Management of the River Eden
- Created by: ImmyD
- Created on: 23-05-16 17:30
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- Management of the River Eden
- Why?
- To prevent events similar to the 2005 floods
- To protect property, people, businesses and infrastructure
- To minimise future flood damage
- The 2005 floods created damages worth £400 million
- Location
- Cumbria
- Near M6
- Commuter town
- North-east England
- 10 miles south of the Scottish border
- 60 miles west of Newcastle
- Population: 100,000
- The catchment area covers 2400km2
- Who?
- Carlisle County Council
- Environment Agency
- They asses finances, the impact on locals, landscape and environment.
- Management options
- 1. Do nothing
- This would result in too much subsequent damage
- 2. Do minimum
- 3. Construct / repair raised defences
- They decided on this option
- 4. Upstream storage system
- 5. Improve flood warning system
- They also chose this option
- 1. Do nothing
- Management used
- Drain-down sluices
- Behind defences
- Replaced 4km Victorian drainage
- £13 million
- 10km raised embankments
- 7 CTV cameras
- 2 raised footbridges
- Pumping system at Durranhill Beck
- Pumps water from Little Caldew to the River Caldew
- 0.5 cubic metres per second
- Emergency services have the correct equipment & training
- More than 30 floodgates
- Drain-down sluices
- It ultimately has been partially successful as floods have occurred
- However they succeeded in reducing its extent
- Why?
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