Abingdon Soft Engineering Case Study

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How many properties have a 1% chance of flooding every year in abingdon?
1500
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What rivers is it near?
River Thames and River Ock
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How may floods were there between 1947 and 2007
7
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In 2007...
there were flash floods because of sever storms, both rivers burst their banks, 660 properties in Abingdon flooded
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Why was Hard Engineering rejected?
Too expensive and increase risk downstream
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What was considered as a flood storage area?
Tilsley Park
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What did the do on the A34?
Put gravel soakaways along it
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1...... have been told to revise 2........... ........ and to add 3............
1=Tescos 2=extension plans 3=drainage
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What happened to restrictions?
They were put in place and some new restrictions were made, planning permission on the Thames flood plain was denied
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What else did they do to help protect abingdon?
They had warnings for specific areas, afforestation, flood wardens and detailed advice on the Internet
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Effects...
The Ock floodplain didnt get flooded but the Thames did however it was clear of development, in 2008 there were floods and flood warnings were issued and there was less damage, little disruption, no lives lost and only a few injuries
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River Thames and River Ock

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Why was Hard Engineering rejected?

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