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2021-07-30 | |
发布年 | 2021 |
语种 | 英语 |
国家 | 英国 |
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Work begins in Lincolnshire on innovative flood management projectWork has started on a natural flood management pilot project in Swaton, Lincolnshire. The project aims to reduce the frequency of flooding in the community. ![]() Project Manager Barbara Rumble on site at Swaton. The million pound research and development project will use natural flood management techniques to hold back water to reduce the risk and severity of flooding. The project will help 3 villages Swaton, Threekingham and Spanby who currently have 25 homes and 38 businesses at risk of flooding. The Environment Agency is working closely with farmers to install specialist ponds and grassed areas. Together these measures will slow the flow of water by storing it and letting it slowly seep into the soil. There will be 5 specialist attenuation ponds across 3 farms. These will have the capability to hold back approximately 22,000 cubic meters of flood water, the equivalent to 9 Olympic sized swimming pools. In addition, the Swaton ponds have been designed to include a permanent wildlife pond in the centre of the attenuation area. ![]() The Environment Agency on site at Swaton. The grassed areas, known as field edge swales, are 2 to 4 metre wide strips capable of intercepting water flowing over the land. There will be 29 swales across the 3 farms which will be sown with wildflower seeds to boost benefits for pollinators. They’ll also have the capacity to hold back approximately 26,000 cubic meters of flood storage water, the equivalent of another 10 Olympic sized swimming pools. The Environment Agency provided the funding for this project and the Black Sluice Internal Drainage Board are undertaking and supervising the works on the ground. Some of the swales are also being installed by the farmers themselves. Katharine Samms, a flood risk advisor for the Environment Agency said:
![]() One of the attenuation ponds. Barbara Rumble, Project manager at the Environment Agency said:
The Environment Agency is working in partnership with Heriot Watt University who will be monitoring this pilot project. After completion this winter the work will be monitored for 3 years by their PhD student who will gather data and report on the scheme’s effectiveness. Extra information
Published 30 July 2021
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来源平台 | UK Environment Agency |
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条目标识符 | http://119.78.100.173/C666/handle/2XK7JSWQ/334973 |
专题 | 资源环境科学 |
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