Environment Agency’s James Bevan says he wants to change law that provides tough water testing regime
The head of the Environment Agency has signalled he wants to change a key regulation on water quality which repeatedly exposes how English rivers are being choked in a cocktail of sewage and agricultural pollution.
James Bevan, the chief executive of the Environment Agency, said he wants to change the water framework directive, the law that provides a tough testing regime for English rivers. It provides a legal requirement that 75% of English rivers be in good health under its testing regime by 2027.