To long. As a Riparian land owner carrying out his rightful duties he should have been commended for the excellent work that had been carried out preventing any more flooding to the local community.Did he serve long in jail?
Give that man a knighthood.
Give him the top job at the EA and allow him to hire and fire, at all levels, at his discretion (starting with the cretins that sit on it's board). That'd be far more useful than a knighthood!