The Leeds Flood Alleviation Scheme’s natural flood management project is using a team of horses to help move very large trees around the Harden Beck site to construct leaky dams.

Yorkshire Water is working alongside the Yorkshire Dales Rivers Trust (YDRT) to improve the wildlife habitat and reduce the impact of flooding in the Oughtershaw area of Upper Wharfedale.

Over the next century a different approach is needed to protect the country from flooding, the Environment Agency’s Chief Executive said in a keynote speech at the opening of the annual Flood and Coast Conference today.

A new UN report on the state of the world’s water is warning that 5 billion people could be facing water shortages by 2050 as a result of increased demand, pollution and climate change.