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An overview of the biodiversity challenge. Current actions, plus potential future actions and opportunities.
The problem of nitrates in the water environment, including sources and evidence. Current control measures, potential solutions and approaches.
The nature, extent and consequences of physical modifications, opportunities for action and balancing priorities.
The problem of excess fine sediments, current control mechanisms and future opportunities.
The uses of mercury and pathways into the environment. The amounts in the water environment and restrictions of use.
The history and current issues of pollution from abandoned mines, addressing the challenges and future opportunities.
The urgent global challenge of climate change, current measures and what's needed for the future.
The sources and scale of plastics in the environment, their impact, and how the issue is being tackled.
The evidence of faecal contamination, sources of contamination and control measures. Plus a summary of projects addressing evidence gaps.
Impacts of pollution from water industry waste water, how the challenge is being addressed and future challenges and actions.
Reviews alternative approaches to modelling future river water temperature for England.
Presents national-scale trends in the macroinvertebrate communities of English rivers over 29 years.
This project explored an innovative, systems-based approach to water management.
This project looked at what impact invasive non-native species have on the ecology of sites at which they are recorded.
Environment Agency annual reports on our regulation work and the environmental performance of regulated businesses in England.
A study of wild roach in English rivers indicates that oestrogenic contaminants continue to occur at levels sufficient to produce a biological response in fish.
This project reviewed the occurrence of deep aquifers and presents methods for identifying and mapping them.
This project looked at deep subsurface activities and whether we need constraints in order to protect deep groundwaters.
Case studies to show how groundwater could be affected by a large-scale development of the shale gas industry.
Annual reporting for 2019 on the environmental performance of the 9 water and sewerage companies, including the Environmental Performance Assessment (EPA).
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