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An update on progress on implementing the storm overflows discharge reduction plan, and the effect of that progress.
Explores England’s long term water needs, setting out the scale of action needed to ensure resilient supplies and an improved water environment.
Foreword by Alan Lovell, Chair, Environment Agency Huge pressure already…
Water is vital to life and livelihoods. Without water, there is no…
A clean and plentiful supply of water is essential to a thriving economy,…
The modelling of scenarios of population growth, climate change and…
There are several routes for getting access to water, each differing in…
5.1 Achieving environmentally sustainable abstraction: action to date…
The forecast deficit over the next decades demonstrates that a range…
Water is vital for use in the production of energy, and energy is vital to…
Secure and reliable water supplies are vital for food production, food…
9.1 Multi-sector water scarcity Various sectors across England rely on…
The Environment Agency's position on desalination for public water supply, including what it is and how it works, benefits and addressing concerns.
1. Purpose This statement sets out the Environment Agency’s position on…
The Environment Agency's position on water recycling, including what water recycling is and how it works, current operations and future developments.
Describes the assumptions and approach Defra used to estimate the cost of nationalisation
We want your views on our proposed new levy on certain water discharge activities carried out by water companies, designed to fully recover the costs of our enforcement activities.
How and why the Environment Agency supports nature-based solutions (NbS), with different scenarios and guidance on approaching new NbS.
Seeking views on updating toilet specifications to stop cistern water from re-entering drinking water in properties and to understand the causes of leaking toilet valves.
We want your views on our proposals for new standard rules permits for new cemetery developments and closed-loop ground source heating and cooling systems.
We are seeking views on proposed reforms and technical amendments to the Bathing Water Regulations 2013.
We want your comments on our proposed updated programme of measures for the Upper Costa Beck.
We want your comments on our proposed charges for water discharges (including groundwater activities).
Seeking views on the proposal to designate 27 sites in England as bathing waters.
First published during the 2022 to 2024 Sunak Conservative government
Information on the mechanisms (policy, legal or financial tools) that underpin the draft summary programme of measures which translate measures into outcomes for the water environment.
Seeking views on the government’s proposals to enhance the monitoring of storm overflows and final effluent discharges into watercourses.
River stretches and bodies of water in England identified as sensitive areas under the Urban Waste Water Treatment (England and Wales) Regulations 1994.
Defra's plan to clean up our waters and ensure a plentiful supply for the future.
How the draft river basin management plans have been updated and a summary of the programmes of measures.
We want your views on the draft plans to help shape the management of the water environment. They will help us update the current river basin management plans.
How the Environment Agency and Natural Resources Wales coordinate the work on catchments that are close to or are part of the border between England and Wales.
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