Improvements to key flood defences can continue over the summer after nearly £1m of funding was signed off. The Somerset ...

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Eight abandoned vehicles have been pulled out of a flood drainage channel on the Somerset Levels. Environment Agency officers spotted them in the "murky water" of the King's Sedgemoor Drain after ...

The sluice can block the flow of tidal saltwater from the River Parrett into the nearby King's Sedgemoor Drain, which protects freshwater habitats, as well as control water levels to reduce flooding.

And Morley had vetoed a proposal to build a new pumping station at Dunball, at the end of the massive Kings Sedgemoor Drain, which would have allowed much more effective, 24-hour pumping of flood ...

Essential improvements to one of Somerset’s key flood defences can continue over the summer after nearly £1m of funding was signed off.

On the Somerset Levels, high volume pumps have begun removing water from King's Sedgemoor Drain. Specialist equipment has been brought in from the Netherlands to try to ease the pressure on nearby ...

To allow pumping to continue more frequently and for longer at impacted pump stations, water is being diverted to the Sowy flood relief channel and King’s Sedgemoor Drain to Dunball, where pumps ...

The King's Sedgemoor Drain takes water from the River Cary to join with the River Parrett at Dunball Eight abandoned vehicles have been pulled out of a flood drainage channel on the Somerset ...

On the Somerset Levels, high volume pumps have begun removing water from King's Sedgemoor Drain. Specialist equipment has been brought in from the Netherlands to try to ease the pressure on nearby ...