Adapting to climate change on the Somerset Levels
A new report from Adapting the Levels shows people on the Somerset Levels wanting more action on climate change. Subjects covered include nature, farming, and Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS).
New silt trap benefits 25 homes
A new silt trap has been installed in Barrington, as part of a series of moves by Somerset Rivers Authority to reduce flood risks in the village.
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.
Farmers invited to bid in Somerset’s first online auction for flood works
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.
Video: Hills to Levels wins UK River Prize
The video that helped Hills to Levels win the UK River Prize 2018.
Aerial video: Natural flood works in the Somerset landscape
Eye-opening and impressive. Somerset's landscape filmed from the sky, to show natural flood management works like ponds in context.
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.
Video: Re-connecting floodplains – a case study
See how part of an old silted-up channel has been dug out to allow huge amounts of floodwater to be stored in a field, as it used to be, off the River Isle near Donyatt.
Video: Increasing floodplain storage – a case study
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.
Video: Riverbank stabilisation on the River Isle
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.