You Can Slow The Flow – Public meeting videos now live!
If you couldn’t make our public meeting about our ‘You Can Slow The Flow‘ urban SuDS project, there is now … Read more
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Playing our part to reduce flooding where we live
A simple and cheap idea to reduce water getting into our rivers. Since we set up Slow The Flow Calderdale … Read more
Leaky Woody Dams – what are the differences and what works best?
As Slow The Flow Calderdale prepare for various interventions to Slow The Flow at Hardcastle Crags, the question of which … Read more
Stroud Natural Flood Management Case Studies
Chris Uttley, Rural SuDS Project Officer at Stroud District Council has published a series of six case studies that illustrate … Read more
Results of research conducted on Plate Weirs installed in brooks on the Hebden Water catchment
Results of research conducted on Plate Weirs installed in brooks on the Hebden Water catchment – By Stuart Bradshaw from … Read more
A personal account of a day in the life of a River Surveyor – Beate Kubitz
Since March 2016, our river surveyors have been surveying various rivers in the catchment in the Calder Valley. As a … Read more
Are We Planning To Flood? – National Flood Forum Conference 2017
‘Are We Planning To Flood?’ Recently Slow The Flow: Calderdale attended The National Flood Forum Conference 2017. The conference … Read more
Water Table Monitoring – Autumn 2016
Written by Adrian West-Samuel from Moors for the Future Partnership. The team at the Moors for the Future Partnership (MFFP) undertakes … Read more
What role can Natural Flood Management play as part of a solution to the flooding problems in the Calder Valley?
Traditionally flood alleviation has been implemented by civil engineering using “hard” solutions such as higher river walls, levees and tunnelling. … Read more
New swale on Tipside in Todmorden
One of our ‘Source’ partners, Penny Bennett, has written about swale being used on Tipside in Todmorden. For more information … Read more