Video: Hills to Levels wins UK River Prize
The video that helped Hills to Levels win the UK River Prize 2018.
The video that helped Hills to Levels win the UK River Prize 2018.
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.
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.
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.
In times of flood, it helps to store water higher up in river catchments. Leaky ponds hold water back, then release it safely.