Thames Region
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 its confluence with 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.
More than 12 million people live in 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 riverwater 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.
3 March 2005
Author: Donna Casey
Contact: enquiries@environment-agency.gov.uk
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