Managing Water Magazine - Spring 2017

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Contents include:

Flood Risk          

• New £1million flood competition to protect more communities    
• Managing flooding by working with nature          
• New Innovative moveable weirs now in place as Leeds flood alleviation scheme reaches major milestone     
• Minimise flood risk by maximising the efficiency of culverts     
• Milestone reached for £58million Ipswich Flood Barrier scheme      
• Port of Boston gets behind the £100million Boston Barrier Scheme   
• Horncastle reservoir ready to reduce flood risk     
• BRE launches new flood resilient demonstration home      
• Keeping Key Infrastructure Safe               
• Significant benefits of natural land management are being ignored 
• Work begins on major £18 million Newhaven flood defence project  
• £2.4million repairs to Torcross sea defences completed         

Surface Water & SuDS

• Scottish Flood Alleviation Scheme Targets Rail Flood Risk     
• A place for SUDS                    
• Polypipe Provides Flood Alleviation for Retrofit Scheme at ‘Lost’ London River  
• British Water publishes code of practice for SuDS technology     

River Restoration and Management

• Smart Monitoring to help water industry to plan, act and react   
• Project aims to improve river health            
• Essential Erosion Control Works on Network Rail Embankment 
• New fish passes open up 22km of watercourse          
• Fish stocks boost for North East rivers               
• Fish stocks boost for endangered pearl mussel      
• Record fine for river pollution