The latest news and blogs from the world of Slow The Flow, this page is updated regularly with a range of topical articles.
Why does slowing the flow work?
Watch this video for a simple explanation, care of our partners at the Environment Agency.https://www.youtube.com/embed/21YAP8RF_sw
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 a chance to catch up! Videos of the presentations are
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 last year and being involved in Natural Flood Management (NFM)
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 type of Leaky Woody Dam (LWD) is coming under consideration.
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 the natural flood management work being undertaking in the catchment of the
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 Slow The Flow Management Team. In January 2016 I wrote
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 result of all this very hard work, we have now
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 was a very useful day, with a variety of delegates,
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 a range of conservation works to reverse more than 200