Water companies must take urgent action to improve their environmental performance.
The latest Environmental Performance Assessment shows a decline in 2024 performance driven by poor results for measures including:
⚠️ Pollution incidents
📋 Compliance with permits
🔧 Delivery of improvement schemes
The EPA report is an independent comparison of environmental performance across the sector.
We use the report to highlight where improvement in water company performance is required.
Read more at the link in bio.
We’ve recruited the largest ever workforce to strengthen our enforcement capability and protect our waterways.
#TeamEA now has an even stronger team of investigators, enforcement officers and lawyers who work to deliver swifter, tougher action against environmental harm.
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Fresh air, nature, and time away from it all - there’s nothing like a few hours out on the bank to clear your head.
Fishing is one of the best ways to slow down, reduce stress, and give your mind the break it deserves 🎣
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You might've heard of bathing waters.. but what are they?
We provide water quality information for over 460 designated sites at rivers and lakes and beaches to help you make informed choices about where and when to swim.
Check Swimfo for the latest at the link in bio.
We are working to deter and disrupt illegal fishing of elvers in Lancashire using advanced night capable drone technology to enhance detection.
Suspect illegal fishing? Call our incident hotline on 0800 80 70 60, or call police on 101 (999 if incident is in progress).
Two men from Sunderland have landed fines and costs totalling over £1,250 for fishing illegally in the River Wear at Stanhope in Upper Weardale.
The River Wear is one of the best sea trout and salmon rivers in England.
Darren Lascelles, 50, of Cheltenham Road and Ben Thomas Taylor, 43, of Kingsland Square have been successfully prosecuted by the Environment Agency for using an unlicenced gill fishing net.
Gill nets are constructed of fine monofilament netting mesh or similar and work by entangling the gills and fins of fish such as salmon and sea trout, which were the likely targets in this case.
While the pair only caught one sea trout on this occasion, using the illegal net could have been deadly to anything – including other wildlife - that got entangled in it.
Fisheries enforcement officers continue to patrol rivers across the Northeast. They will take the strongest possible enforcement actions against anyone found to be fishing unlawfully. If you spot illegal fishing, report it to our 24/7 hotline on 0800 807060.
Four men have been found guilty of conspiracy to illegally dump controlled waste.
Despite their best attempts, CCTV captured their actions and played a key role in our investigation.
We are taking faster, more targeted action against waste criminals.
Find out more by clicking the link in our bio.
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#TeamEA is out repairing assets – from pumps like these to flood walls – so communities are protected from flooding when it matters most.
It's all part of the work we do every day to build resilience and keep people safe.
The wait is over. The clean-up starts now ⌛
Roughly 21,000 tonnes of illegal waste will be removed from Kidlington over the next six months, helping restore the area for local communities.
As waste is removed from the site, we are continuing to progress our investigation into the illegal dumping at Kidlington – this type of crime will not go unpunished, and we will bring those responsible to justice.
Last week, the JUWC were out with Kent Police and DVSA following intelligence of a new illegal waste site.
One male was arrested and a 28-day notice to clear the site was also issued.
The operators have now cleared all vehicles, plants, and skips from the site.
Next week, the JUWC will return to check that the waste is also being legally cleared from the site.
Event Duration Monitoring (EDM) helps #TeamEA monitor storm overflow spills across England.
Join David, one of our Environment Officers, as he explains how EDM works.
EDM data lets us hold water companies to account and take action where they break the law.
Publishing this data each year means the public can see clearly what is happening across England’s storm overflows, with 2025 showing fewer and shorter spills.
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