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Interesting Facts, Useful Resources and other GEMs for Lead

March 7, 2021 Claire Dickinson Contaminated Land

  WHO has identified lead as 1 of 10 chemicals of major public health concern, needing action by Member States to protect the health of workers, children and women of reproductive age.     Centers […]

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New_Designation of ‘main rivers’: guidance to the Environment Agency

December 3, 2017 Claire Dickinson Controlled Waters

On 16 November Statutory Guidance was published setting out the basis on which the Environment Agency should decide whether or not a river or watercourse is treated as a ‘main river’.  The prinicpal cirteria in […]

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Updated_ Catchment Area Co-ordinators for England

October 30, 2017October 30, 2017 Claire Dickinson Controlled Waters

There are 100 catchments across England and Wales.  This month the Environment Agency have posted updated contact details for catchment co-ordinators in England with an accompanying map showing all catchment areas across England and Wales, […]

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Groundwater activity exclusions from environmental permits

March 24, 2017 Claire Dickinson Contaminated Land

On 14 March 2017 the Environment Agency added to their suite of online Guidance by publishing information on those extremely low-risk discharges which are not considered groundwater activities but are considered exclusions and as such […]

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Online Groundwater protection technical guidance published 14 March 2017

March 24, 2017 Claire Dickinson Contaminated Land

In essence this online guidance published by the Environment Agency (EA) assists in understanding the risks, implications and legalities of undertaking activities which may give rise to substances entering the groundwater with respect to groundwater […]

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Update to EA’s Groundwater Protection: Principles and practice (GP3)

March 24, 2017 Claire Dickinson Contaminated Land

The Environment Agency (EA) has just published “The Environment Agency’s approach to groundwater protection” March 2017 version 1.0. It contains position statements which provide information for different sectors about the Environment Agency’s approach to managing […]

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New_ CL:AIRE Petroleum Hydrocarbons in Groundwater Guidance

February 20, 2017 Claire Dickinson Contaminated Land

Ever wondered why TPH (Total Petroleum Hydrocarbons) often are not a measure of all the hydrocarbons present in a petroleum hydrocarbon mixture? Did you know that in 2005 the Environment Agency proposed a slightly different […]

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Emerging Contaminants and Persistence

January 20, 2017February 2, 2017 Claire Dickinson Contaminated Sediment

Persistence, according to the guidelines of the Stockholm Convention, is evident where, chemicals have a half-life in the aquatic environment of over two months (i.e. it takes over two months for the chemical to break […]

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More Online Guidance Published for Water Framework Directive (WFD) Assessments

January 19, 2017January 20, 2017 Claire Dickinson Controlled Waters

Towards the end of last year the Environment Agency published online Guidance headed as Water Framework Directive assessment: estuarine and coastal waters but known as ‘Clearing the Waters for All’.  This  guidance is for activities […]

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Environmental DNA (eDNA) monitoring outperforms traditional survey techniques

January 9, 2017February 5, 2017 Claire Dickinson Controlled Waters

Fish are sensitive indicators of water quality and their assessment is an important part of water management. However traditional methods of surveying by netting are costly and can cause the fish harm.  The Environment Agency […]

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GeoEnv_MattersClaire Dickinson@GeoEnv_Matters·
16 Oct

Working on CIRIA ‘s update of their Environment Good Practice on Site has really brought home to me the crisis facing wildlife in the UK. Thank you for sharing . https://lnkd.in/e--YdEQv

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GeoEnv_MattersClaire Dickinson@GeoEnv_Matters·
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A great evening, good to catch up with you in person! Thanks to Ben de Waal at The Fiscal Incentives Group for inviting me to join you all https://lnkd.in/e76czF59

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GeoEnv_MattersClaire Dickinson@GeoEnv_Matters·
11 Oct

With the change in criteria for assessing #waterquality 0% of #surfacewater bodies meet the criteria for achieving good chemical status in England see for details https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/state-of-the-water-environment-indicator-b3-supporting-evidence/state-of-the-water-environment-indicator-b3-supporting-evidence

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GeoEnv_MattersClaire Dickinson@GeoEnv_Matters·
16 Aug

Updated to correct information relating to some of the surface water statistics quoted when first published in 2021 https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/drinking-water-protected-areas-challenges-for-the-water-environment?utm_medium=email

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GeoEnv_MattersClaire Dickinson@GeoEnv_Matters·
5 Aug

Not good news for ‘building back better,’ with recovery permits becoming a more common requirement on #brownfield sites. If you have been affected by this issue as a result of not being able to use the DoWCoP and have not filled in SiLC (Specialist in La…https://lnkd.in/d3rr2SCz

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