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SAFAG link up with Kings College, London

SAFAG have linked up with Kings College, London who have fitted some trial monitoring equipment for use on one of our natural flood management retention ponds in the Knee Brook catchment. The solar powered station monitors pond depth hourly, localised soil moisture, air temperature etc. The monitoring station sends the

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Warwickshire Stour Catchment Partnership

Warwickshire Stour Catchment Partnership (WSCP), is a new umbrella group that has been formed at the request of the WCC Flood Team and the National Flood Forum. The flood groups who participate are SAFAG, Brailes, Long Compton, Darlingscott, and also residents from Cherington and Stourton. At the second meeting of

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Environment Agency Visit SAFAG

In late June, 11 members of the Environment Agency, including senior directors and managers, mainly from London visited Shipston-on-Stour and toured the extensive River Stour catchment where flood intervention measures have been installed during 2017 – 2018. They were invited by members of the Shipston Area Flood Action Group (SAFAG)

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SAFAG Attends 10th Annual Shipston Wool Fair

Our members ‘ran’ a stall at the famous Shipston Wool Fair on Bank Holiday Monday, which celebrated it’s10th anniversary this year.  The purpose of SAFAG members attending the Wool Fair was to offer support or advice to anyone in the local community who is concerned about flooding and to update everyone about the

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Group Woody Dam Day

Several members of the group and volunteers spent the day improving and building new woody dams on one of the Kneebrook watercourses in the Stretton on Fosse area. These will help attenuate (hold back) and ‘slow the flow’ to downstream areas. Unfortunately the weather was not good and the underfoot conditions were

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