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#EnvironmentAgency #Surfbee Australian imported gadget for measuring cross section and flow of a river, here, the #Exe near the Quay.
A couple of amiable chaps were remote controlling it and watching the laptop and chatted about it.
The weather was nice, and messing about with boats is notoriously fun. -
Who is exempt from hosepipe bans in the South?
As the UK experiences one of its driest summers in living memory, millions of people in the south…
#Canada #EnvironmentAgency #hosepipeban #hosepipebans #SouthEast #SouthEastwater #SouthWest #SouthWestWater #SouthernWater #ThamesValley #ThamesWater #watercompanies
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‘We cannot magic up more water’: the supply problems putting housing targets in England at risk
By Sandra Laville Environment correspondentCouncil leaders say crumbling infrastructure and lack of water are jeopardising government’s plans for new homes
#Water #Housing #Waterindustry #Environment #Housingmarket #Extremeheat #Cambridgeshire #Cambridge #Hampshire #Surrey #Drought #Wetlands #SouthEastWater #NaturalEngland #Climatecrisis #England #EnvironmentAgency #Business #Communities #UKnews #Society #TheGuardian #SandraLavilleEnvironmentcorrespondent
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‘We cannot magic up more water’: the supply problems putting housing targets in England at risk
By Sandra Laville Environment correspondentCouncil leaders say crumbling infrastructure and lack of water are jeopardising government’s plans for new homes
#Water #Housing #Waterindustry #Environment #Housingmarket #Extremeheat #Cambridgeshire #Cambridge #Hampshire #Surrey #Drought #Wetlands #SouthEastWater #NaturalEngland #Climatecrisis #England #EnvironmentAgency #Business #Communities #UKnews #Society #TheGuardian #SandraLavilleEnvironmentcorrespondent
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‘We cannot magic up more water’: the supply problems putting housing targets in England at risk
By Sandra Laville Environment correspondentCouncil leaders say crumbling infrastructure and lack of water are jeopardising government’s plans for new homes
#Water #Housing #Waterindustry #Environment #Housingmarket #Extremeheat #Cambridgeshire #Cambridge #Hampshire #Surrey #Drought #Wetlands #SouthEastWater #NaturalEngland #Climatecrisis #England #EnvironmentAgency #Business #Communities #UKnews #Society #TheGuardian #SandraLavilleEnvironmentcorrespondent
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‘We cannot magic up more water’: the supply problems putting housing targets in England at risk
By Sandra Laville Environment correspondentCouncil leaders say crumbling infrastructure and lack of water are jeopardising government’s plans for new homes
#Water #Housing #Waterindustry #Environment #Housingmarket #Extremeheat #Cambridgeshire #Cambridge #Hampshire #Surrey #Drought #Wetlands #SouthEastWater #NaturalEngland #Climatecrisis #England #EnvironmentAgency #Business #Communities #UKnews #Society #TheGuardian #SandraLavilleEnvironmentcorrespondent
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‘We cannot magic up more water’: the supply problems putting housing targets in England at risk
By Sandra Laville Environment correspondentCouncil leaders say crumbling infrastructure and lack of water are jeopardising government’s plans for new homes
#Water #Housing #Waterindustry #Environment #Housingmarket #Extremeheat #Cambridgeshire #Cambridge #Hampshire #Surrey #Drought #Wetlands #SouthEastWater #NaturalEngland #Climatecrisis #England #EnvironmentAgency #Business #Communities #UKnews #Society #TheGuardian #SandraLavilleEnvironmentcorrespondent
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‘We cannot magic up more water’: the supply problems putting housing targets in England at risk https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/aug/02/we-cannot-magic-up-more-water-the-supply-problems-putting-housing-targets-in-england-at-risk #Water #Housing #WaterIndustry #Environment #HousingMarket #ExtremeHeat #Cambridgeshire #Cambridge #Hampshire #Surrey #Drought #Wetlands #SouthEastWater #NaturalEngland #ClimateCrisis #England #EnvironmentAgency #Business #Communit...
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‘We cannot magic up more water’: the supply problems putting housing targets in England at risk https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/aug/02/we-cannot-magic-up-more-water-the-supply-problems-putting-housing-targets-in-england-at-risk #Water #Housing #WaterIndustry #Environment #HousingMarket #ExtremeHeat #Cambridgeshire #Cambridge #Hampshire #Surrey #Drought #Wetlands #SouthEastWater #NaturalEngland #ClimateCrisis #England #EnvironmentAgency #Business #Communit...
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‘We cannot magic up more water’: the supply problems putting housing targets in England at risk https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/aug/02/we-cannot-magic-up-more-water-the-supply-problems-putting-housing-targets-in-england-at-risk #Water #Housing #WaterIndustry #Environment #HousingMarket #ExtremeHeat #Cambridgeshire #Cambridge #Hampshire #Surrey #Drought #Wetlands #SouthEastWater #NaturalEngland #ClimateCrisis #England #EnvironmentAgency #Business #Communit...
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‘We cannot magic up more water’: the supply problems putting housing targets in England at risk https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2026/aug/02/we-cannot-magic-up-more-water-the-supply-problems-putting-housing-targets-in-england-at-risk #Water #Housing #WaterIndustry #Environment #HousingMarket #ExtremeHeat #Cambridgeshire #Cambridge #Hampshire #Surrey #Drought #Wetlands #SouthEastWater #NaturalEngland #ClimateCrisis #England #EnvironmentAgency #Business #Communit...
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https://www.europesays.com/uk/769099/ 22,000 homes protected but more rain forecast for England ##ClimateChange ##EnvironmentAgency ##FloodDefence ##FloodRisk ##FloodWarning ##NationalNews ##PublicSafety ##UKNews ##UKWeather #Britain #England #GreatBritain #UK #UnitedKingdom
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https://www.cyclingeu.com/834639/snow-to-hit-uk-as-met-office-issues-weather-warning-for-greater-manchester-today/ Snow to hit UK as Met Office issues weather warning for Greater Manchester TODAY #Bicycling #BicyclingUK #BicyclingUnitedKingdom #Biking #BikingUK #BikingUnitedKingdom #Cycling #CyclingLiverpoolUK #CyclingUk #CyclingUnitedKingdom #england #EnvironmentAgency #FloodAlerts #FLOODWARNING #ice #IceWarning #manchester #ManchesterEveningNews #News/Weather #rain #scotland #TravellingConditions #UK #UnitedKingdom #weather #WeatherConditions #winter
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So, when I first saw this headline, I thought it was about the #UnitedStates making #EPA staffing cuts. Nope! It's the #UK! And this has been going on for a while now!
Thousands of #RiverPollution tests cancelled because of staff shortages
by Jonah Fisher, July 24, 2025
Excerpt: "Staffing problems are nothing new at the EA. In 2023 its chairman Alan Lovell told parliament that it had 'struggled with recruitment and retention of staff'.
"Internal emails obtained by campaign groups #Greenpeace and #Desmog through freedom of information requests were shared with the BBC. They show EA officials discussing the impact of staff departures on testing and saying that others planned to leave.
"One senior official, writing an email to her colleagues, said it was 'not good news I'm afraid' adding 'this isn't where we want to be (again)'.
"Helen Nightingale, who worked at the #EnvironmentAgency as a catchment planner, analysing data from its water quality programme until 2022, says that while she was there she saw a shift of focus away from serious investigation to trying to find 'successes'.
"She also said that morale was low: "The pay is not great – we didn't have pay rises for years due to #austerity.
" 'But a lot people are in it [the EA] because they want to make a difference – and when you're not even getting that - well, what's the point?'
"Documents seen by the BBC show that the work affected by the cuts to testing this year included investigations into the water industry in various parts of the country, and monitoring of #ProtectedAreas including the #RiverWye, which is currently facing a #pollution crisis linked to intensive #ChickenFarming."
Read more:
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx24xy8zgp4oArchived version:
https://archive.ph/o15LD#WaterIsLife #UKNews #WaterPollution #WaterMonitoring #FactoryFarming #Drought #WaterLevels #Sewage
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So, when I first saw this headline, I thought it was about the #UnitedStates making #EPA staffing cuts. Nope! It's the #UK! And this has been going on for a while now!
Thousands of #RiverPollution tests cancelled because of staff shortages
by Jonah Fisher, July 24, 2025
Excerpt: "Staffing problems are nothing new at the EA. In 2023 its chairman Alan Lovell told parliament that it had 'struggled with recruitment and retention of staff'.
"Internal emails obtained by campaign groups #Greenpeace and #Desmog through freedom of information requests were shared with the BBC. They show EA officials discussing the impact of staff departures on testing and saying that others planned to leave.
"One senior official, writing an email to her colleagues, said it was 'not good news I'm afraid' adding 'this isn't where we want to be (again)'.
"Helen Nightingale, who worked at the #EnvironmentAgency as a catchment planner, analysing data from its water quality programme until 2022, says that while she was there she saw a shift of focus away from serious investigation to trying to find 'successes'.
"She also said that morale was low: "The pay is not great – we didn't have pay rises for years due to #austerity.
" 'But a lot people are in it [the EA] because they want to make a difference – and when you're not even getting that - well, what's the point?'
"Documents seen by the BBC show that the work affected by the cuts to testing this year included investigations into the water industry in various parts of the country, and monitoring of #ProtectedAreas including the #RiverWye, which is currently facing a #pollution crisis linked to intensive #ChickenFarming."
Read more:
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx24xy8zgp4oArchived version:
https://archive.ph/o15LD#WaterIsLife #UKNews #WaterPollution #WaterMonitoring #FactoryFarming #Drought #WaterLevels #Sewage
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So, when I first saw this headline, I thought it was about the #UnitedStates making #EPA staffing cuts. Nope! It's the #UK! And this has been going on for a while now!
Thousands of #RiverPollution tests cancelled because of staff shortages
by Jonah Fisher, July 24, 2025
Excerpt: "Staffing problems are nothing new at the EA. In 2023 its chairman Alan Lovell told parliament that it had 'struggled with recruitment and retention of staff'.
"Internal emails obtained by campaign groups #Greenpeace and #Desmog through freedom of information requests were shared with the BBC. They show EA officials discussing the impact of staff departures on testing and saying that others planned to leave.
"One senior official, writing an email to her colleagues, said it was 'not good news I'm afraid' adding 'this isn't where we want to be (again)'.
"Helen Nightingale, who worked at the #EnvironmentAgency as a catchment planner, analysing data from its water quality programme until 2022, says that while she was there she saw a shift of focus away from serious investigation to trying to find 'successes'.
"She also said that morale was low: "The pay is not great – we didn't have pay rises for years due to #austerity.
" 'But a lot people are in it [the EA] because they want to make a difference – and when you're not even getting that - well, what's the point?'
"Documents seen by the BBC show that the work affected by the cuts to testing this year included investigations into the water industry in various parts of the country, and monitoring of #ProtectedAreas including the #RiverWye, which is currently facing a #pollution crisis linked to intensive #ChickenFarming."
Read more:
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx24xy8zgp4oArchived version:
https://archive.ph/o15LD#WaterIsLife #UKNews #WaterPollution #WaterMonitoring #FactoryFarming #Drought #WaterLevels #Sewage
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So, when I first saw this headline, I thought it was about the #UnitedStates making #EPA staffing cuts. Nope! It's the #UK! And this has been going on for a while now!
Thousands of #RiverPollution tests cancelled because of staff shortages
by Jonah Fisher, July 24, 2025
Excerpt: "Staffing problems are nothing new at the EA. In 2023 its chairman Alan Lovell told parliament that it had 'struggled with recruitment and retention of staff'.
"Internal emails obtained by campaign groups #Greenpeace and #Desmog through freedom of information requests were shared with the BBC. They show EA officials discussing the impact of staff departures on testing and saying that others planned to leave.
"One senior official, writing an email to her colleagues, said it was 'not good news I'm afraid' adding 'this isn't where we want to be (again)'.
"Helen Nightingale, who worked at the #EnvironmentAgency as a catchment planner, analysing data from its water quality programme until 2022, says that while she was there she saw a shift of focus away from serious investigation to trying to find 'successes'.
"She also said that morale was low: "The pay is not great – we didn't have pay rises for years due to #austerity.
" 'But a lot people are in it [the EA] because they want to make a difference – and when you're not even getting that - well, what's the point?'
"Documents seen by the BBC show that the work affected by the cuts to testing this year included investigations into the water industry in various parts of the country, and monitoring of #ProtectedAreas including the #RiverWye, which is currently facing a #pollution crisis linked to intensive #ChickenFarming."
Read more:
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx24xy8zgp4oArchived version:
https://archive.ph/o15LD#WaterIsLife #UKNews #WaterPollution #WaterMonitoring #FactoryFarming #Drought #WaterLevels #Sewage
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So, when I first saw this headline, I thought it was about the #UnitedStates making #EPA staffing cuts. Nope! It's the #UK! And this has been going on for a while now!
Thousands of #RiverPollution tests cancelled because of staff shortages
by Jonah Fisher, July 24, 2025
Excerpt: "Staffing problems are nothing new at the EA. In 2023 its chairman Alan Lovell told parliament that it had 'struggled with recruitment and retention of staff'.
"Internal emails obtained by campaign groups #Greenpeace and #Desmog through freedom of information requests were shared with the BBC. They show EA officials discussing the impact of staff departures on testing and saying that others planned to leave.
"One senior official, writing an email to her colleagues, said it was 'not good news I'm afraid' adding 'this isn't where we want to be (again)'.
"Helen Nightingale, who worked at the #EnvironmentAgency as a catchment planner, analysing data from its water quality programme until 2022, says that while she was there she saw a shift of focus away from serious investigation to trying to find 'successes'.
"She also said that morale was low: "The pay is not great – we didn't have pay rises for years due to #austerity.
" 'But a lot people are in it [the EA] because they want to make a difference – and when you're not even getting that - well, what's the point?'
"Documents seen by the BBC show that the work affected by the cuts to testing this year included investigations into the water industry in various parts of the country, and monitoring of #ProtectedAreas including the #RiverWye, which is currently facing a #pollution crisis linked to intensive #ChickenFarming."
Read more:
https://www.bbc.com/news/articles/cx24xy8zgp4oArchived version:
https://archive.ph/o15LD#WaterIsLife #UKNews #WaterPollution #WaterMonitoring #FactoryFarming #Drought #WaterLevels #Sewage
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#Sewage dumped illegally in #Windermere over 3 years
by Joe Crowley
October 17, 2024"A water company repeatedly dumped millions of litres of raw sewage illegally into one of #ngland's most famous lakes over a three-year period, the BBC can reveal.
"More than 140 million litres of waste were pumped into Windermere between 2021 and 2023 at times when it was not permitted, our analysis shows, and #UnitedUtilities failed to report most of it.
"It means the company's #IllegalDumping of #sewage into the lake went on for far longer, and was far more extensive, than was previously known.
"United Utilities said some of its sewage releases into #Windermere were 'potentially non-compliant' but that it #SelfReports 'over 94% of potential pollution incidents to the #EnvironmentAgency'.
"Matt Staniek, a campaigner against sewage pollution and founder of #SaveWindermere, said Windermere was 'the jewel in the crown of the #LakeDistrict #NationalPark, and it's being used as an open sewer'.
"It is sometimes necessary to release sewage into rivers and lakes to stop the wastewater system from being overwhelmed by #HeavyRain but this #pollution can damage the environment, causing harmful #AlgalBlooms and even killing fish.
"In January this year - after BBC Panorama revealed the company had downplayed the severity of dozens of #pollution incidents, some involving Windermere - United Utilities retrospectively reported some discharges into the lake from October 2023 onwards."
Read more:
https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cdrj70dynk1o#WaterIsLife #SelfReportingCompanies #Crapitalism #FishKill #IllegalDumping #UK
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Sewage discharge fines are a damning indictment of the water regulators https://www.theguardian.com/environment/article/2024/aug/06/sewage-discharge-fines-damning-indictment-water-regulators-ofwat-environment-agency #EnvironmentAgency #NorthumbrianWater #Northumberland #Waterindustry #ThamesWater #Environment #Regulators #Pollution #Yorkshire #Business #Rivers #UKnews #Water