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Communicating about dredging

Posted by: Helen Todd, Posted on: 4 June 2014 - Categories: Flood, Water

There has been a lot of discussion on Twitter about the Somerset dredge in the past couple of weeks. Keeping the community updated is an important part of this project. I know everyone wants a good job done quickly before …

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Protecting water quality on the Parrett and Tone

Posted by: Matthew Sully, Posted on: 26 May 2014 - Categories: Flood, Water
Water quality monitoring equipment

The first glimmer of sun might have appeared in the South West but many on the Somerset Levels are still dealing with the aftermath of flood water devastating their home or business. We ran a flood recovery surgery last week  in …

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Dredging the Somerset Levels – the site supervisor’s story

Posted by: Steve Hamer, GBV, Posted on: 3 April 2014 - Categories: Flood
22 tonne excavator operating on the bank of the River Parrett

The dredging of the Rivers Parrett and Tone started this week, part of a 20 year plan containing various actions to improve flood resilience on the Somerset Levels and Moors. In the first of our monthly blogs from the Somerset …

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