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# Environment Agency

- Boating and waterways
- Environmental permits and exemptions
- Fisheries and rod licensing
- Flood warnings, river levels and flood risk maps
- Flooding and coastal change
- Waste including waste carriers
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- Public registers
- Report an environmental incident
- Contact the Environment Agency

## Featured

15 April 2026 — Press release

### Better flood protection target exceeded

New flood defences already operational, protecting homes through wet months and set to help prevent an estimated £10 billion in damage

14 April 2026 — Press release

### Major clean-up begins at notorious Kidlington waste site

An estimated 21,000 tonnes of illegal waste to be removed after being dumped by criminal gangs

17 March 2026 — Press release

### £1.4bn flood investment unleashed to protect homes and businesses

£830m in funding for flood schemes for 2026/27 to improve protection for tens of thousands of homes and businesses – part of record investment of at least £10.5 billion between 2024-2036

20 February 2026 — Press release

### Further rain expected as Environment Agency warns of ongoing flood risk

The public is urged to remain vigilant

30 January 2026 — Press release

### Kidlington: Two further arrests for illegal waste dumping

Two men arrested as part of Environment Agency investigation, supported by the South East Regional Organised Crime Unit.

21 January 2026 — Press release

### Greater Manchester duo arrested in connection with illegal waste dumping

Two men were arrested on 20 January 2026 as part of an ongoing Environment Agency investigation.

## Latest from the Environment Agency

- River Thames: current river conditions
  - 8 June 2026
  - Guidance
- Vital annual beach work reduces flood risk on Lincolnshire coast
  - 8 June 2026
  - News story
- PL32 9XW, Dairy Crest Limited: environmental issued - EPR/BN6137IK/V013
  - 5 June 2026
  - Decision

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## What we do

The Environment Agency works to create better places for people and wildlife, and supports sustainable development.

The Environment Agency is an executive non-departmental public body, sponsored by the Department for Environment, Food \u0026amp; Rural Affairs, supported by 1 public body.

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## Documents

### Services

- Check the long term flood risk for an area in England
- Scrapping your vehicle and insurance write-offs

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### Guidance and regulation

- Access the public register for environmental information
  - 7 April 2026
  - Guidance
- National rod fishing byelaws for England: freshwater fishing with a rod and line
  - 12 December 2023
  - Guidance

See all guidance and regulation

### News and communications

- Vital annual beach work reduces flood risk on Lincolnshire coast
  - 8 June 2026
  - News story
- EA to lead environmental regulation of Trelavour Lithium Project
  - 4 June 2026
  - News story

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### Research and statistics

- Rainfall and river flow: weekly reports for England
  - 4 June 2026
  - Research and analysis
- Research at the Environment Agency
  - 2 June 2026
  - Research and analysis

See all research and statistics

### Policy papers and consultations

- Nature-based solutions for sustainable water resources: Environment Agency position statement
  - 5 June 2026
  - Policy paper
- Assessing and scoring environmental permit and licence compliance
  - 5 June 2026
  - Policy paper

See all policy papers and consultations

### Transparency and freedom of information releases

- Locations of high priority waste sites in England
  - 22 May 2026
  - Transparency data
- Environment Agency business plans
  - 14 May 2026
  - Corporate report

See all transparency and freedom of information releases

## Our management

Alan Lovell
Chair
Philip Duffy
Chief Executive
John Leyland
Executive Director of Environment and Business
Sarah Chare
Executive Director for Local Operations
Caroline Douglass
Executive Director of Flood and Coastal Risk Management
Tamara Bruck
Executive Director for Strategy, Transformation and Assurance

## Contact the Environment Agency

### General enquiries

Email

enquiries@environment-agency.gov.uk

Telephone

03708 506 506

Telephone from outside the UK (Monday to Friday, 8am to 6pm GMT)

+44 (0) 114 282 5312

Monday to Friday, 8am to 6pm.

### Environment incident hotline

Contact: Environment incident hotline

Telephone (24 hour service)

0800 80 70 60

### Floodline

Telephone (24 hour service)

0345 988 1188

Type talk (for the hard of hearing)

0345 602 6340

### Report serious wrongdoing

Contact: Report serious wrongdoing

How to report whistleblowing concerns to the Environment Agency.

### Report fraud to the Environment Agency

Contact: Report fraud to the Environment Agency

How to report fraud and irregularities against the Environment Agency.

### Legal and statutory documents

All statutory and legal documents should be served by email to LegalSupport@environment-agency.gov.uk, with a hard copy posted to the address above.
All other correspondence including complaints should be sent to enquiries@environment-agency.gov.uk.

## Make a Freedom of Information (FOI) request

1. Read about the Freedom of Information (FOI) Act and how to make a request.
2. Check our previous releases to see if we’ve already answered your question.
3. Make a new request by contacting us using the details below.

### FOI requests

Email

enquiries@environment-agency.gov.uk

Main switchboard

03708 506 506

## High profile groups within the Environment Agency

- Flood and Coastal Erosion Risk Management Research and Development Programme

## Corporate information

- Our organisation chart
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- Our energy use
- Our governance
- Research at the Environment Agency

### Jobs and contracts

- Procurement at the Environment Agency
- Working for the Environment Agency
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