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  • The sources of PBDEs and pathways into the environment, amounts in the water environment and restrictions of use.

  • Review of activities regulated by the Environment Agency in 2024-25.

  • The problem of nitrates in the water environment, including sources and evidence. Current control measures, potential solutions and approaches.

  • The sources of PAHs and pathways into the environment, the amounts in the water environment and restrictions of use.

  • Impacts of farming on the environment and mechanisms for improvement, plus future challenges and approaches.

  • Eutrophication issues and sources of phosphorus, with current and future problems and solutions.

  • An overview of the state of nature decline challenge. Current actions, plus potential future actions and opportunities to support nature recovery.

  • The uses of mercury and pathways into the environment. The amounts in the water environment and restrictions of use.

  • The scale and impact of chemicals in the water environment. How the challenges are addressed and future challenges and actions.

  • The sources of cypermethrin and pathways into the environment. The amounts of cypermethrin in the water environment and control measures of use.

  • The impacts of urban areas and the transport network on the water environment, with approaches for addressing these and future challenges.

  • The nature, extent and consequences of physical modifications, opportunities for action and balancing priorities.

  • The pressures on water flows, a review of actions to address the challenges, plus future challenges and actions.

  • Impacts of pollution from water industry waste water, how the challenge is being addressed and future challenges and actions.

  • Key issues affecting estuarine and coastal waters and identifies opportunities to restore ecological function, improve water quality and build resilience.

  • Impacts on water bodies resulting from peatland degradation and solutions to achieve healthier peatland catchments.

  • The Environment Agency's analysis of the water resources management plan annual review submissions from water companies across England for April 2024 to March 2025.

  • Explores England’s drought prospects for 2026, setting out the different scenarios, risks, potential impacts and mitigating actions each sector will need to take.

  • 2025 Bathing Water Compliance results for Northern Ireland.

  • Annual reporting for 2024 on the environmental performance of the 9 water and sewerage companies, including the Environmental Performance Assessment (EPA).