Environment Agency Launches ‘Blueprint’ App to Strengthen Water Pollution Monitoring

As part of further efforts by the Environment Agency to try to curb water pollution, it has introduced a new water monitoring app named Blueprint.

The app uses both Environment Agency pollution data, such as pollution risk, as well as allowing the public to input data of local waterways, like water quality, and whether users can see signs of pollution. The app uses geolocation to track and manage data.

Blueprint's launch supplements the agency's double-down in enforcement over the last half a decade. Increased numbers of enforcement personnel and input from the public mean more eyes on blue spaces, making sure that rivers, lakes, and other waters are monitored for pollutants.

Hopefully, this new app will improve monitoring and ensure action is taken faster and more decisively.

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