SRA part-funds Chard Reservoir improvements
A major scheme to strengthen Chard Reservoir and help to protect people from potential flooding is due to get underway soon. It will decrease flood risks for nearly 1,000 properties and benefit a wide area from Chard down to Muchelney.
“Dramatic changes” to Exmoor river a “mind blowing” success
A pioneering river restoration on Exmoor is declared a success after producing many strikingly big benefits for people and nature in its first 12 months. Careful monitoring of the River Aller on the National Trust's Holnicote Estate in West Somerset has shown flood risks reduced and wildlife teeming. The project was part-funded by Somerset Rivers Authority.
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).
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.
Glastonbury’s climate plan targets flooding
Somerset's first Climate Adaptation Plan has been produced in Glastonbury, to help that historic town prepare for a new age of flooding, heatwaves and drought. The Plan is the result of months of collaboration between Somerset Wildlife Trust, Glastonbury Town Council, residents, business owners and other organisations. The development of the Plan has been funded by Somerset Rivers Authority (SRA). An 'Adaptation Blitz' is being planned for next year by Somerset Wildlife Trust to implement as many of the Plan's recommendations as possible.
Get tickets for talks about the future of water in Somerset
The Future of Water in Somerset is the main theme for a thought-provoking and enjoyable evening of talks and questions on Tuesday 14 May at the Somerset Rural Life Museum in Glastonbury. The event's being organised by Somerset Rivers Authority with the South West Heritage Trust. It incudes access to a new show of photographs by the renowned Somerset-based photographer Matilda Temperley, reflecting on ten years since the devastating floods of 2013-14.