Two contractors clearing a badly overgrown stream at Carhampton for Somerset Rivers Authority.

SRA to spend £2.76million on flood works at hundreds of sites

A new £2.76million programme of flood works across Somerset is approved by the Board of Somerset Rivers Authority. The SRA's council tax charge stays the same as it was in 2016.

FWAG South West advisor Jo Oborn and Chris Ford of Peadon Farm at Fiddington near Nether Stowey walk over a field benefitting from better maize management funded by Somerset Rivers Authority.

Farmers urged to bid online for flood works

Farmers across Somerset are being invited to bid in the UK’s first countywide auction for works to help stop flooding. The auction will be run online from February 26 - March 12 at www.nfmauction.org.uk.

Somerton and Frome MP David Warburton opening a debate in the House of Commons about his Private Members' Bill, the Rivers Authorities and Land Drainage Bill

Somerset MP makes progress with Rivers Authorities Bill

A Private Members’ Bill to help secure the future of Somerset Rivers Authority, and give local people more powers to tackle flooding, has moved forward in Parliament.

Flood closure gates closed across Muchelney Road in Huish Episcopi

Road closure gates ready for use in case of floods

Emergency road closure gates on the Somerset Levels are ready to protect drivers from flood water if required this winter (2018-9).

Kitchen units and a white cooker nearly submerged in dark brown flood water in February 2014.

SRA launches flood insurance survey

SRA launches survey to find out whether affordable flood insurance is still a problem for communities most badly affected by flooding in 2013-14.

Maize stubble drilled with grass to provide winter cover against soil erosion and water run-off; grazing cows; landscape.

Flood risks reduced as online auction proves ‘win-win’ for Somerset farmers

Somerset farmers successfully bid for £30,000 in first online auction for natural flood management works. A second auction is now being planned for 2019.