FWAG SW Archives - Somerset Rivers Authority

River Parrett In Summer With Swan Of Water And View Of Langport Including Church Tower

How should Wedmore and Langport adapt to climate change?

17th January 2020
News

People living in and around Wedmore and Langport are invited to take part in a major new Somerset climate change project called Adapting the Levels. Come to the Ridgway Hall in Langport between 10am and 2pm on Saturday 29 February. Children and young people are welcome to attend. A similar event in Wedmore at the start of February was a popular success.

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Sun Rising Over Hills And Mist On The Somerset Levels

New climate change project will help Somerset adapt to floods and drought

4th July 2019
News

SRA support enables Somerset to take part in a new project that will help people adapt to the water-related effects of climate change - flood and drought.

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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

14th February 2019
News

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.

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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

5th November 2018
News

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.

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Villagers delighted as SRA funds work to reduce flooding

17th September 2018
News

15 properties in Monksilver to benefit as Somerset Rivers Authority gives £170,000 for two-pronged attack on flooding.

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An Aerial Photograph Of A Leaky Pond In Odcombe, West Of Yeovil. The Pond Has Been De-silted And Improved With A New Water Management Pipe Structure At The Pond's Outlet. The Work Was Funded By Somerset Rivers Authority To Help Slow The Flow Of Water Down To Wellhams Brook, In The Catchment Of The River Parrett, As Part Of Somerset's Award-winning Hills To Levels Project.

Farmers invited to bid in Somerset’s first online auction for flood works

13th July 2018
News

Farmers in the Tone and Parrett catchments within Somerset are urged to bid for natural flood management works as part of the award-winning Hills to Levels project.

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SRA helps flood wardens Slow the Flow

17th November 2017
News

Major natural flood management works near Yeovil, funded by Somerset Rivers Authority, help to protect villages, hamlets and roads.

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Natural flood defence scheme launched on Quantocks

31st March 2017
News

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.

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Video: Increasing floodplain storage – a case study

10th August 2016
News, Videos

See works to re-connect a river with its floodplain, which will help to prevent flooding on the Somerset Levels. With Joanna Uglow of FWAG and engineer James Hector.

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Video: Riverbank stabilisation on the River Isle

10th August 2016
News, Videos

See rock rolls installed on the River Isle to prevent erosion and stop soil from the riverbank causing problems downstream. The video's presented by Joanna Uglow of FWAG SW.

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