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Water reports shows 6th month of above average rainfall

Posted on 11/12/2012 by Admin

The Environment Agency Water situation report for November 2012 shows it was the 6th consecutive month of above average rainfall for the South East Region. Flows and groundwater levels responded to rainfall on already saturated catchments and forty flood warnings … Continue reading →

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Thames Area Fisheries get welcome boost to stocks

Posted on 09/12/2012 by Admin

Rivers and a Stillwater in the Thames region have received a welcome boost after the Environment Agency fisheries team stocked 15,000 juvenile fish over a three-day period.   The fish which included Barbel, Chub, Dace, Roach, Rudd and Tench came … Continue reading →

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Sustainable drainage and the ‘Supersewer’

Posted on 01/12/2012 by Admin

Richard Aylard, Thames Water’s Director of External Affairs and Sustainability, explains in Thames Estuary Partnership’s magazine ‘Talk of the Thames’ why the proposed Thames Tideway Tunnel and Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems (SuDS) each have a vital role to play in … Continue reading →

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Environment Agency prepares Canal fish rescue

Posted on 01/12/2012 by Admin

Thousands of fish washed out of the Tiverton Canal and into a flooded field following the collapse of a section of canal bank are about to be returned to their former home thanks to a major fish rescue organised by … Continue reading →

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Hydropower scheme stopped in Historic legal case by Anglers

Posted on 22/11/2012 by Admin

Fish Legal has won an historic injunction against a multi-million pound hydropower development on the River Trent at Sawley Weir, in the process exposing major failings in the regulatory process. The membership association Fish Legal, acting for its member the … Continue reading →

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Severn Trent Water fined for dumping untreated sewage into the River Leadon

Posted on 20/11/2012 by Admin

On 15 November 2012, Severn Trent Water Ltd pleaded guilty at Hereford Magistrates’ Court to polluting the River Leadon, a high quality salmon and trout watercourse, by discharging untreated sewage from their Ledbury sewage treatment works. The company was fined … Continue reading →

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Environment Agency Interim Briefing Note on the new Invasive shrimp

Posted on 13/11/2012 by Admin

The purpose of this briefing note is to give an update on the current situation regarding the recent discovery of Dikerogammarus haemobaphes, a relative of the killer shrimp, D. villosus.     Photo © APEM Limited www.apemltd.co.uk The first population … Continue reading →

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Water Situation report shows October contrast sharply to the same time last year

Posted on 13/11/2012 by Admin

The Environment Agency latest Water Situation report shows conditions in October contrast sharply to the same time last year when rainfall, river flows and groundwater levels were all very low.   Summary – October 2012 Following the general trend starting in April … Continue reading →

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Angling Groups say Green Drainage is an Essentail part of Thames Tunnel

Posted on 13/11/2012 by Admin

Green drainage must accompany Thames Tunnel, say angling groups Opponents of Thames Supersewer urged to embrace both solutions after US presentation A US wastewater expert has urged London to embrace the Thames Tunnel as the only solution to end the … Continue reading →

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Devon caravan park fined for polluting a tributary of the River Dart with sewage

Posted on 13/11/2012 by Admin

A South Devon caravan park has been ordered to pay £33,089 in fines and costs for polluting a tributary of the River Dart with sewage. The case was brought by the Environment Agency. The operators of the Falcon and Hillside … Continue reading →

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