Drainage study funded following Goole floods

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Located 45 miles inland on the confluence of the River Don and River Ouse is East Yorkshire port town, Goole, which can handle 3 million tonnes of cargo per year.

Last year, the area was flooded overnight when torrential downpours hit East Yorkshire. Goole experienced a heavy storm that led to emergency services assisting homes and local businesses as they began to submerge in up to a metre of water.

Goole Floods 2011

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Local residents contacted MP Andrew Percy, and he instructed the council to send a tanker to pump the floodwater out of the homes. Following the incident, he believed that improvements needed to be made to avoid a repetition of the flooding, and this remains high on his agenda. An investigation took place to determine what caused the severe flooding, and although no definitive answer was found, the East Riding of Yorkshire Council did identify areas that could be improved.

Yorkshire Water has issued a report that outlines the possible cause of the Goole floods in 2011, and concludes that the kind of torrential downpour that hit the area would have overwhelmed any drainage system. Work has already begun to implement recommendations mentioned in the report, and Yorkshire Water have agreed to fund a £275,000 study that analyses the town's drainage and sewerage systems. This study will build a better understanding of how the systems operate and interact, whilst highlighting further areas of improvement to flood defences.

The first course of action is to insert flow monitors along the sewer network to identify weaknesses in the current system. By monitoring how different weather events impact the underground system, the risk of flooding can minimised in the future.

The Carr Lane Pumping Station in Goole has already undergone £1 million worth of improvements following the floods last year, and the report recommends various ways in which the area could be further improved. It also highlights how society must alter with climate change. The way in which drainage systems are designed, built and operated will need to be better regulated to account for our changing climate.

Here at Flexseal, we know that the environment and improvement to the world's drainage systems are of fundamental importance. Our range of flexible drainage couplings and stormwater management systems are often used in projects designed to tackle excess surface water, and we have an on-going program of improvement of all products relevant to such projects.

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