Tag Archives: Environment Agency

An £11M boost for sea defences at Anchorsholme, an area in the north of Blackpool, has been agreed by the Environment Agency.

English and Welsh privately owned water utility companies have been criticised by the Environment Agency and Ofwat for their performance, ahead of the eighth asset management period (AMP8) which will run from 2025 to 2030.

Work on Rother Tidal Walls – East in Rye, East Sussex is continuing at pace, according to main contractor VolkerStevin.

Sizewell C is providing £25M for a flood scheme that will protect the A12 from flooding.

August’s sodium cyanide spillage from metal finishing company Anochrome into a local canal system thrust the issue of industrial water pollution back into the headlines.

A flood defence wall on the River Chelt in Cheltenham that is supposed to provide protection against 1 in 100 year flood events has been shown leaking during a recent strong rainfall incident.

The full business case for the £249M Bridgwater tidal barrier in Somerset has been approved, the Environment Agency has confirmed.

Surface water flooding resulting from heavy rain caused a large amount of travel disruption in England and Wales on Monday, 23 September, as the Environment Agency issued 22 flood warnings and more than 85 flood alerts. 

Tens of thousands more properties are at risk now compared to 2018 due to deteriorating flood defences, according to a leak to the Guardian newspaper.

The Environment Agency has formed a new taskforce to “turbocharge” the delivery of flood defences and the overall preparedness of the UK to the threat of flooding.