Environment Agency (England)

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environmental regulator non-departmental public body

The Environment Agency (England) is a public body responsible for protecting and improving the environment in England, including regulating water quality, managing flood risks, and overseeing river and wildlife conservation.

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Observed surface forms (4)

Surface form	Occurrences
Environment Agency	17
Environment Agency (via Denver Sluice complex)	1
Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Pollution	1
National Rivers Authority	1

Statements (57)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	environmental regulator ⓘ non-departmental public body ⓘ
abbreviation	EA ⓘ
appliesToJurisdiction	England ⓘ
country	England ⓘ
hasDuties	bathing water quality monitoring ⓘ climate change adaptation (flood and coastal risk) ⓘ coastal erosion risk management (strategic overview) ⓘ contaminated land regulation (certain sites) ⓘ drought management ⓘ enforcement of environmental law ⓘ environmental improvement ⓘ environmental permitting ⓘ environmental protection ⓘ fisheries licensing ⓘ fisheries management ⓘ flood forecasting ⓘ flood risk management ⓘ flood warning ⓘ groundwater protection ⓘ incident response to pollution events ⓘ issuing abstraction licences ⓘ maintenance of main rivers ⓘ management of flood storage reservoirs ⓘ navigation authority functions on some rivers ⓘ operation of flood defences ⓘ pollution control ⓘ prosecution of environmental offences ⓘ regulation of hazardous waste ⓘ regulation of industrial emissions ⓘ regulation of landfills ⓘ regulation of major industrial installations ⓘ regulation of radioactive substances ⓘ regulation of waste treatment facilities ⓘ regulation of water company discharges ⓘ river management ⓘ river water quality monitoring ⓘ rod licence administration ⓘ waste regulation ⓘ water quality regulation ⓘ water resources management ⓘ wildlife conservation ⓘ
headquartersLocation	Bristol ⓘ
inception	1996 ⓘ
jurisdiction	England ⓘ
legalForm	non-departmental public body ⓘ
operatesIn	river catchments in England ⓘ
parentOrganization	Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs ⓘ
precededBy	Environment Agency (England) self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Her Majesty's Inspectorate of Pollution Environment Agency (England) self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: National Rivers Authority
sector	environment ⓘ flood risk management ⓘ pollution control ⓘ waste management ⓘ water management ⓘ
shortName	Environment Agency (England) self-linksurface differs ⓘ surface form: Environment Agency
website	https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/environment-agency ⓘ