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Environment Agency

he EA is responsible for a massive range of things in England. This can mean that it's hard to find out exactly who does what. However, they do have some very good conservation and ecology staff, who do good work in the field of managing river, coastal, estuarine, and other water-related issues. If your query is particularly conservation related it will help if you ask particularly to speak to an ecologist.

Examples of things the EA can help with:

• Anything to do with flooding, from the sea or from a river.
• Anything involving likely pollution of a watercourse - even a little ditch can count.
• Abstraction of water, i.e. taking it out of a river or from underground.
• Blocking up or obstruction of watercourses.
• Other pollution issues including air pollution and illegal dumping.

Contact

For anything urgent, the 24-hour hotline is the first port of call: 0800 807060. For anything else, you should contact your local office for issues to do with your area. You can find it via the national website. The national office for general enquiries is as follows:

Predecessor Authorities

Equivalent authorities in other nations

• SEPA: The Scottish Environment Protection Agency.
• NRW: Natural Resources Wales.
• NIEA: Northern Ireland Environment Agency