sean neill wrote: >> example of what could go wrong if it wasn't subject to regular >> preventative maintenance checks (or some freak weather and an >> accident). >> >> Cheers >> >> Will > > It may also be the less dramatic cases - for example, I think there was > quite a reasonable amount of flooding from the GU in Warwick in Easter > 1998 (?) when the systems couldn't cope with what was coming downhill in > the Hatton area. Often bits like that have minor drains / feeders which > come in and assume the weirs will take away the excess: they're now > dealing with more unpredictable rain than when they were built and have > more building round them. > That's a good point; same principle as building on flood plains. The water, that used to be absorbed where that house/road is now, still has to go somewhere. Result undesirable flooding/overflow where it hadn't happened before.
I think stuff like this is potentially good fodder for local media and letters to MPs. Cheers Will > Sean > > > > > > Yahoo! Groups Links > > > > -- Will Chapman Save Our Waterways www.SaveOurWaterways.org.uk
