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 […]
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 […]
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 […]
Are you a keen amateur photographer? Do you take breath-taking and eye-arresting photographs of geology? (and not just stockpiles of soils which make up most of my collection of photographs!) Then you might wish to […]
In case you have missed the annoucement according to a press release on CL:AIRE’s website that the National Quality Mark Scheme for Land Contamination Management (NQMS), which has received support from both DCLG and DEFRA, […]
If you are, then you might be interested to see mapping for the proposed 2017 -2020 NVZs which were published by Environment Agency (EA) on behalf of DEFRA here. At the sametime on www.gov.uk DEFRA […]
It wasn’t until I chaired CIRIA’s Project Steering Group on Unexploded Ordnance in the Marine Environment that I began to realise that the issue of marine noise and its impact on fauna was becoming a […]
Talking about the weather is a national past time but what does this actually mean in terms of river flows and groundwater levels. Well if you want to gain a very quick understanding of status […]
Yes its that time again – the call for abstracts for the 14th International AquaConSoil Conference has gone out. The conference will focus on the sustainable use and management of soil, sediment and water resources […]
A mechanism for monitoring potential emerging contaminants which may pose a risk to the water environment was established when the Directive on Environmental Quality Standards was updated in 2013. The first watch list was adopted […]