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0 3-10-2025 Link to Water Camera Provided by Farson Digital. This link shows the Bridge over River Greta in Keswick, near Pencil Factory
22-10-2025 Keswick Community Emergency Recovery Partnership. Well worth checking their Facebook Posts, Informative and very relevant.
21-10-2025 Flood Action Groups UK Big hello from brand new Community run self- help network. See link and via Facebook.
02-0 2-202 6 UU plans to withdraw from a water release agreement with Keswick Flood Action Group for Thirlmere. The release of water from Thirlmere acts as a safety valve by providing storm space in the reservoir. Full text from The Keswick Reminder 02-02- 2026
13- 01-2026 Update UU and EA Several meetings of KFAG and UU and EA regarding Thirlmere and the ‘KFAG’ release of water is being contested with various reasons being given. Mark and Al have done some very solid work on refuting flow rates on UU data. It is complicated by Licencing requirments.
15-01- 2026 Thirlmere. The KFAG Group continues its dialogue with both UU and EA with supporting work done by its members on number crunching. In simple terms Keswick needs controlled water level management to give storm space in the resavoir.
05-02-2 026 Link to UU Licence Renewal. Documents x2 Licence Notes Feb 26 UU Abstraction licence application final. Mark
03- 02-2 026 Link to: KFAG Assessment of some release scenarios using historical data 2015-2025. With grateful thanks to Mark …
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2 4-02-20 26 PRESS RELEASE: Keswick Flood Action Group (KFAG) on United Utilities’ (UU’s) Proposed Changes to the flood risk management of Thirlmere Reservoir. Keswick has never flooded from the River Greta if there is adequate storm space in Thirlmere. UU
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16-05-2025 The Flood Hub Part 1 We installed a level monitor at the outlet to the Springs Road Basin in partnership with Doug Coyle (formerly Cumbria County Council).
1 3-10-2025 The Flood Hub h t t p s : / / w w w . b b c . c o . u k / n e w s / a r t i c l e s / c x 2 6 6 9 w n q42o KENDAL FAG responses to BBC about Council reduced support after replacing SLDC in 2023
17-05-2025 T he Flood Hub Part4 We installed a level monitor at the outlet to the Springs Road Basin in partnership with Doug Coyle (formerly Cumbria County Council).
17-05-2025 The Flood Hub Part 3 We installed a level monitor at the outlet to the Springs Road Basin in partnership with Doug Coyle (formerly Cumbria County Council).
1 3-10-2025 The Flood Hub Quarterly Newsletter Issued 19. October 2024
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START 2 4-02-20 26 PRESS RELEASE: Keswick Flood Action Group (KFAG) on United Utilities’ (UU’s) Proposed Changes to the flood risk management of Thirlmere Reservoir. Keswick has never flooded from the River Greta if there is adequate storm space in Thirlmere. UU 05-02-20 26 Link to UU Licence Renewal. Documents x2 Licence Notes Feb 26 UU Abstraction licence application final. Mark 17- 05-2025 The Flood Hub Part 3 We installed a level monitor at the outlet to the Springs Road Basin in partnership with Doug Coyle (formerly Cumbria County Council). 1 3 -10-2025 The Flood Hub https://www.bbc.co.uk/news/articles/cx2669wnq42o KENDAL FAG responses to BBC about Council reduced support after replacing SLDC in 2023
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0 3 -02- 2026 Link to: KFAG Assessment of some release scenarios using historical data 2015-2025. With grateful thanks to Mark …
02 -02-20 26 UU plans to withdraw from a water release agreement with Keswick Flood Action Group for Thirlmere. The release of water from Thirlmere acts as a safety valve by providing storm space in the reservoir. Full text from The Keswick Reminder 02-02- 2026
15- 01-2026 Thirlmere. The KFAG Group continues its dialogue with both UU and EA … with supporting work done by its members on number crunching. In simple terms Keswick needs controlled water level management to give storm space in the resavoir.
13 -01-2026 Update UU and EA Several meetings of KFAG and UU and EA regarding Thirlmere and the ‘KFAG’ release of water is being contested with various reasons being given. Mark and Al have done some very solid work on refuting flow rates on UU data. It is complicated by Licencing requirments.
0 3 -10-2025 Link to Water Camera Provided by Farson Digital. This link shows the Bridge over River Greta in Keswick, near Pencil Factory.
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