A huge thanks to 15 year old Christopher who has been working tirelessly all week making drinks for everyone at the Forward Command Centre located in
#WhaleyBridge
Centre for Sport. Everyone really appreciates your hard work! ๐
#Flood
Dramatic scenes captured by one of our officers of colleagues working hard to protect the communities around the Toddbrook reservoir this weekend. We have staff working around the clock and from all areas of the country
#TeamEA
#WhaleyBridge
#Chinook
Here is a great clip of how we are working with partners to install kit that is pumping water into the River Goyt, reducing the water levels in Toddbrook Reservoir
#WhaleyBridge
#Flood
Home-schooling your children? At 10am tomorrow the Environment Agency, in collaboration with the
@wwf_uk
, will be hosting the first Protecting Our Planet conference - A live interactive broadcast with children from around the country. Register here
Footage from EA Field Operatives as they operate
#Didsbury
Flood Basin on the
#Mersey
Severe Flood Warnings are in place, please follow advice from Emergency Services, and evacuate if asked to do so
Sign up for free Flood warnings:
#PrepareActSurvive
Weโve been at
#M6
#Lancs
following an accident which caused an overturned milk tanker. We used booms 2 capture milk spillage 2 prevent pollution into the local watercourse. Working in pโship with
#Highways
who suctioned &tankered away 2 prevent pollution &protect the environment
(1/6) Thanks again to everyone who has helped with our investigation to find out what caused the pollution on the Bollin, the river is now looking much better.
Weโve been monitoring the river & examining the drainage system all week, with a round-up of actions in this thread ๐งต
Our officers continue to investigate the possible cause of the pollution on the River Bollin in Cheshire.
Thank you to members of the public who alerted us to this incident.
If anyone has any information, please call our 24/7 hotline on 0800 80 70 60.
Did you know? Leaky dams donโt just reduce
#flood
risk they create new habitats for wildlife too ๐๐ฆ๐ฆ
Here on the
#Smithills
estate
#Bolton
25 of these clever dams can store the equivalent of four Olympic swimming poolsโ worth of water upstream while creating new ๐ for nature
Burnley Council have crushed a van following the successful prosecution of a man who dumped drums in a country lane in Hapton leading to over 25 fish being killed.
We have received reports of fish in distress at Salford Quays from concerned members of the public.
We take swift action to protect people and the environment, and our officers have been on site investigating and providing advice.
We have been busy in Bolton with
@WoodlandTrust
@merseyforest
constructing more woody barriers as part of Natural Flood Management work at Smithills
These innovative barriers can slow the flow, help downstream communities become climate resilient & create a home for wildlife ๐ฆ
Catch of the day! We recently found juvenile brown trout in the River Medlock in
#Manchester
- this is really exciting news after our ยฃ250,000 restoration project as it shows the overall ecology of the river has improved. Read the full story here:
#TeamEA
โs staff and pumps continue to operate at
#WhaleyBridge
to reduce the reservoir water level. We are still assisting in this multi-agency incident response
@RuthGeorgeMP
Busy, busy! Our Hydrometry and Telemetry team have been out measuring the flow on the River
#Tame
. As a result of all the rain we have seen this week, they managed to get the highest gauging on record at
#Uppermill
with 23.5 cumecs!
#TeamEA
is back at
#Whaley
Bridge today. The water level at Toddbrook reservoir has now reduced by six metres following the continuing efforts of a multi-agency team to ensure the stability of the dam wall.
We've planted nearly 500 trees in partnership with RiversTrust,
@woodlandtrust
, pupils from Tebay Primary School and the local landower. Helping create and improve habitat on a small tributary on the upper River
#Lune
near
#Tebay
#Cumbria
Here's the latest from
#Northwich
, where the flood defences are holding river water back.
There a lot of some surface water around at the moment and we are working closely with
@Go_CheshireWest
and
@Unitedutilities
to try and get the water back into the river.
The results are in! ๐ฅ
Our
#Biodiversity
Officers have been back out checking for
#endangered
white-clawed
#crayfish
in Greater Manchester. They were very pleased to find this healthy male in one of the traps and no
#invasive
crayfish at all. A great result! ๐๐
We're out in
#Northwich
and have deployed temporary flood barriers as a precaution to help reduce
#flood
risk.
Know your risk where you are. Keep up to date with our Flood Alerts and Flood Warnings at โคต๏ธ
Due to forecasted heavy rain we have deployed Phase 1 of the
#Northwich
Scheme & erected temporary defences at Barons Quay. This has been done as a precautionary measure to protect the community from potential high river levels.
Check your
#flood
risk ๐
We're really excited to mark the completion of the ยฃ10m Salford Flood Improvement Scheme today on
#WorldWetlandsDay
- better protecting 1,900 properties from flooding and providing a high quality urban wetland to boost wildlife in the area
#floodaware
We have issued a severe
#flood
warning for
#EastDidsbury
#WestDidsbury
and
#Northenden
which means a threat to life and significant disruption.
We are working with the emergency services to keep communities to keep people safe. Updates โก๏ธ
Here's our flood risk manager for Cumbria with the latest weather situation for today.
Would you know what to do in a flood?
Keep up to date with the latest & sign up to flood warnings in your area now -
#Cumbria
#Flood
#FloodAware
#PrepareActSurvive
Our teams are busy deploying flood barriers at Baronโs Quay & Waitrose in Northwich. We are working hard over night to keep communities safe and well during the adverse weather. Check your flood risk
#PrepareActSurvive
#TeamEA
continues to keep Whaley Bridge safe & reduce
#flood
risk. Our Hydrometry & Telemetry team has installed 3 level monitors 1 on the spillway, 1 on the bypass & 1 today upstream of the reservoir. These will help us warn & inform on
#flood
alerts and
#flood
warnings.
Officers in
#WhaleyBridge
have been assisted overnight by firefighters,
@EnvAgency
, ambulance services, local councils and emergency planning staff, as well as
#RAF
crews who used a
#Chinook
helicopter to move over 50 tonnes of aggregate to the reservoir wall to reinforce it.
Here's Stewart our Flood Risk Manager for
#Cumbria
at the gauging station in
#Appleby
with an update for the community on
#StormDennis
Be sure to be
#FloodReady
and sign up for flood warnings
We have had a shift change in our incident rooms for
#Cumbria
&
#Lancashire
We are here responding to
#StormDennis
& have staff working through the night to keep our communities safe Be sure to sign up for flood warnings here โก๏ธ
#KnowYourFloodRisk
We have been at the Smithills Estate near
#Bolton
today, which is being used to test pioneering solutions to combat
#flooding
, speaking to
@BBCNWT
about the
#NFM
measures being put in place here to protect the community downstream.
Tune in tonight to find out more
#slowtheflow
Our local incident room remains open 24/7.
#TeamEA
are working hard to understand where flooding may occur, how to reduce any impacts, protect the community and support our partners and emergency services
#Flood
#WhaleyBridge
Today we've had teams working across the North West in response to the heavy rain. Our Officers were at Poynton Brook and Dean Brook removing blockages and clearing channels to reduce
#flood
risk
#TeamEA
successfully prosecuted Withgill Farm and Wilsonโs Contractors Ltd from Great Mitton, Lancashire following a pollution incident. Farm slurry polluted the River Hodder & both companies were fined ยฃ11500 and each ordered to pay ยฃ4063 in costs and a ยฃ170 victim surcharge
An investigation into the pollution & fish kill on the Bollin continues. Help us by reporting further issues to our 24hr hotline 0800807060 & as always remain mindful to the misuse of drains โ what goes down there can hugely affect water quality, sadly causing problems like this.
Bravo to our Merseyside field team who discovered a trapped badger when responding to an unsafe manhole.
Quick thinking led to a call to a local rescue team. After health checks at a sanctuary, the badger is now back home and the manhole has been fixed for a safer environment!
EA officers and fisheries specialists continue to investigate pollution on the River Bollin.
All the data will be used as evidence to inform any future prosecutions.
Thank you to all whoโve helped us so far. If anyone has any information call our 24/7 hotline on 0800 807060.
We are operating flood storage basins across Lancashire including
#Garstang
,
#Catterall
,
#Croston
and Highgate Park, to the west of the A6 in
#Preston
.
This will take pressure away from nearby rivers and protect both people and properties from the risk of
#flooding
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Filmed earlier this week, hereโs one way we clear out debris screens located on the rivers in the
#NorthWest
. Filmed in
#Radcliffe
in
#Manchester
,
#teamea
can be seen removing rubbish which has built up due to high river levels.
#BePrepared
This last weekend
#TeamEA
attended an incident on the M6 following a milk tanker spillage
Officers went to site to stop the flow of spilt milk, diesel & AdBlue entering the River Ribble & reduce the impact to the local environment
@LancsPolice
@LancashireFRS
#PartnershipWorking
Did you know that in the
#NorthWest
our water comes mostly from surface water supplies like reservoirs rather than groundwater? You can help keep our supplies resilient by saving
#water
wherever possible at home - follow
@unitedutilities
for more tips.
#showwatersomelove
Please see latest update on
#ToddbrookReservoir
. We continue to work with our partners to help the situation, supply pumping equipment, monitor water levels & support the community. Our incident room will remain open throughout the night to provide the necessary support.
The water level at
#ToddbrookReservoir
has now been reduced by six metres following the continuing efforts of a multi-agency team to ensure the stability of the dam wall.
#WhaleyBridge
Local Artist
@lydialeith
& volunteers have brought a splash of colour to
#Carlisle
โs ยฃ25M Flood Risk Management Scheme
The mural in Melbourne Park aims to brighten up the park for the community & reduce graffiti
#BeforeAfter
More on this scheme here
Today is
#IWD2019
which is a day to champion the advancement of womenโs rights and gender equality. We are so proud of the inspiring women who have chosen to use their skills to help us create a better place & whose influence extends into every part of
#TeamEA
!
#BalanceforBetter
Bit by bit weโre opening our rivers back up for fish. ๐๐
This week, we have started a ยฃ20K
#restoration
project in Gr Manchester by removing a weir on Eagley Brook
#Bolton
. This makes it easier for fish to pass through & reach spawning grounds
#naturalcourse
#keeponswimming
Before and After!
#TeamEA
&
@WoodlandTrust
have given Natural Flood Risk Management a boost on the Smithills Estate near
#Bolton
. Works completed include the construction of this โleaky barrierโ which will slow the flow of water to reduce
#flood
risk.
#NFM
#buildingwithnature
Some good news for communities across the River Irwell
today as a partnership project with
@moorsforfuture
, which aims to use
#nature
to slow the flow of
#flood
water, will soon be starting on Holcombe Moor.
Find out more ๐
We are responding to a serious fish kill at Newton-Le-Willows
#StHelens
. Our officers &
@sthelenscouncil
are investigating the cause & taking action to avoid any further fish deaths
Our thanks go to the fast-acting members of the public who reported this to us on 0800 80 70 60
#TeamEA
Community Information Officers are in
#WhaleyBridge
9- 12 of Aug 2019. Theyโre offering advice & guidance to residents & getting them to sign up for
#flood
alert & warnings. For more info . Theyโre out with our Exec Director for FCRM
@johncurtinEA
#TeamEA
have worked to remove a dumped caravan in the
#RiverIrk
earlier today. Safe to say it definitely won't be fit for visiting Pontins this year.
If you see a blockage in your local watercourse please call us on 0800 80 70 60
#FloodAware
#LoveYourCaravan
Yesterday's ๐ง๏ธ saw us operating our flood basin in Didsbury. The basin, which has operational since 1978, is used when levels in the Mersey become too high
Here it is working as designed & protecting over 5,000 of properties in West Didsbury, Northenden, & Sale - from
#flooding
Fancy a 2.5km stroll or cycle around
#Salfords
newly opened urban
#wetland
? You might just be lucky enough to spot herons, lapwings or the great crested grebe!