Can I report an Environmental Incident using the Defra Data Services Platform (DSP) Support?

Created: 15 June 2020 Updated: 14 August 2023

You are unable to report environmental incidents using the Data Services Platform (DSP) Support Pages.

Please call the Environment Agency incident hotline 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 bank

Incident hotline
Telephone: 0800 80 70 60 
24-hour service
Find out about call charges

or email enquiries@environment-agency.gov.uk