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Thursday, June 25, 2026 flooding taunton rivertone sra environmentagency pumps bathpool drainage somerset floodprevention

Taunton is set to benefit from new permanent electric pumps on the River Tone, aimed at preventing flooding near the Bathpool area, where the old river flows under the railway line into the Hankridge Nature Reserve close to … Read More

Friday, June 19, 2026 somerset flooding huntspillriver riverbrue flooddefenses de-silting gigafactory watermanagement sra floodprevention

The Huntspill River, a key flood relief channel in Somerset, may undergo significant improvements to increase its capacity to manage floodwaters across the Levels and Moors. Constructed in 1940 to support the Royal Ordnance … Read More

Thursday, March 26, 2026 dredging flooding somerset parrett river watermanagement infrastructure environment sra transport

More than £770,000 has been committed for essential dredging on the Somerset Levels over the coming year. This initiative, led by the Parrett Internal Drainage Board and funded through the Somerset Rivers Authority (SRA), … Read More

Thursday, January 30, 2025 somerset river improvements sra flood schemes modeling brue delays enhancement

The Somerset Rivers Authority (SRA) has announced that much-needed improvements to a major Somerset river are now delayed for at least another year. The SRA, established in 2015 following the devastating floods of 2013/14, … Read More

Thursday, September 26, 2024 somerset flood defence upgrades delay sra ea river drain consortium

The vital upgrades to key sections of Somerset’s flood defences have been delayed until spring and summer 2025. The Somerset Rivers Authority (SRA) and the Environment Agency (EA) have been implementing various … Read More