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
The Science
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
How ‘mulching’ can help soil absorb rain water?
Beate Kubitz, one of our new colleagues at Slow The Flow Calderdale has written below about the process of mulching … Read more
Now over 1,500 photos on the river survey map!
Our dedicated volunteers have been working hard to collect the data that informs our work, researching the best places to … Read more
Helping Ourselves (Part 2); The importance of river surveys and a pilot project for Hardcastle Crags
Slow The Flow have applied via Source Partnership for a grant from the Environment Agency to install small structures at up … Read more
Helping ourselves, how a miniature flood alleviation scheme helps protect a local community
You may well think to yourself, “What can I do to help”, and “The Government should sort this out”. The … Read more
Engineered Leaky Woody Dams (WeLD’s) on Rock Stream Beds
Leaky Woody Dams have been used successfully at Pickering and elsewhere to successfully attenuate the flow of water down the … Read more
Part 2. Engineered Leaky Woody Dams (WeLD’s) on Soft Soil Stream Beds
Leaky Woody Dams have been used successfully at Pickering and elsewhere to successfully attenuate the flow of water down the … Read more
Flooding – we can’t build ever-higher walls!
The householder stoically pointed to the level, on her living room wall, of this year’s floods – just above head … Read more
Flooding report released 08/06/2016 criticises government’s ‘reactive rather than proactive’ approach to flood prevention
“Despite sustainable urban drainage systems being widely acknowledged to be an efficient way of dealing with surface water, successive governments … Read more