Natural flood defence scheme launched on Quantocks

Pioneering work to slow the flow of water from the Quantock Hills down to the Somerset Levels is being funded by Somerset Rivers Authority. The project is partly a reaction to three unusually intense, localised storms that washed away around 1,200 tonnes of soil and gravel.

Local contractors Wes Hopwood and Rob Bruce on Somerset Rivers Authority funded channel clearance job in Carhampton

“Great news” for Carhampton as flood risks reduced

Somerset Rivers Authority has funded work to clear a thickly overgrown brook in Carhampton, to cut flood risk in the village and along the A39. Few other places in Somerset are currently being targeted with such a range of flood alleviation activities as Carhampton.

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