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[Environment AgencySW @EnvAgencySW]

Thank you to the community volunteers and flood wardens who visited our incident room in Bridgwater yesterday! You do an incredibly important job.
#NationalVolunteersWeek

[Environment AgencySW @EnvAgencySW]

💧 Are you a Dorset resident who was affected by flooding this winter?
🗣 Come speak to representatives & get practical advice on building resilience
➡ Drop in any time between 3-7pm
📍Thurs 4 June – Stratton Village Hall, Dorchester, DT2 9WG

[Environment AgencySW @EnvAgencySW]

Our environment team was out today inspecting a permitted waste facility near Bristol. We have concerns that unpermitted activity may be taking place.

We were joined by @WeAreOpenreach, and @ASPolice who seized a quantity of stolen telephone cables on site.

[Environment AgencySW @EnvAgencySW]

Work starts 1 June at Polmorla Pump Station, Wadebridge. Over the next year, we'll be refurbishing the site, upgrading tidal flap, control & safety systems to reduce flood risk for 125 homes and 100 businesses. Thanks for your patience while we invest in your community's future.

[Met Office - SW England @metofficeSWEng]

Yellow warning of thunderstorm affecting South West England https://t.co/6AQE7P4O3d

[Crimestoppers @CrimestoppersUK]

Waste crime costs England £1 billion a year – yet only around 27% is reported.

That means serious, hazardous crimes go unchallenged.

We’re working with @DefraGovUK and @EnvAgency to highlight that waste crime isn’t a nuisance. It’s a crime.

Learn more: https://t.co/S71JZUwXfH

[Environment AgencySW @EnvAgencySW]

1⃣ Naturally occurring sea foam off the Cornwall and Devon coasts is being mistaken for sewage.
2⃣ We've had a few reports from locations like Saunton Sands, Thurlestone and Barnstaple this week.
3⃣ Here's how to tell the difference: https://t.co/Xl3BxOFtrA

[Environment AgencySW @EnvAgencySW]

A repeat polluter has been told to pay out over slurry offences in #Devon and #Somerset.

The family farm business has been told to pay out £19,468 after improper slurry spreading led to multiple pollution incidents in a tributary of the River Yarty.

https://t.co/XMG9uuZsYF

[Environment AgencySW @EnvAgencySW]

Following our site visits this week, we are pleased that Hills Waste Solutions are progressing with permanent capping works in #Calne.

We will be odour monitoring over the bank holiday weekend.

Full update: https://t.co/NIZVoEAF3X...

[Environment AgencySW @EnvAgencySW]

Since this winter's floods, we've been working hard across the Wessex area, inspecting more than 1,700 assets to date, identifying where repairs are needed, reviewing our procedures & working closely with partners & communities to understand the impact on local people.

[Environment AgencySW @EnvAgencySW]

Good news for Romsey: we've strengthened the local flood alleviation scheme with improvements including raising Stockbridge Road by 40cm & installing a permanent demountable flood defence at the river weed compound.
Less disruption. Faster response times. Better protection.

[Environment AgencySW @EnvAgencySW]

The first samples from new bathing waters in Newton and Noss and the River Fowey in Lostwithiel have been tested.

We look for E. Coli and Intestinal Enterococci and the first results are incredibly low for both bacteria.

See for yourself on Swimfo: https://t.co/74R6UpO78X

[Environment AgencySW @EnvAgencySW]

The Environment Agency continues to receive odour reports about Northacre Mechanical Biological Treatment plant in #Westbury.

Our officers have been undertaking additional odour rounds in response to your reports.

Read our latest briefing for more:

https://t.co/6t7ltPddXm

[Environment AgencySW @EnvAgencySW]

💧 Are you a Dorset resident who was affected by flooding this winter?
🗣 Come speak to representatives & get practical advice on building resilience
➡ Drop in any time between 3-7pm
📍Thurs 21 May – Sydling St Nicholas Village Hall, DT2 9NX

[Environment AgencySW @EnvAgencySW]

The Environment Agency has secured a third conviction in relation to a major illegal waste site in #Kingsteighton, #Devon, where thousands of tonnes of waste were dumped on a floodplain.

https://t.co/MrenbiIgOD

[Environment AgencySW @EnvAgencySW]

🏊 Being informed before you swim is one of the most important steps you can take to protect yourself and those you're with: https://t.co/74R6UpO78X

[Environment AgencySW @EnvAgencySW]

The Environment Agency has today launched a four-week consultation on a proposed change to the combustion permit at #HinkleyPoint C nuclear power station near #Bridgwater.

The new permit regulates the diesel backup generators.

https://t.co/SGKL7pZepn

[Environment AgencySW @EnvAgencySW]

A #Cornwall farmer has been told to pay out £3,765 after a spill of digestate at his farm led to a thousand fish killed.

Protected salmon and trout died in the pollution incident, and the watercourse was still impacted two years later.

https://t.co/W4Qqw6BcEi

[Environment AgencySW @EnvAgencySW]

🏊 Being informed before you swim is one of the most important steps you can take to protect yourself and those you're with:
https://t.co/74R6UpO78X

[Environment Agency @EnvAgency]

Reporting waste crime is important.

A public report meant we could act quickly to stop more dumping at an illegal waste site in Yorkshire.

Report waste crime to our 24 hour incident hotline: [phone] or 100% anonymously to @CrimestoppersUK

https://t.co/OOdSkYTmAr