment in the South West. ...

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Damaged flood gate secured by Environment Agency and Polperro Harbour Trust

Damaged flood gate secured by Environment Agency and Polperro Harbour Trust

Friday, 10 October 2014

A damaged flood gate at the entrance to Polperro Harbour has been secured by the Environment Agency and Polperro Harbour Trust to maintain flood prote...

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Official opening of Fazeley flood risk management scheme

Official opening of Fazeley flood risk management scheme

Friday, 10 October 2014

The Environment Agency has officially opened the Fazeley section of the Lower Tame flood scheme. ...

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Environment Agency flood risk schemes win 3 construction awards

Environment Agency flood risk schemes win 3 construction awards

Thursday, 09 October 2014

Medmerry managed realignment scheme wins two awards and Godmanchester flood risk management scheme wins the Outstanding Contribution Award ...

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Be ‘aware and prepared’ for winter flood risks

Be ‘aware and prepared’ for winter flood risks

Thursday, 09 October 2014

The Environment Agency is urging people across Leicestershire and Rutland to be ‘Aware and Prepared’ for winter flood risks in their area....

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Quagga mussel discovered for first time in UK

Quagga mussel discovered for first time in UK

Thursday, 09 October 2014

The invasive species, the quagga mussel (Dreissena rostriformis bugensis), has been discovered in the south east. ...

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Work begins on Boston flood bank

Work begins on Boston flood bank

Wednesday, 01 October 2014

Work starts tomorrow (1 Oct) on a £500,000 scheme to improve the flood bank at Slippery Gowt on the Boston Haven....

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Essex coastal community benefit from seawall repairs

Essex coastal community benefit from seawall repairs

Wednesday, 01 October 2014

A seawall in Hullbridge which was damaged by the storm surge last December is being brought back up to standard....

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Flood defence repair work completed on Chesil Beach

Flood defence repair work completed on Chesil Beach

Wednesday, 01 October 2014

Emergency flood defence repair work to damage caused this year by a succession of winters storms on Chesil Beach in Portland, Dorset, will be complete...

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Last chance to make a difference to flood risk in the South West

Last chance to make a difference to flood risk in the South West

Thursday, 25 September 2014

Over five million people are at risk from the devastating effects of flooding in the UK, with thousands of properties at risk in the south west....

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Take time to check your oil tank

Take time to check your oil tank

Tuesday, 23 September 2014

Autumn is here and it is the time of year when many households will be getting oil delivered ready for winter....

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Safe ark for threatened Norfolk white clawed crayfish

Safe ark for threatened Norfolk white clawed crayfish

Monday, 22 September 2014

An endangered population of white-clawed crayfish have been released into the headwaters of a river in north Norfolk....

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Denver Sluice back in full working order

Denver Sluice back in full working order

Friday, 19 September 2014

The Environment Agency has completed £60,000 of repairs to the Denver Sluice which was damaged during the East Coast tidal surge in December 2013. ...

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Flood risk work to start in Leicester

Flood risk work to start in Leicester

Thursday, 18 September 2014

On Monday 22 September, the Environment Agency and Leicester City Council will start work to help reduce flood risk in Leicester....

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Jawless fish given helping hand by the Environment Agency

Jawless fish given helping hand by the Environment Agency

Thursday, 18 September 2014

Trial of new materials to help lamprey overcome weirs...

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Police and Environment Agency swoop on water

Police and Environment Agency swoop on water

Wednesday, 17 September 2014

Police and Environment Agency Fisheries Enforcement carried out a joint raid on one of Cambridgeshire’s coarse fisheries yesterday. ...

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New fish passes open in Leeds

New fish passes open in Leeds

Wednesday, 17 September 2014

Helping fish populations of brown trout and coarse fish to move freely past two weirs...

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Drainage work begins on Todmorden’s Centre Vale Park

Drainage work begins on Todmorden’s Centre Vale Park

Monday, 15 September 2014

Project will take about 12 weeks to complete...

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Environment Agency to begin essential winter maintenance work

Environment Agency to begin essential winter maintenance work

Friday, 12 September 2014

The Environment Agency has announced a programme of maintenance work on access gates and fencing alongside several Somerset rivers over this coming wi...

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