Environment Agency staff work 24/7 to protect water supplies.
But farmers and water companies need to do more to improve water quality for generations to come.
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I published this earlier today - a call to action. It celebrates some of the great things the Environment Agency has delivered it pulls no punches in describing the challenges we face. https://t.co/pfdWvvn1gy
Out on Hoole Acid Tar Lagoon looking at this legacy of industrial contamination. The waste from oil refinement left here to stew for 70 years with no plan for a clear up.
Emma Howard Boyd opening the marine and coastal conference here at the Natural History Museum. Restoring estuarine, coastal and marine habitats and wildlife must be a priority.
“It is impossible to meet climate mitigation and climate adaptation objectives without the natural environment, and we can’t save nature without tackling climate change” - essential that the new Environment Act creates the governance framework to deliver! https://t.co/oQGeV3S6J6
More research today shows that wet wipes are NOT flushable. They can cause expensive blockages and pollution to #rivers damaging #environment & #wildlife. We urge you not to flush them and manufacturers to label correctly. Please #binti4beaches. Read more on the @DefraUK blog
Today I broke down! A waste of 2 hours? Not a bit of it - collected 6 bags of litter from the roadside (country lane so safe). All of it was food and drink packaging - lots of @McDonaldsUK and @CostaCoffee - seemed to be the place to stop and throw. #takeithome@KeepBritainTidy
Out in Perthshire studying the impacts of beavers. As trials progress in England, looking at how they behave in a catchment is becoming more topical. Small dam on a loch in the hills.
Out in the Eden Catchment today with BITC on a seeing is believing visit with Nestle. Working with farmers and the community they are building profitability, community resilience and environmental protection.
We always strive for excellent #customerservice and that includes our relationship with anglers. From providing advice to fisheries to checking fishing licences, we want to give you value for money #fishinglicence#NCSW18 Buy yours here https://t.co/EL8RJbio0s #anglers#gofishing
The 2017/18 Catchment Based Approach benefits report captures the major contributions being delivered by Catchment Partnerships - great work. Find out more at https://t.co/bs2RhOAqo7
A nation of coffee lovers….#Caffeine is an emerging contaminant in #groundwater & this smarty plot shows the distribution in our #aquifers. Not surprisingly London stands out but what about the SW! Joint collaboration project @BGSGroundwater & @EnvAgency https://t.co/e9uXd8srmb
#SchoolsOut & if you're planning a trip to the beach, you might bump into one of our water quality samplers who'll be out and about until the end of September testing the water at over 400 locations. You can find out how clean the water is here https://t.co/tYNgues6OH