Friday lunchtime in the sun saw some of us walk up from Puckshole -
we've had a couple of meetings recently looking at further actions re
biodiversity, the on-going challenges of Severn Trent's work and news
the great news that a post has been created to look at the Frome
catchment.
County Cllr, Sarah Lunnon, writes: “For
several years I have been working towards a Rural Sustainable Drainage
Scheme (RSuDS) in the Frome catchment. The idea is that we keep water
higher up in the catchment by encouraging it to soak into the soil. This
slows the water down and reduces the risk of flooding downstream.
Funding has now been agreed for 3 years. Not all flooding problems are
the same, but experts agree that the way to reduce flood risk to
low-lying ground is to reduce - not increase - water run-off."
Meanwhile the bridge (left) crossing the brook where there is a huge concrete
slab is looking less happy - Jackie Harris from County Council was out
to see it with one of our members last week - the water is eroding the
concrete away underneath the slab - at some point it will collapse - in many ways this could
be a good thing in terms of improving the flow of the brook - but is it dangerous to leave now? No we don't think so at the moment but action maybe desirable now....
So what are the options? Well much more discussion needed and talking to landowners etc.....
