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<p><a href="https://environment.data.gov.uk/catchment-planning/England/print#:~:text=Ecological%20status%20for%20surface%20waters&text=Water%20bodies%20are%20classified%20as,bad%20ecological%20status%20or%20potential."
target="_blank">The Environment Agency monitors the water environment all year round,
collecting tens of thousands of samples from source to sea. </a></p><p> </p><p><a
href="https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/environment-agency-2022-data-on-regulated-businesses-in-england"
target="_blank">The Environment Agency produces a full set of water body classifications
covering every water body in England every six years, with the last full assessment
in 2019. To supplement this, last year the Environment Agency published a limited
data set which assessed data from 2019 to 2022 to help inform delivery</a>. The next
full assessment will be produced in 2025.</p><p> </p><p>Environment Agency data shows
that the pollutants that harm wildlife discharged by sewage treatment works are greatly
reduced. For example, there is now 85% less ammonia and 80% less phosphorus in the
water environment than there was in 1990.</p><p> </p><p>However, the Government is
clear that the sector needs to go further and faster to tackle sewage discharges and
the harm they cause. The government's Storm Overflows Discharge Reduction Plan will
eliminate ecological harm from all storm sewage discharges by 2050. It will protect
biodiversity, the ecology of our rivers and seas, and the public health of our water
users for generations to come.</p>
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