£9.7million upgrade completed at Dunball Sluice

Dunball Sluice - a vital flood defence asset near Bridgwater - has been successfully refurbished by the Environment Agency. A £9.7million project - part-funded by Somerset Rivers Authority (SRA) - has given the sluice another 25 years of operational life. The Sluice plays an important role in helping to protect properties, businesses and internationally important habitats across the Somerset Levels and Moors.

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2025 UK River Prize winner part-funded by SRA

A project part-funded by Somerset Rivers Authority has won the Catchment Restoration Award in the River Restoration Centre's 2025 UK River Prizes. The Holnicote Estate Project, led by the National Trust in West Somerset, was picked for its successes over the last seven years in restoring natural processes to the River Aller and Horner Water catchments.

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Huge barge in Bridgwater to help build Tidal Barrier

A major milestone is reached in the building of the Bridgwater Tidal Barrier with the arrival of a jack-up barge from Liverpool. It will enable the creation of a cofferdam, an enclosure pumped dry to allow for work below the water level of the River Parrett, and the construction of bearing piles for the Barrier’s foundations.

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SRA launches Community Flood Action Fund for Somerset

Small grants for works to reduce flooding are now being offered directly to Somerset communities by Somerset Rivers Authority (SRA). The SRA's new Community Flood Action Fund will help people with good local knowledge of flooding problems take the initiative and get things done. Up to £200,000 a year is being made available for practical actions with obvious benefits that can be achieved quite quickly. The Fund is aimed at not-for-profit organisations, such as town and parish councils, charities, social enterprises and community benefit societies.

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Somerset urged to prepare for floods

As part of Flood Action Week (14 - 20 October 2024), Somerset Rivers Authority is urging people across Somerset to ensure they are prepared for a flood. Flood Action Week is an annual awareness campaign run by the Environment Agency, a partner in Somerset Rivers Authority (SRA).

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Out now: SRA Annual Report 2023-24

Here's the Somerset Rivers Authority (SRA) Annual Report 2023-24. It covers hundreds of locations across Somerset, right down to individual streams, culverts, fields and streets. And it gives you details of many schemes and activities to reduce the risks and impacts of flooding in Somerset, and improve people's lives and the environment.

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