Category Archives: drainage

All Carrot and no stick

Posted on January 18, 2016 by Miles King

Last week a farmer in the Yorkshire Wolds successfully sued East Riding Council for compensation of £14500 for the loss of a field of carrots. The carrot crop was apparently lost when floodwater was pumped onto the field at Burton … Continue reading →

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Somerset Levels Drainage: Back to the Future

Posted on January 11, 2016 by Miles King

  While the debate over flooding continues to ebb and flow, it seems that the newly minted Somerset Drainage Authority, sorry Somerset Rivers Authority, have found their way back to the bright shiny future of the 1950s, when electricity would … Continue reading →

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