Tag Archives: Environment Agency

New Civil Engineer has revealed the first speakers set to appear at NCE Flood Resilience 2024 on 24 April.

Tree planting and wetland creation will be carried out at 40 locations in England led by community groups, charities and local authorities, funded by the UK Government’s £25M natural flood management (NFM) programme.

Innovation agency Innovate UK has launched a Small Business Research Initiative (SBRI) funding competition to accelerate the commercial adoption of low carbon concrete solutions.

The leaders of water companies based in the UK will be banned from receiving bonuses if their organisations commit “serious” criminal breaches, under new government legislation.

The River Thames Scheme (RTS) has called for candidates to come forward to deliver 8km of new flood channels along with new biodiverse open space for the public.

Plans are progressing for a critical defence against worsening tidal flood risk in the town of Bridgewater, Somerset, despite a budget blow out caused by inflation and material cost hikes.

The Environment Agency has completed its restoration works on a flood embankment in the Longlevens area of Gloucester.

The government does not know if it is making the UK more resilient to flooding despite its £5.2bn plan, a report from the spending watchdog has concluded.

The Environment Agency has defended its decision to continue its flood alert warning contract worth £19.5M to tarnished Japanese software company Fujitsu, despite its involvement in the Horizon Post Office scandal.

A former Environment Agency area manager has said that existing flood defence measures along the Rivers Severn and Wye are “creating a false sense of security” given the increasing intensity of floods due to the climate emergency.