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Friday, 12 March 2010 |
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Defra has announced the second round of a £5.5 million grant scheme to help households better protect their homes against flooding.
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Friday, 12 March 2010 |
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The Environment Agency has completed works on improving the Cliffe area of Lewes flood defences, reducing flood risk for 209 properties.
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Friday, 12 March 2010 |
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A new report from Environment Agency Wales shows that investment in flood defences in Wales needs to triple to around £135 million a year by 2035 to continue to protect properties from flooding and climate change.
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Wednesday, 10 March 2010 |
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The RSPB is warning that a tidal barrage across the Mersey could destroy wildlife and bring floods – and that there is a chance that one could be built on the Estuary within the next ten years, despite warnings from conservationists.
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Wednesday, 10 March 2010 |
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More than 38 homes and businesses in Keith will benefit from a new scheme designed to protect vulnerable communities in the Deveron catchment from the threat of flooding.
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Wednesday, 10 March 2010 |
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Floods Minister Huw Irranca Davies visited a village in Gloucestershire yesterday to see how flood defences have been bolstered. Deerhurst, near Tewkesbury, was badly affected in summer 2007 when the River Severn burst its banks, flooding over half the homes in the village.
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Tuesday, 09 March 2010 |
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Wildlife Minister Huw Irranca-Davies gave the go-ahead today for the release of an insect, called a psyllid, to stop the spread of the non-native invasive plant Japanese Knotweed, a devastating plant which costs the UK economy over £150 million a year to control and clear.
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Tuesday, 09 March 2010 |
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A new map which shows where hydropower could be deployed in England and Wales could help to tap into the unused power potential of British rivers.
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Monday, 08 March 2010 |
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New guidelines have been published to help regional authorities assess the potential for renewable and low-carbon energy in their area.
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Recent improvements in pump technology prompted Severn Trent Water (STW) to initiate a de-sludging trial to reduce costs and energy consumption by producing thicker sludge in the Primary Settlement Tank (PST). 
Hydro International’s Hydro-Brake® Flow Controls have been installed into a new dam, near Devil’s Bridge, on the Blackburn Brook, just outside Sheffield. 
Lanes for Drains has opened its first depot in Wales, bringing the tally to 21 depots nationwide for the UK's largest independent drainage specialist. 
Eimco Water Technologies have been awarded a significant order by BP to supply and install a fresh water manufacturing plant on the FPSO (Floating Production, Storage and Offloading vessel) Schiehallion.