report an environmental incident

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The Environment Agency Incident Hotline Telephone number is 0800 80 70 60 (24-hour freephone service).

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Call this Environment Agency incident hotline as soon as possible to report:

• damage or danger to the natural environment

• pollution to water or land

• poaching or illegal fishing

• dead fish or fish gasping for air

• main rivers blocked by a vehicle or fallen tree causing risk of flooding

• flooding from any river, stream, canal, natural spring or the sea

• incidents at Environment Agency-regulated waste sites

• illegal removals from watercourses

• unusual changes in river flow

• collapsed or badly damaged river or canal banks

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