VolkerStevin Infrastructure Ltd has applied to the Environment Agency for a licence to abstract water for hydraulic fracturing as part of the Hornsea 3 Offshore Wind Farm Project.

West Berkshire District Council has applied to the Environment Agency for a licence to abstract water from the River Kennet - one of England's most important chalk streams.

United Utilities has been fined £800,000 after illegally abstracting 22 billion litres of water from boreholes in Lancashire following a prosecution by the Environment Agency.

As many parts of the world experience extreme heatwaves and severe drought, the Environment Agency will continue to prepare for all weather eventualities for the rest of summer and autumn, it confirmed this week.

The Environment Agency (EA) has accepted Severn Trent’s request for a drought permit for the Derwent Valley – the water company made an application to the EA on 3^rd October.

The Environment Agency (EA) has increased its abstraction licence charges –the first time the EA has raised the cost of licences in ten years.

The Environment Agency (EA) has launched a new consultation on proposed changes to the way licence holders are charged to abstract water from the environment.

The Environment Agency has announced changes to water abstraction licences held by 20 businesses in the Ant Valley on the Norfolk Broads which will see plants, fish, birds and other animals benefit from up to three billion litres of water being returned to the environment.

The Environment Agency has announced that the prolonged dry weather in the Cam and Ely Ouse river catchment means it has moved into a period of developing drought.

Affinity Water has applied to the Environment Agency to vary an existing abstraction licence to mitigate the potential impacts of High Speed Two Ltd (HS2) construction activities during the construction of its Colne Valley Viaduct.