Dredged material out of rivers and brooks is potent fert although im not a big fan of dredging rivers, i think rivers would mostly flush themselves clean and clear if banks were cut back and drift wood cleared.
Why is the Environment Agency so against cleaning, maintaining UK rivers??
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essex man
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- colchester
The spoil doesn't need to go to landfill, it never used to.
Lakesdigger
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There's a reason the most fertile areas of land either are/were flood plain.
As to why the ea do f all anymore I think it's down to responsibility. If they dredge rivers repair damage to banks etc it'll not only cost money but it will also make them liable for any further work needed along with any effect on wildlife. Easiest to do f all let "nature" do it's thing and sit back when it all goes wrong and say well that's what nature intended.
having watched how they" work " - I wouldnt be so sure about the first bit
Whoever owns the land has the power, twas always thus.
The state bureaucracy tail has been allowed to wag the dog in this country for too long.
Nothing will change until they are told what needs to change........everyone should remember these organisations are meant to work for us - the tax payer.
The EA/SEPA are badly broken, you only have to read the amount of flooding & water issue related posts countrywide on TFF for this to be confirmed, they are complicit in flooding, ecological damage & destruction of property countrywide, for how much longer they think they can get away with this without accountability I do not know though the general feeling seems to be it is now time for a sweeping change.
Waterway management should only ever be a landowner matter not a pigeon holed side show civil service matter
Fortunately its election time
The state bureaucracy tail has been allowed to wag the dog in this country for too long.
Nothing will change until they are told what needs to change........everyone should remember these organisations are meant to work for us - the tax payer.
The EA/SEPA are badly broken, you only have to read the amount of flooding & water issue related posts countrywide on TFF for this to be confirmed, they are complicit in flooding, ecological damage & destruction of property countrywide, for how much longer they think they can get away with this without accountability I do not know though the general feeling seems to be it is now time for a sweeping change.
Waterway management should only ever be a landowner matter not a pigeon holed side show civil service matter
Fortunately its election time
some of the landowners are worse than the EA
Oliveau
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- Location
- Indre et Loire, France
Farage?
Who knows, seems to me we are being driven mad with idiotic decisions and laws/rules and it takes years to change them.
pycoed
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- Pontarddulais, UK
I was thinking more of me, actually
Zebbedee
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- Scotland in the best bit
What would it be contaminated with though? If something bad then whole waterway is contaminated too,,,,, council up here have been known to play that card as well to get out of cleaning roadside ditches
- Location
- Devon
It is my understanding that the EA are subject to the power of Natural England.
The blame for much of what you are complaining about lies there.
Just as our planning system has been paralysed by Natural England.
As farmers all across the Country are being put out of business by Natural England.
The blame for much of what you are complaining about lies there.
Just as our planning system has been paralysed by Natural England.
As farmers all across the Country are being put out of business by Natural England.
- Location
- Carmarthenshire, West Wales
Apart from decades of industrial pollution, there are particles from tyres and brakes. Interesting, electric cars being heavier, give 20% more pollution!
Road Hazard: Evidence Mounts on Toxic Pollution from Tires
Researchers are only beginning to uncover the toxic cocktail of chemicals, microplastics, and heavy metals hidden in car and truck tires. But experts say these tire emissions are a significant source of air and water pollution and may be affecting humans as well as wildlife.
e360.yale.edu
spark plug
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The EA are talking out their sewage pipe
Try to succeed
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I just watched this this morning and I nearly spat my coffee out. He started putting the onus on farmers to manage water ways… I recall last time someone made a good job of that they sent him to prison! You couldn’t make it up
The EA are talking out their sewage pipe
- Location
- Lincolnshire
I think what he means is, farmers can ask but will be told no. But when there's work to be done, farmers will pay for it. And for it to be done to their ludicrous spec.
- Location
- south norfolk
Watched this last night too,never heard so much rubbish.im sure everyone in the room was too polite to heckell him.it made me quite angry watching it and at least andrew ward pulled him up on a few things.he is getting on so he will probably retire with a golden handshake and a huge pension and we will end up with another useless person in charge.
The EA are talking out their sewage pipe
nick...
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- roe valley
I've mentioned in several of these posts before. The Dutch civil engineering project called "Room for the River" The Dutch have a great can do attitude.
www.dutchwatersector.com
Room for the River explained | Dutch Water Sector
The Room for the River programme was initiated by the Dutch Government to increase the safety in the Dutch delta. At more than 30 locations in the Netherlands measures were taken to literally give the rivers more room.
Swarfmonkey
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- Location
- Hampshire
He's on nigh on £150k a year and 30.3% employers pension contribution, so he's going to be well cossetted by the taxpayer for sure when he goes. Mind you I doubt he'll retire fully, he also happens to be a senior director at SIG Plc and can't see him giving that gig up*.
*Given what SIG Plc's business is, you can see why he'd want to direct attention away from the massively detrimental effects of new housing developments onto others, such as farmers...