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08-01-2022 FOUL DISCHARGES Derwent water between the Isthmus and the boat landings. This seepage is from the ‘Old’ municple tip, that was situated on the lakeshore. This has been going on for decades, yet is not dealt with in a satisfactory manner. PICTURE (LJ) A Tangerine foam was coming out of the pipe !

23-01-22 Lynne Jones: Action needed Read and Sign the petition … Contact your MP This is hot on the heels of my sending photographs of disgusting tangerine foam seeping into Derwentwater (from the old council tip near Crow Park, Keswick) to the EA last month, AND the national press sharing some pretty damaging statistics about United Utilities leaks of untreated sewage here. With the tireless work of my local MP, Tim Farron, the campaign is now in the form of an Early Day Motion (EDM) and has been submitted to Parliament. This needs MPs to sign the EDM so it can be debated in the House of Commons and made into law. I need you to contact your local MP and tell them to help stop water pollution in the Lake District National Park.

23-01-22 PRESENTATION ( Slides ) of how Rain event of 27th to 28th October 2021 Effects on local areas and showing Cockermouth as quite different to other areas.

06-02-2022 Defra SPS to Ofwat for PR24 is out … All sources of flooding impact water companies, their customers and local communities, disrupting services and damaging property and the environment. Climate changes are increasing this risk and associated impacts, and the whole sector has a role to play in boosting long-term flood resilience.

25-01-22 IMAGES of the aftermath of recent Storms and their affect on the Keswick Threlkeld old railway line trail. Special reference to erosion and destruction of river banks

23-04-2022 FLOODre and using Insurance to improve resilience on reinstatement. Many of us have been saying for years that flood victims should be professionally advised and helped to reinstate their properties in a more flood resilient way. However, I have been uncomfortable with the encouragement to be "resilient" because I knew that it costs a lot more than just installing a flood door or two. Properly fitting flood doors might hold back water, but water seeps in everywhere else. Making a property as "resilient" as possible, tanking and so on, was way beyond the financial reach of a lot of families - and even something as obvious as re-wiring from top down was not routinely accepted by insurance companies wanting to carry out like-for-like replacement. This scheme, at last, offers a chance to give those recovering from floods a fighting chance to keep as much flood water out of their homes as possible, plus an easier and faster recovery .... next time. It will not take the fear away when it rains but it is a huge - and very welcome - help. water companies …

29-02-2022 Environmental Protection Raw Sewage discharges … The Office for Environmenta Protection ( OEP ) has laumched an investigation regarding the roles of Ofwat, the Environment Agency and Defra Secretary of State in the regulation of Combined Sewer Overflows in England.

05-02-2022 The DEFRA Strategic Policy Statement to Ofwat for PR24 i s out and it includes statements like: challenge and incentivise the water companies to identify and deliver greater customer, societal and environmental benefits from their water and wastewater infrastructure and systems, such as using reservoirs to provide greater flood resilience. Perhaps, after years of stating the obvious, we are getting somewhere IF the EA begins to stand up to water companies …

01-07-2022 Link from STOP THE FLOODS group: Priorities of Environment Agency under its new Chair. Joint meeting with @CommonsEAC

20-07-2022 Reservoir Safety: Dept. for the Environment, Food and Rural Affairs written statement. George Eustace The Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs. 20 July 2022

14-07-2022 UK HEALTH SECURITY AGENCY Guidance Flooding and health: assessment and management of public mental health Published 1 July 2022

28-07-2022 Government to commit. strengthen and modernise reservoir safety regime. Reform of the regulatory programme will be delivered in collaboration with reservoir owners and engineers over the coming years

11-08-2022 Danger of Drought measures exacerbating Flooding Problems 11-08-2022. Email to Emma Gates (Telegraph) regarding recent articles about preparedness for low rainfall and underfilled reservoirs.

14-09-2022 Cumbria ( CCC ) The CCC drop in session for surface water flood risk has been changed to next Tuesday, 2pm to 4pm Keswick Library. There were 2 locations for Keswick: Brundholme Gardens which is now complete and another scheme which is intended to reduce flood risk for lower Crosthwaite Road, Limepots and Glebe Close BUT I am pretty sure that whoever has put this forward does not understand the reroute of Crosthwaite Beck from 2012. It is scheduled for 2027- 28 so I guess I have time to make sure they have the right info (although I have complained about the map being incorrect for 10 years so perhaps not!) If anyone has any areas they are concerned about that need to be included PLEASE let me know. CCC just does surface water and small watercourses, the EA do flooding from major rivers like the Greta. No prizes for anyone who knows how the changes to the county structure/management will impact all this in the end but we'd be keen to know.

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03 -0 5-2023 National Flood Forum Newsletter Spring 2023 This issue includes updates on NFF activity, new projects, flood action groups and the government approach to sustainable drainage systems and a lot more. We also include details of our forthcoming arts exhibition highlighting the experience of flooding and how to enter your work as well as paying tribute to Phil Awford, an unrelenting campaigner and great friend of the NFF. 03-05-2023 Environment Agency. Link to “Incidence Response” This what the EA do and how they handle an Incident. Text and Video p resentations of how it all works. Posted by “The Flood Hub” 24-04-2023 Environment Agency. A quick guide to the Environment Agency telemetry network. Andrew Booth Telemetry Technical Specialist November 2022 27-04-2023 Multi Benefit Reservoirs. New report on water supply reservoirs and their use in flood risk reduction from the EA. Environment Agency Utilisation of Public Water Supply Reservoirs for Flood Risk Benefit – Operating Framework. Long report detailed on EA site. 21-04-2023 New Civil Engineer (Magazine) Snippet 21 FEB, 2023 BY ROB HAKIMIAN Environment secretary Thérèse Coffey has demanded that water companies share their plans for improving Britain’s water infrastructure to improve water quality and reduce unnecessary overflows. 12-04-2023 EA changes to automated Flood Warning System. I am literally seething about this. The NFF are challenging it within the All Party Parliamentary Group but I will write to our MP, Trudy, from KFAG as well. My response to the NFF (who had already flagged up the hassle of people being anxious and moving furniture unnecessarily) was: 12-04-2023 EA changes to automated Flood Warning System. We have been trying to get the flood forecasting more incident specific and informative NOT making things a whole lot worse. The whole article from EA and KFAG comments are here … 28-02-2023 From NFM Natural Flood Programme: Evaluation Report Natural Flood Management (NFM) can manage flood and coastal erosion risk by protecting, restoring and emulating the natural processes of: catchments - rivers - floodplains - coasts It includes: re-meandering of rivers - restoration of wetlands - targeted woodland planting B26 were catchment scale pilots led by risk management authorities 34 were community scale pilots led by local groups and charitiesetween 2017 and 2021, we invested £15 million of government funding in the NFM programme. The programme was made up of 60 pilots across England: 31-01-2023 UNITED UTILITIES Long term plans for Crummock Water, Chapelhouse Reservoir and Overwater. W e ' v e b e e n w o r k i n g w i t h k e y stakeholders including the Environment Agency, Natural England, Lake District National Park Authority, National Trust, landowners, local authorities and other interest groups to develop long-term plans that would maintain access for visitors, while sensitively returning these water

14-06-2023 River Greta Keswick. Pencil Factory gravel beds build up. EA to clear later in the year.

18-07-2023 Environment Agency. Time to check your ‘Flood Alert’ Details. iCheck and update your information in your flood warnings account, or tell us if you no longer need warnings. You can do this online at https://www.gov.uk/sign-up-for-flood-warnings.