The Flood mitigation project carrried out over many years has now been concluded. By way of a final summary on the project please read the two letters below. The first from the Parish Council to the Environmental Agency and then the reply from the Environmental Agency
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Flooding Advice
If you or your neighbours are in immediate danger from flood water phone the Fire & Rescue Service on 999 In other circumstances : - for sewer flooding - phone Southern Water on 0330 303 0368 for highway flooding - phone West Sussex CC on 01243 642105 for stream related flooding – phone Environment Agency on 0800 80 70 60 After the flooding incident has been dealt with, please leave a message with the Clerk to Loxwood Parish Council (either by email or telephone) for the incident to be investigated and added (in confidence) to our Loxwood Parish Council Flooding Database giving your name, address, date of incident and contact details. Please contact the Clerk by email clerk@loxwood-pc.gov.uk or telephone 01403 791323 (Office hours 9am to 11am Wednesdays; 9am to 1pm Thursday) Our Loxwood Weather Station is now on line and can be accessed at:
https://www.wunderground.com/dashboard/pws/IBILLI26 Flood Forum 19th October 10am Agenda
ZOOM Link Join Zoom Meeting https://zoom.us/j/94948945551 Meeting ID: 949 4894 5551 The Parish Council has received a list of Preferred Options from the Consultant, Water Environment, for mitigation of flooding within Loxwood. The Parish Council will be meeting with Operation Watershed to discuss the financial feasibility in the next couple of months.
Water Environment will be re running the models produced to show the effect of flooding after heavy rainfall and the mitigation of flooding that various measures would achieve. They have written to the Environment Agency for rainfall data to further refine the modelling as well as intending to re model with a presumption of a clay substrate rather than as currently loam. This will all inevitably take time and a Meeting of the Parish Council, Water Environment and Operation Watershed to discuss possibilities for mitigation within the constraints of funding will now not take place until the New Year.
Flood Forum meeting Minutes and presentation slides.
A further meeting between the Water Environment Consultancy, Operation Watershed and the Parish Council will take place to discuss priorities and funding for flood mitigation works. The minutes of this meeting will be published in due course. A date for the meeting has not yet been set as further work is required from Water Environment to establish a priority list. Water Environment:
Model Development
Initial Assessment of Potential Options
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