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About Us
Slow The Flow is a charity working to advance the education of the public in Natural Flood Management, Sustainable Drainage Systems and other renewable methods of managing the environment, including the exploration of alternative practices which safeguard the natural environment and its resources in a manner which best fits the specifics of a local geography.
Projects
Hardcastle Crags – our most successful Project to date!
Hardcastle Crags, our local National Trust site, is the home of Slow The Flow’s most successful project on the ground to date, in excess of 400 woody leaky dams built, and counting! Since November 2016, our volunteers have been working with the incredible team of rangers and land managers at The National Trust, The Environment Agency, Calderdale Council, Nathan the working horse, and many others, to build leaky woody ...
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You Can Slow The Flow
Everybody living or working in the Calder Valley can make small changes to slow the flow of stormwater. Many small interventions, to slow run-off, could result in a significant amount of water being temporarily stored during storm events in our urban areas. This will help to reduce peak flows (see the detailed Storm Hydrograph) which, together ...
NFM and SuDS Opportunity Mapping – now live!!
Our clickable Google Map parcels up the pilot area into manageable chunks – you can zoom in and click on your street / field / place of work etc. Please take a look, and share all the exciting opportunities that our experts have identified in northern Mytholmroyd! http://slowtheflow.net/nfm-suds-opportunities/ Natural Flood Management and Sustainable Drainage Systems ...
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What our volunteers have achieved so far
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Leaky Dams
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Large Water Storage Areas
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Contour Placed Logs