Thank for posting this and your one about the floods December 2020, i teach at CRC at Huntingdon and Cambridge and regularly cover the environmental issues around where we live, these will help my students better understand i have just shared in my online lesson, keep up the good work.
Good to see this Paul, it was amazing to see how much incorrect commentary about sluices was posted as apparent 'fact' on Facebook during the recent Christmas floods. Can you do one of these information videos about the impact of building on floodplains? This certainly gets Bedford folk animated on social media, especially Tesco/beach pool on Cardington meadows, Riverfield estate on the former power station site and Great Denham. Thanks, and more power to your geekdom on all things river-related.
Thank you. This was very informative. We regular swim at Langford Mill on the Ivel and it was at its highest level for years on the 23/24th Dec, plus nasty discharge into the water from one particular drain. Useful to see the role that sluices can and can't play during flooding. Luckily, the flood meadows there haven't been built on and did their job perfectly preventing flooding of houses near the river.
Hi Paul. I would love a presentation on the Ely Ouse system. We, at Upware, were flooded Christmas Eve / Christmas day. The river management system seemed to have shut down only returning on Boxing Day. I'm sure its more complex than it appears when you are facing a flood situation; we were praying for the Denver Sluices to open :-) I'd love to hear your comments on what happened during this period and to learn about the overall management of the Camb, Ely Ouse system. Thank you.
Really interesting, Paul, I look forward to hearing more! Can you please provide links to the images in your presentation so that I can look more closely?
I’d not heard anyone around Brampton “blaming” the Bedford or other sluices for localised flooding. It had always flooded around the Racecourse and the drain that runs along Lenton’s fields. The Dec 2020 floods (and again mid-Jan) seem to be exacerbated by the changes for the new A1/A14 junction at Brampton Hut. The surface water from the road comes off too fast and overwhelms the new drainage channels, and the older ones can’t cope with all the extra water! I can send photos showing the issue.
Thanks for that Paul, I was one of the unfortunate to be totally flooded out in Harrold by the river in the early hours of Christmas Day having been told by the police the peak would be 6am boxing day! We were flooded about 200mm inside and about 350 -500 external. Thing is it came and went within a 12 hrs period in a wave, it seemed like a sudden volume on top of a flood?
Thanks Paul, please look me up, in the mean time I've employed RAB from Bedford to undertake a Flood Resilience Report so we can understand what we can do to help next time!
The challenge the Dutch face is that their big rivers come from the deeper reaches of Europe so cross country collaboration is hugely important alongside addressing issues within their country's boundaries - this has included a very high standard of coastal defence given the threat the sea poses to the fabric of their country's economy
Thank for posting this and your one about the floods December 2020, i teach at CRC at Huntingdon and Cambridge and regularly cover the environmental issues around where we live, these will help my students better understand i have just shared in my online lesson, keep up the good work.
Thanks Andrew, I really appreciate your feedback 👍
Good to see this Paul, it was amazing to see how much incorrect commentary about sluices was posted as apparent 'fact' on Facebook during the recent Christmas floods. Can you do one of these information videos about the impact of building on floodplains? This certainly gets Bedford folk animated on social media, especially Tesco/beach pool on Cardington meadows, Riverfield estate on the former power station site and Great Denham. Thanks, and more power to your geekdom on all things river-related.
Thank you. This was very informative. We regular swim at Langford Mill on the Ivel and it was at its highest level for years on the 23/24th Dec, plus nasty discharge into the water from one particular drain. Useful to see the role that sluices can and can't play during flooding. Luckily, the flood meadows there haven't been built on and did their job perfectly preventing flooding of houses near the river.
Thank you Paul for the interesting and informative presentation.
Hi Paul. I would love a presentation on the Ely Ouse system. We, at Upware, were flooded Christmas Eve / Christmas day. The river management system seemed to have shut down only returning on Boxing Day. I'm sure its more complex than it appears when you are facing a flood situation; we were praying for the Denver Sluices to open :-) I'd love to hear your comments on what happened during this period and to learn about the overall management of the Camb, Ely Ouse system. Thank you.
Many thanks Paul - really useful and interesting. Would be interested in more along these lines that you might be able to produce in the future.
Thank you Paul, very informative.
Really interesting, Paul, I look forward to hearing more!
Can you please provide links to the images in your presentation so that I can look more closely?
Thank you. I see also published on Twitter.
Thank you - that is helpful. Is there anything that can be done to move the water more quickly out of the Alconburys so it doesn't rise so high?
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I’d not heard anyone around Brampton “blaming” the Bedford or other sluices for localised flooding. It had always flooded around the Racecourse and the drain that runs along Lenton’s fields. The Dec 2020 floods (and again mid-Jan) seem to be exacerbated by the changes for the new A1/A14 junction at Brampton Hut. The surface water from the road comes off too fast and overwhelms the new drainage channels, and the older ones can’t cope with all the extra water! I can send photos showing the issue.
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Thanks for that Paul, I was one of the unfortunate to be totally flooded out in Harrold by the river in the early hours of Christmas Day having been told by the police the peak would be 6am boxing day! We were flooded about 200mm inside and about 350 -500 external. Thing is it came and went within a 12 hrs period in a wave, it seemed like a sudden volume on top of a flood?
Really sorry to hear that Tim. I aim to come out to Harrold once lockdown is over and I’ve had the COVID jabs.
Thanks Paul, please look me up, in the mean time I've employed RAB from Bedford to undertake a Flood Resilience Report so we can understand what we can do to help next time!
How does the Netherlands which is mostly under sea level deal with this?
The challenge the Dutch face is that their big rivers come from the deeper reaches of Europe so cross country collaboration is hugely important alongside addressing issues within their country's boundaries - this has included a very high standard of coastal defence given the threat the sea poses to the fabric of their country's economy