| EU flood support on 08:30 - Nov 16 with 656 views | tabletopjoe |
Just a shame we’ve stopped dredging the rivers because of the EU, which has contributed to the problem in the first place. Oh the irony |  |
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| EU flood support on 08:32 - Nov 16 with 650 views | artsbossbeard |
Sounds like a job for this EU army that I hear of a fair bit. |  |
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| EU flood support on 08:59 - Nov 16 with 619 views | brogansnose |
| EU flood support on 08:30 - Nov 16 by tabletopjoe |
Just a shame we’ve stopped dredging the rivers because of the EU, which has contributed to the problem in the first place. Oh the irony |
Dredging hasn't stopped but a more considered approach is being taken. Much of our current inablity to deal effectively with high water events is because of bad practice in the 50's and 60's of channelising rivers which transfers the problem more quickly downstream . when dredging takes place its neccesary to remove the spoil as it makes a poor ' high wall' when the banks are raised as it washes away easily. A better method is to make rivers more sinous which absorbs and slows down water which when coupled with designated wetland habitat and tree planting higher upstream is effective.
I'm not here to defend the EU but I've no idea where you've got this stopping dredging rivers because of the EU thing from.
http://www.ecrr.org/RiverRestoration/Floodriskmanagement/tabid/2615/Default.aspx |  | | |
| EU flood support on 09:08 - Nov 16 with 603 views | tabletopjoe |
| EU flood support on 08:59 - Nov 16 by brogansnose |
Dredging hasn't stopped but a more considered approach is being taken. Much of our current inablity to deal effectively with high water events is because of bad practice in the 50's and 60's of channelising rivers which transfers the problem more quickly downstream . when dredging takes place its neccesary to remove the spoil as it makes a poor ' high wall' when the banks are raised as it washes away easily. A better method is to make rivers more sinous which absorbs and slows down water which when coupled with designated wetland habitat and tree planting higher upstream is effective.
I'm not here to defend the EU but I've no idea where you've got this stopping dredging rivers because of the EU thing from.
http://www.ecrr.org/RiverRestoration/Floodriskmanagement/tabid/2615/Default.aspx |
You’ve quoted the theory, but as with all bureaucracy, it doesn’t happen. It’s now so expensive to dredge that they don’t bother | |
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| EU flood support on 09:37 - Nov 16 with 581 views | Freddies_Ears |
Last time we could have claimed from this fund, we didnt. Government didn T want the papers to show EU in a helpful light. |  | | |
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