Staff Shortages Have Forced Major Cuts to Environment Agency Water Quality Monitoring, Internal Documents Reveal

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By Clare Carlile and Ellie…Jul 23, 2025, 7:01 pm275 ptsTop
This article was published in partnership with Unearthed and BBC The Environment Agency (EA) has dropped 10,000 water quality tests from its work to ensure the health of England’s rivers and lakes over the past three months, due to staff shortages at the regulator’s main lab. The agency took a last-minute…

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