ADA Environment Day 2026

ADA is delighted to be hosting its annual Environment Day on Wednesday 4th February 2026 at Park Farm, Thorney, near Peterborough. The event is kindly sponsored by one of our Associate Members, Breheny Civil Engineering.

This free in-person event aims to provide an insightful day of talks on a range of topics relevant to the management of the lowland watercourses and the freshwater environment. The day will cover everything from eels to invasive species, and beavers to landscape recovery.

We look forward to welcoming Sarah Fowler, Chief Executive at the Wildfowl & Wetlands Trust as our keynote speaker.

In addition to Sarah's address, we are pleased to host an excellent line up of presenters from STOWA, University of Cambridge, University of Hull, the Environment Agency, Water Management Alliance, and Wessex Water. They will share their insights and research on key topics including Fens 2100+, beavers in the Netherlands, retaining water safely, lowland channel management, eel passage at pumping stations and rainwater harvesting.

View full presenter profiles on the ADA Environment Day 2026 webpage.

Who should attend?

ADA warmly invites those who play a role in managing, maintaining, and governing safe water levels and flood risk infrastructure across our lowland water landscapes.

The event aims to help you to better perform your statutory environmental duties, utilise best practice approaches, and enhance your local lowland environment as part of your essential work. The day is expected to attract interest across a wide spectrum, covering but not exclusive to:

• Internal Drainage Boards (Board Members and Officers)
• Environment Agency
• Natural England
• Local Authorities
• Farmers/Growers and Land Managers

Places are limited so we would encourage early booking.

Register now to attend

If you wish to attend the Environment Day 2026 you will need to register here on the Eventbrite website. Once you have registered, you will receive a confirmation email to confirm your place at this event.

Please note: For those registering for multiple places on behalf of others and not personally attending, please provide your name and email address under 'Booking Information' and provide individual names and email addresses for each of the attendees.

As 'Booking Information Contact' you will receive confirmation of the bookings. All of the attendees that you have registered will also receive an Eventbrite generated email.