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1-10-2022
From Lynne Jones:
Need
to
concentrate
on
this,
they
should
not
be
removing
reservoir
structures
from
water
sources
with
climate
change.
Mothball
yes
for
now
but
walk
away
from
reservoirs
when
there
have
been
none
built
for
decades?
cumbriacrack 29-09-2022
05-10-2022
Report on sudden heavy rainfall event 30-09-2022
[ Dr Mark Roberts for KFAG ]
Comparison of Rainfall Event on 30th September 2022 with other Major Rainfall Events
On
30th
September
a
very
heavy
but
relatively
short
rainfall
event
occurred
over
northern
Cumbria,
and
particularly
over
the
Borrowdale
area.
Significant
flooding
was
experienced
in
Borrowdale,
with
the
BBC
reporting
that one farm lost 58 sheep: Sheep 'swept away' during Borrowdale flash flooding - BBC News
01-10-2022
On
30th
September
a
very
heavy
but
relatively
short
rainfall
event
occurred
over
northern
Cumbria,
and
particularly
over
the
Borrowdale
area.
Significant
flooding
was
experienced
in
Borrowdale,
with
the
BBC
reporting that one farm lost 58 sheep:
01-10-2022
SURVEY from NFF Chief Exec:
An
ex-colleague
of
mine
now
an
academic
at
Queen
Mary
is
running
a
study
looking
at
long-term
targets
for
flood
risk management for England. It’s part of a British Academy fellowship.
Would
you
mind
helping
him
by
completing
an
online
survey?
Should
only
take
10-15
minutes.
Feel
free
to
forward on to others, eg. Other members of staff.
01-10-2022
SURVEY from NFF Chief Exec:
An
ex-colleague
of
mine
now
an
academic
at
Queen
Mary
is
running
a
study
looking
at
long-term
targets
for
flood
risk management for England. It’s part of a British Academy fellowship.
Would
you
mind
helping
him
by
completing
an
online
survey?
Should
only
take
10-15
minutes.
Feel
free
to
forward on to others, eg. Other members of staff.
14-10-2022
FLOOD RISK REDUCTION [
Letter from Rod Donington-Smith to “The Keswick Reminder”
It
is
that
time
of
year
again
when
trees
shed
their
leaves,
many
of
which
become
soggy
and
end
up
clogging
roadside
gutters
and
gullies
(drains).
Often
gullies
cease
to
take
in
water
off
the
road
simply
because
their
grates
are
blocked
by
leaves
and
other
debris
–
a
problem
that
can
often
be
easily
resolved
by
clearing
the
debris
off
the
grates.
It
is
not so easy when gutters are filled with leaves, which will be quickly washed down to replace the ones that have just been removed!
It
is
better
to
identify
and
report
highways
drainage
problems
early,
including
blocked
gullies,
to
Cumbria
CC
using
its
website
www.cumbria.gov.uk
(go
to
Highways
in
the
roads,
travel
parking
section)
or
by
telephoning
0300
303
2992
rather
than
waiting
until
flooding
becomes
a
problem.
Due
to
staff
cuts
the
Council
has
less
staff
to
monitor
its
highway drainage systems so is more important than ever for the public to report problems.
RDS
28-11-2022-11-2022
Multi Agency Group Meeting.
Very
useful
virtual
multi
agency
meeting
earlier
this
week
resulting
in
a
plan
to
meet
up
with
the
council's
engineer
to
tour
our
key
culverts
and
drains.
That
way
the
details
of
surface
water
issues
can
be
passed
onto
the
local
teams who have to maintain them. Keen to make this work so fingers crossed.
Lynne Jones from Facebook KFAG page
16-11-2022-11-2022
NATIONAL
FLOOD
FORUM
AUTUMN
NEWS
LETTER
We
hope
you
enjoy
our
Autumn
2022
Newsletter
with
the
latest
information
on
new
projects,
policy
and
stories from our Flood Action Groups.
16-11-2022
RFCCs … Observations by Siriol Hogg ( From Facebook Group 16th Nov 2022 )
As
you
may
be
aware,
there
are
12
Regional
Flood
And
Coastal
Committees
in
England.
RFCC’s
members
are
drawn
from
the
EA
/or
co-opted
from
Councils.
Having
attended a few RFCC’s, I came to realise that there were almost no Flood Action Group Members on them, or women.
Council
Co-Opted
members
(in
the
short
time
of
their
tenure)
,
cannot
hope
to
learn
all
the
many
myriad
of
strands
relating
to
flooding,
as
It
is
a
huge
learning
curve.
Plus
they
cannot
afford
to
focus
all
their
time
on
one
subject.
Often
FLAG
members
can,
because
they
are
mainly
made
up
of
people
who
have
been
flooded,
and
are
passionate
about the subject.. RFCCs are shadowy authorities, largely unknown to Flood Groups Volunteers.
Maybe a better way of recruiting cannot be found, but meanwhile at least all of the RFCC’s aught to have ONE member from a FLAG ?
09-11-2022 Lynne Jones:
Thirlmere Releases (Additional)
Thanks
to
United
Utilities
for
starting
the
additional
releases
from
Thirlmere
as
the
level
passed
3m.
We
will
need
all
the
storm
space
if
it
is
a
warm
wet
winter.
Doesn't
take
long
for
that
reservoir
to
fill
up.
Drought threats a distant memory.
31-12-2022 Lynne Jones via Facebook:
Thirlmere Releases
United
Utilities
started
making
the
additional
releases
for
some
storm
space
at
noon
today.
Going
to
be
a
tad
wet
over
the
next
few
days
and
into
next
week
but
currently
there
are
no
specific
warnings
for
our
area.
07-01-2023 Lynne Jones via Facebook:
Thirlmere and Rain
Not
much
wriggle
room
left
in
Thirlmere,
just
40cms
tonight
and
that
will
soon
be
gone
I
suspect.
The
Met
Office
promises
another
unsettled
week
ahead
as
a
succession
of
Atlantic
fronts
bring
regular
bouts
of
rainfall/showers,
totals
adding
up
more
over
and
to
the
west
of
the
Pennines
where
the
majority
of
the
coming week’s rainfall will descend.
24-01-2023
Environmental catastrophe in The Lake District
Amazing
response
to
the
latest
film
from
the
Save
Windermere
campaign.
“Our
Fish
are
Dying”
Please
continue
to
share
the
film
across
social
media
as
this
is
the
best
way
to
gain
traction
on
the
video.
The
more
people
that
know
what
happened,
the
better.
We
need
justice
for
all
the
wildlife
that
we
lost
on that day on the Cunsey.
14-01-2023
Missing Environment Agency flood Data.
Information 'could cost lives' - BBC News
Also noticed is that the EA are frantically pumping out
the Somerset levels. I wonder if they have done all
their environmental studies to find out if they might be
causing any damage to any species by protecting
communities? One rule for one?
08-01-2023
GOV.UK Site
Working together adapting to changing climate -
flood and coast.
This project explored how authorities work with
communities
on
future
planning
and
decision-making
to
help
reduce
flood
and
coastal
erosion
risk.
Flood
and Coastal Erosion Risk Management
(FCERM) research reports’ GOV.UK
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We
also
include
details
of
our
forthcoming
arts
exhibition
highlighting
the
experience
of
flooding
and
how
to
enter
your
work
as
well
as
paying
tribute
to
Phil
Awford,
an
unrelenting
campaigner
and
great
friend
of
the
NFF.
03-05-2023
Environment Agency. Link to “Incidence Response”
This
what
the
EA
do
and
how
they
handle
an
Incident.
Text
and
Video
p
resentations of how it all works. Posted by “The Flood Hub”
24-04-2023
Environment
Agency.
A
quick
guide
to
the
Environment
Agency telemetry network.
Andrew Booth
Telemetry Technical Specialist
November 2022
27-04-2023
Multi Benefit Reservoirs.
New
report
on
water
supply
reservoirs
and
their
use
in
flood
risk
reduction
from the EA.
Environment
Agency
Utilisation
of
Public
Water
Supply
Reservoirs
for
Flood Risk Benefit – Operating Framework.
Long report detailed on EA site.
21-04-2023
New Civil Engineer (Magazine) Snippet
21 FEB, 2023 BY ROB HAKIMIAN
Environment
secretary
Thérèse
Coffey
has
demanded
that
water
companies
share
their
plans
for
improving
Britain’s
water
infrastructure
to
improve water quality and reduce unnecessary overflows.
12-04-2023
EA changes to automated Flood Warning System.
I
am
literally
seething
about
this.
The
NFF
are
challenging
it
within
the
All
Party
Parliamentary
Group
but
I
will
write
to
our
MP,
Trudy,
from
KFAG
as
well.
My
response
to
the
NFF
(who
had
already
flagged
up
the
hassle
of
people being anxious and moving
furniture unnecessarily) was:
12-04-2023
EA changes to automated Flood Warning System.
We
have
been
trying
to
get
the
flood
forecasting
more
incident
specific
and informative NOT making things a whole lot worse.
The whole article from EA
and KFAG comments are
here …
28-02-2023
From NFM Natural Flood Programme: Evaluation Report
Natural
Flood
Management
(NFM)
can
manage
flood
and
coastal
erosion
risk by protecting, restoring and emulating the natural processes of:
catchments - rivers - floodplains - coasts
It includes:
re-meandering
of
rivers
-
restoration
of
wetlands
-
targeted
woodland
planting
B26 were catchment scale pilots led by risk management authorities
34
were
community
scale
pilots
led
by
local
groups
and
charitiesetween
2017
and
2021,
we
invested
£15
million
of
government
funding
in
the
NFM
programme. The
programme was made up of 60
pilots across England:
31-01-2023
UNITED
UTILITIES
Long
term
plans
for
Crummock
Water,
Chapelhouse Reservoir and Overwater.
We've
been
working
with
key
stakeholders
including
the
Environment
Agency,
Natural
England,
Lake
District
National
Park
Authority,
National
Trust,
landowners,
local
authorities
and
other
interest
groups
to
develop
long-term
plans
that
would
maintain
access
for
visitors,
while
sensitively
returning these water bodies back to a more natural state.
Before
any
work
begins,
we
arranged
the
first
in
a
series
of
community
drop-in
sessions
in
October
2022
to
share
our
initial
proposals.
We're
planning
to
hold
further
update
sessions
in
February
2023
on
the
following
dates, with further sessions planned in September 2023.
30-01-2023
Plans to restore Crummock Water back to nature
Once
all
customers
in
West
Cumbria
are
supplied
by
the
new
pipeline
from
Thirlmere,
United
Utilities
will
stop
abstraction
for
public
water
supply
from Crummock Water, Chapelhouse reservoir and
OverwaterStart
24-01-2023
Environmental catastrophe in The Lake District
Amazing
response
to
the
latest
film
from
the
Save
Windermere
campaign.
“Our
Fish
are
Dying”
Please
continue
to
share
the
film
across
social
media
as
this
is
the
best
way
to
gain
traction
on
the
video.
The
more
people
that
know
what
happened,
the
better.
We
need
justice
for
all
the
wildlife that
we lost on that day on the Cunsey.
14-01-2023 Missing Environment Agency flood Data.
Information 'could cost lives' - BBC News
Also noticed is that the EA are frantically pumping out the Somerset levels.
I wonder if they have done all their environmental studies to find out if they
might be causing any damage to any species by protecting communities?
One rule for one?
08-01-2023
GOV.UK Site
Working together adapting to changing climate -
flood and coast.
This project explored how authorities work with
communities
on
future
planning
and
decision-making
to
help
reduce
flood
and coastal erosion risk. Flood and Coastal Erosion Risk Management
(FCERM) research reports’ GOV.UK
