Reply to: Extra pumps used to lower water levels in Somerset

[Old Hack]

Funny, I was there a few days ago(Strete, Blackawton, Slapton) , then the next day in Bridgwater. I think I may be Zoiderman.

We're spoilt there, but love Slapton. I come across the levels to hit the M5 at Bridgwater, as I normally come cross country from the outlaws. Nice journey.

Can't beat the South Hams though.

[MarillionFan]

I live in the South Hams in Devon, but I think we're ok there too lol. Never known so much rain.

Funny, I was there a few days ago(Strete, Blackawton, Slapton) , then the next day in Bridgwater. I think I may be Zoiderman.

[Old Hack]

Cos I'm really bored a check on Cheddar, Highbridge & Bridgwater areas and Wessex & Bristol Water reservoirs serving:
Bristol Water

Wessex


You still got hosepipe bans there?


so....... into the rivers we go!

I live in the South Hams in Devon, but I think we're ok there too lol. Never known so much rain.

[Old Hack]

Hi Zoid.

Odd, but

[Troll]

The Somerset levels are an area around Glastonbury, Mark, over to Highbridge and to Bridgwater. Big area, used to control flooding. Nearest resevoirs, I think, are Chew Magna and Cheddar. Be a bit of an ask to get the water all the way over that way. Drove through the area late Monday afternoon driving to the South Hams and the levels didn't look that wet to me?

Cos I'm really bored a check on Cheddar, Highbridge & Bridgwater areas and Wessex & Bristol Water reservoirs serving:
Bristol Water

The recent rain has boosted reservoirs with the overall level now increased to 93% full. This is 2% below the company's guidelines, and is a significant improvement from where we started in April and with more rainfall predicted there may still be a further rise.

Chew Lake is 89% full (77% this time last year); Blagdon Lake is 100% full (84% this time last year) whilst Cheddar Reservoir is 99% full (95% this time last year).

The Barrow Reservoirs are 86% full (90% this time last year)

Wessex

The majority of our reservoirs are now overflowing and consequently reservoir storage is now 100% (excluding or including Wimbleball reservoir, which is a shared resource with South West Water). No pumped storage facilities are currently running as they are no longer needed.

You still got hosepipe bans there?


so....... into the rivers we go!

[gingerjedi]

The Somerset levels are an area around Glastonbury, Mark, over to Highbridge and to Bridgwater. Big area, used to control flooding. Nearest resevoirs, I think, are Chew Magna and Cheddar. Be a bit of an ask to get the water all the way over that way. Drove through the area late Monday afternoon driving to the South Hams and the levels didn't look that wet to me?

Cheddar (which is in Axebridge) then Blagdon and Chew Magna, If you walk on the fields around Brean you can sometimes find crab shells and other evidence of past floods.

I live on a hilly bit.

[MarillionFan]

The Somerset levels are an area around Glastonbury, Mark, over to Highbridge and to Bridgwater. Big area, used to control flooding. Nearest resevoirs, I think, are Chew Magna and Cheddar. Be a bit of an ask to get the water all the way over that way. Drove through the area late Monday afternoon driving to the South Hams and the levels didn't look that wet to me?

Hi Zoid.

[Old Hack]

The Somerset levels are an area around Glastonbury, Mark, over to Highbridge and to Bridgwater. Big area, used to control flooding. Nearest resevoirs, I think, are Chew Magna and Cheddar. Be a bit of an ask to get the water all the way over that way. Drove through the area late Monday afternoon driving to the South Hams and the levels didn't look that wet to me?

[Old Hack]

We had better feckin not have I have webbed feet thanks to all the extra rain.

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[Sysman]

Can't they like pump it into reservoirs in case we have a drought?

What reservoirs? My then local water board sold a load of 'em off as building plots after privatisation.

[Old Hack]

I was on holiday in NZ once, and saw a Kiwi man handling a sheep. I asked, curious, are you shearing that? He said git lost, I int shearing it with anyone...

[SupremeSpod]

And presumably they get wrung out next to a cliff to get rid of the water elsewhere? Nothing to do with them pushing back?

And obviously he's using his cock to check for hypothermia!

Here rests the case for the defence, m'lud!

[BrilloPad]

So that's *what* you're doing... And you're naked because you don't want to get your clothes wet...

Seems plausible.

And presumably they get wrung out next to a cliff to get rid of the water elsewhere? Nothing to do with them pushing back?

[SupremeSpod]

FFS!

We're drowning in Wales

I'm sick and tired of wringing the sheep out

So that's *what* you're doing... And you're naked because you don't want to get your clothes wet...

Seems plausible.

[BrilloPad]

Time to plant one's seeds.

Excellent news. I will let Mrs BP I have some seeds to plant.