The Latest Breaking News from Environment Agency

Low water levels continue at Manchester's reservoirs during weekend of extreme heat

The Enivornment Agency has warned that England’s drought could persist into next year

Manchester Evening News · Aug 14, 2022

Government must ‘overrule nimbys’ on new reservoirs to combat drought, says infrastructure tsar

Call for UK ministers to act comes as environment secretary considers ‘national grid for water’

The Independent UK · Aug 14, 2022

Drought restrictions explained, how long drought could last and full list of affected areas

Eight areas of England have been officially declared to be in drought conditions

Nottingham Post · Aug 13, 2022

Drought could be declared in UK area leading to rules on water use and hosepipe ban

The Environment Agency's National Drought Group gets together and looks at statistics including rainfall, how much water is left in rivers, reservoirs and lakes

Daily Mirror · Aug 11, 2022

UK weather: drought expected to be declared in parts of England on Friday

Drought group preparing to meet as Met Office issues highest fire risk warning for much of England

The Guardian - UK · Aug 11, 2022

What are they not telling us about the damage done to our rivers?

Letters: Karen Lloyd on the Environment Agency’s lack of transparency, and Paul Sedgwick on the misguided moratorium on housebuilding across wide areas of the country

The Guardian - UK · Aug 10, 2022

Environment Agency pension fund criticised for owning stakes in UK water firms

Campaigner Feargal Sharkey says profiteering from firms that dump raw sewage into rivers an ‘obscenity’

The Guardian - UK · Aug 10, 2022

UK heatwave and global warming erodes coastline and risks wiping areas off map

Walkers watched in horror as a large section of Sidmouth coastline in Devon crashed onto the beach at 9.15am on Monday. Parts of the cliff face were still tumbling into the sea hours later

Daily Mirror · Aug 10, 2022

Britain's notoriously wet and cold climate is changing – you won't like what replaces it

The UK had the driest start to a year since the 1970s in 2022, with large parts of southern England receiving less than 50% of their normal winter rainfall. On top of that, southern England recently received just 17% of its average rainfall for July, in what was the country’s…

The Conversation · Aug 9, 2022

The Standard View: In this drought, water leaks are unforgivable

Another day, another major water leak in London that has left scores of properties damaged and thousands of residents experiencing low pressure or nothing at all coming out of their taps.

Evening Standard · Aug 9, 2022