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Do we need to bring back the NRA
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<blockquote data-quote="Gill Horse" data-source="post: 6632518" data-attributes="member: 1606"><p>I know that we can't stop flooding in every instance, and I know that weather events appear to be getting more severe but when I was a kid the National Rivers Authority cleaned and maintained the local water courses every year with the sole objective to keep the water flowing freely out to sea ( which is where it ultimately ends up ) </p><p>Ever since the Environment agency was created and the NRA disbanded/taken over, the EA have slowly withdrawn maintenance to what seems like a point of virtually non existence round here now. I have been to many an EA meeting and I'm quite frankly sick and tired of listening to talk about holding water back and letting it drain away slowly/naturally </p><p>This might be fine if we got slow and steady rain fall but we often get heavy rainfall events and they seem to be getting worse. I don't understand the EA's mindset of what appears to be withholding maintenance and water flow for the benefit of the Environment as a whole. Surely a lot of water voles must have drowned in the last month or so.</p><p>Basically there are many many properties, farms and businesses that depend on the water flowing to where it naturally wants to go ( back out to sea ) </p><p>Yes the environment is important and maybe the EA should be there to oversee that environmental issues/impacts are taken into consideration but surely it makes sense to have a National Rivers Authority who's overriding job is to make sure that the water keeps flowing out to sea in the most efficient way possible? ?</p></blockquote><p></p>
[QUOTE="Gill Horse, post: 6632518, member: 1606"] I know that we can't stop flooding in every instance, and I know that weather events appear to be getting more severe but when I was a kid the National Rivers Authority cleaned and maintained the local water courses every year with the sole objective to keep the water flowing freely out to sea ( which is where it ultimately ends up ) Ever since the Environment agency was created and the NRA disbanded/taken over, the EA have slowly withdrawn maintenance to what seems like a point of virtually non existence round here now. I have been to many an EA meeting and I'm quite frankly sick and tired of listening to talk about holding water back and letting it drain away slowly/naturally This might be fine if we got slow and steady rain fall but we often get heavy rainfall events and they seem to be getting worse. I don't understand the EA's mindset of what appears to be withholding maintenance and water flow for the benefit of the Environment as a whole. Surely a lot of water voles must have drowned in the last month or so. Basically there are many many properties, farms and businesses that depend on the water flowing to where it naturally wants to go ( back out to sea ) Yes the environment is important and maybe the EA should be there to oversee that environmental issues/impacts are taken into consideration but surely it makes sense to have a National Rivers Authority who's overriding job is to make sure that the water keeps flowing out to sea in the most efficient way possible? ? [/QUOTE]
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