The Environment Agency is tasked with looking after our water resources, including our rivers.
Given that an eminent Professor of Hydrogeology is warning 'ANY quarrying at Straitgate would cause problems', Devon County Council is relying on the competency and expertise of an under-resourced EA to advise on the impact that Aggregate Industries' unorthodox, untried, untested seasonal working scheme would have on local water resources.
If what the EA has allowed to happen to our rivers is anything to go by, this confidence is misplaced.
ICYMI @Channel4News last night. @EUCourtPress ruled that this should only ever happen in "Exceptional situations."— Feargal Sharkey (@Feargal_Sharkey) January 24, 2020
Transpires that the @EnvAgency are "Exceptionally complacent” and “Exceptionally incompetent” @jonsnowC4 https://t.co/UTqNgyUvsa
Basically, our rivers are full of shit. A bit like the Environment Agency...— paulusthewoodgnome (@woodgnomology) January 20, 2020
'Britain stands out in Europe for its lack of inland waterways fit for swimming. No UK river has designated bathing water status while Germany has 38, Italy 73 and France 573.'https://t.co/HvRBsfQ7st
The Environment Agency's water monitoring network has been cut in half, new data shows https://t.co/Z1sJOkEk7z pic.twitter.com/RmjCcuDYv0— Unearthed (@UE) November 18, 2019
