Barbara Young

Not having to water means more time to relax and enjoy the garden.

We are in a serious situation now, where both the environment and our water supplies are at risk. Groundwater levels in some areas are the lowest on record.

Our environment is affected by changes to the whole world, as well as national policies and local decisions. We will play our part in responding to all of these and to improve and protect our environment internationally, nationally and locally.

We're in the middle of a drought - even if it rains from now until the summer, we will still have problems. Everything that both the water companies and that customers can do will make a difference.

They can use the old fashioned method or the darkroom method using chemicals.

We all need to make an effort to save water wherever possible, including us keen gardeners, but it doesn't mean that our gardens have to suffer.

We are running out of road on decision making -- unless we dramatically change the use of fossil fuels we will be committing future generations to the most severe impacts of climate change.

There's a tendency for people to think 'it'll never happen to me, ... The fact is, it could we just don't know when. People in this country cannot afford to be complacent about flood risk.

I'm a big computer user.

Although we're unlikely to see flooding in the UK like that caused by the Boxing Day tsunami and Hurricane Katrina, there is still a significant flood threat here from extreme rainfall and coastal surges.

Although we're unlikely to see flooding in UK like that caused by the Boxing Day tsunami and Hurricane Katrina, there is still a significant flood threat here from extreme rainfall and coastal surges.

On our 10th anniversary we can see that the Environment Agency has played a major part in overseeing a remarkable change in the quality of our environment.