19 Aug 2015
Why dredging our rivers shouldn’t be a first response to flooding – Professor Colin Thorne
Colin Thorne ‘While the decision to dredge the River Parrett in response to flooding a year ago was understandable and expedient, the relief that dredging provides is temporary. Relying on regular dredging to prevent future flooding of the Somerset Levels is not a viable way forward. The Levels have flooded for millennia – flooding and […]