Latest Thames Region news...
- ENVIRONMENT AGENCY CLEARS 'EVERYTHING BUT THE KITCHEN SINK' OUT OF THE RIVER CHERWELL
| 08/05/2008 |
Televisions, fridges and cookers were just some of the discarded rubbish the Environment Agency removed from the River Cherwell to reduce the risk of flooding in Banbury. Bikes, motorcycles , sco...
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- THAMES WATER FINED FOR POLLUTING NATIONAL TRUST BEAUTY SPOT
| 07/05/2008 |
Thames Water was ordered to pay more than £40,000 after admitting destroying the ecology of a high-quality stream and lake after a burst pipe churned raw sewage out onto National Trust land. ...
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Thames Region Information
Welcome to the Thames Region of the Environment Agency.
The Region covers the Thames basin - the area surrounding the River Thames where rain falls and runs into the river. The Thames flows for 205 miles from Thames Head Bridge in the Cotswolds to where it joins the North Sea at Shoeburyness in Essex. On its course, the Thames passes through picturesque villages, the large towns of Oxford, Reading and Maidenhead and the historic centres of Windsor and Henley.
We have a growing population of 14 million people living in the Thames Region and the number is rising. This means there is a lot of pressure to provide houses and drinking water, and to get rid of our rubbish properly and safely. How might we recycle more rubbish, or have less waste in the first place? How can we make our air and rivers clean enough for people to enjoy their surroundings and for wildlife to survive? How could we stop rivers from flooding homes and businesses?
We need to think about all these problems and work with other organisations to solve them.
