57 swimmers fall sick and get diarrhoea at world triathlon championship in #Sunderland where reduced water quality at centre of dispute over #sewage discharges

An #EnvironmentAgency sampling at Roker beach showed 3,900 E Coli colonies per 100ml, more than 39 times higher than typical readings the previous month.

@SydesJokes
https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/aug/05/investigation-after-57-world-triathlon-championship-swimmers-fall-sick-and-get-diarrhoea-in-sunderland-race

AGC Chemicals Europe is releasing large quantities of a “forever chemical” into the River Wyre in Lancashire each year, and is not breaking any rules.

The Environment Agency has released its evaluation of a PFAS known as EEA-NH4 that was found in the effluent, and said it was “very persistent” and “mobile” in the environment, as well as “toxic”.
#Rivers #RiverWyre #PFAS #Environment #UKPolitics #EnvironmentAgency

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2023/apr/29/pfas-forever-chemical-river-wyre-lancashire-environment-agency?CMP=GTUK_email

#Solidarity with the striking #EnvironmentAgency staff. They keep us and our infrastructure safe, and like many other public sector workers, they've had chronic low pay for decades. We are with you! ✊🏼 ✊🏽 ✊🏾

Alan Lovell, the Chair of the Environment Agency, continues to hold a second job as the Chair of construction company, Interserve Group Ltd – a company that was awarded lucrative contracts from Thames Water and Yorkshire Water worth a combined value of £5bn.
#ToryCorruption #EnvironmentAgency #Water #Rivers #GoodLawProject #UKPolitics

https://goodlawproject.org/revealed-environment-agency-boss-still-chairs-firm-that-benefits-from-huge-water-industry-contracts/

Always someone else’s fault for not doing more with both hands tied and a leg chopped off but Useless Eustice takes the breath away, blaming the #EnvironmentAgency for failing to regulate when he was the one who presided over defunding their regulatory role and changed their guidance to advisory instead enforcement.
#WaterPollution #Sewage #Agriculture
https://inews.co.uk/news/environment/environment-agency-failed-protect-englands-rivers-environment-secretary-2150626

RT @unisonyh@twitter.com

🗣 It was cold out there today but our members @UnisonEAYorks@twitter.com in Leeds & Sheffield had terrific support on the picket line from the public, @CWUnews@twitter.com posties and Labour councillors @min_esh@twitter.com & @benmiskell@twitter.com. Thanks for all your support!
#EAFairPay
#EnvironmentAgency
@unisontheunion@twitter.com

🐦🔗: https://twitter.com/unisonyh/status/1615795919458287618

Not hearing much of #EnvironmentAgency workers on #strike, but they are. 25% real term pay loss in the last ten years and, as in all public service, covering two or three times the work because of staff cuts. No wonder we’ve rampant pollution and no enforcement. #EnoughIsEnough #GTTO #NeverAgain #PRnow

Lovely last #RippleEffectSalisbury session of 2022

Learning about the life cycle of Atlantic Salmon and where/when they spawn in Salisbury with Jim from Environment Agency fisheries team.

Also gifting the Ripple Effect project participants Winter wellbeing boxes put together with Leigh Chalmers of #WessexArchaeology - including a series of creative activities to keep everyone going until we meet again in the Spring.

#AtlanticSalmon #Salisbury #ArtAndWellbeing #ArtAndEcology #EnvironmentAgency

Lovely last #RippleEffectSalisbury session of 2022

Learning about the life cycle of Atlantic Salmon and where/when they spawn in Salisbury with Jim from Environment Agency fisheries team.

Also gifting the Ripple Effect project participants Winter wellbeing boxes put together with Leigh Chalmers of #WessexArchaeology - including a series of creative activities to keep everyone going until we meet again in the Spring.

#AtlanticSalmon #Salisbury #ArtAndWellbeing #ArtAndEcology #EnvironmentAgency

"Learn to love #sewage"

Is that the #EnvironmentAgency's message to the #UK??

https://unearthed.greenpeace.org/2022/11/25/sewage-pollution-bathing-waters-environment-agency/

I’ve written a new blog post:

‘Taking a Spoon for a Walk’, reflects on the relationship between my Queer River research (Queer perspectives on wetlands/future) and #RippleEffectSalisbury project (rivers/art/archaeology and wellbeing) with #WessexArchaeology & #EnvironmentAgency

https://queerriver.com/2022/11/24/taking-a-spoon-for-a-walk/

The spoon became a #WalkingBundle in case you were wondering, as seen in the photo below

#Rivers #Archaeology #ContemporaryArt #ArtAndEcology #QueerEcology

I’ve written a new blog post on my #QueerRiver site.

‘Taking a Spoon for a Walk’, reflects on the relationship between my Queer River research (Queer perspectives on wetlands and their future) and the #RippleEffectSalisbury project (rivers/art/archaeology and wellbeing) with #WessexArchaeology and #EnvironmentAgency 
queerriver.com/2022/11/24/taki...
The spoon became a #WalkingBundle in case you were wondering, as seen in the photo below…
#Rivers #Archaeology #ContemporaryArt #ArtAndEcology ##

I’ve written a new blog post on my #QueerRiver site.
‘Taking a Spoon for a Walk’, reflects on the relationship between my Queer River research (Queer perspectives on wetlands and their future) and the #RippleEffectSalisbury project (rivers/art/archaeology and wellbeing) with #WessexArchaeology and #EnvironmentAgency

https://queerriver.com/2022/11/24/taking-a-spoon-for-a-walk/

The spoon became a #WalkingBundle in case you were wondering, as you can see in the photo below….

I'm so sad to report that our goose didn't make it. 💔

We brace ourselves and wait to see what more is to come...

Including, it seems, potential #flooding.

#avianflu #Thames #oxfordshire #EnvironmentAgency #Abingdon #wildlife #waterfowl

A little taste of our visit to the #WessexArchaeology Environmental Archaeology department this morning.

Taking the #RippleEffectSalisbury group along as part of our #Archaeology #Art , #Ecology and #Wellbeing project, focusing on the Salisbury Avon, and work being done there by the #EnvironmentAgency.

More info on The Ripple Effect project in this blog post I wrote earlier this year:

https://www.wessexarch.co.uk/news/blue-health-wessex-archaeology-ripple-effect

"Testing of rivers in England has fallen dramatically in the past 10 years, with experts warning it leaves a vacuum of knowledge about the effects of pollution."

"Environment Agency data shows its river testing has fallen from nearly 100,000 samples a year in 2012 to 41,519 in 2021 – the lowest level of sampling in 20 years apart from the drop-off during Covid in 2020."

#England #Rivers #Pollution #EnvironmentAgency

https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2022/sep/02/river-testing-england-fallen-sharply-decade-data

"Water companies have been accused of failing to monitor how much sewage is being pumped into the sea."

"According to the Environment Agency data analysed by the Liberal Democrats, sewage monitors installed by UK water firms did not work "90% of the time" or had not been installed at all."

#UK #UnitedKingdom #Sewage #Water #Seaside #Environment #EnvironmentAgency

https://news.sky.com/story/sewage-monitors-at-uk-seaside-resorts-either-faulty-or-not-installed-data-reveals-12678925

"Humanity is closer than ever to irreversible biodiversity damage that could kill off mankind - not just plants and animals, the Environment Agency will warn today."

#EnvironmentAgency #Environment #Biodiversity #Plants #Animals

https://news.sky.com/story/environment-agency-chief-warns-of-irreversible-biodiversity-damage-that-could-eventually-kill-off-humans-12650103

"The environmental performance of Dairy Crest Limited has been unacceptable for too long and needs to significantly improve, says the Environment Agency."

"Dairy Crest, which produces brands such as Cathedral City at its Davidstow plant, previously pleaded guilty to 21 of 27 charges brought by the Environment Agency. "

#Environment #UnitedKingdom #UK #Pollution #EnvironmentAgency

https://www.gov.uk/government/news/dairy-crest-given-record-fine-for-davidstow-environmental-offences