Rivers Case Studies
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- Created on: 07-04-18 07:35
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- Rivers
- Clywedog reservoir, River Severn Wales
- constructed 1960s fills in winter as gradual release in summer
- Some flooding further downstream but prevented catastrophe
- Jubilee River (FRC) on Thames near Maidenhead
- 11Km channel open in 2002 protects 3000 properties in Windsor & Eton + Wetland and recreational area
- Wraysbury further downstream suffers
- Banbury 50Km N of Oxford
- River Cherwell 1998 closed railway station +roads, >150 homes and £12.5M damage. 2007 affected many homes + businesses
- 2012 Flood defence scheme with 2.9Km earth Embankment parallel to M40 and flood storage area to collect rain water + apertures to control flow
- Raised A361 fro exit + New pumping station to transfer rainwater + Biodiversity Action Plan
- Improved QOL and reduce stress and anxiety with new habitats + recreation
- Cost £18.5M and saved £100 million + 441 homes and 73 commercial properties
- Earth embankment from local earth = Reservoir + Deliberately flood floodplains
- Clywedog reservoir, River Severn Wales
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