Girton residents to benefit from new monitoring station
20 Jun 2014 04:12 PM
The Environment Agency
has installed new monitoring equipment in the village of Girton, Cambridgeshire
to improve the accuracy of the Floodline Warning Service for local
residents.
The new station, located at
Dodford Lane Bridge, will be used to monitor water levels on Washpit Brook
which runs through Girton. The automatic water level recorder will be linked up
to the internet later this summer so that the information can be viewed by
anyone online
www.gov.uk/government/publications/river-and-sea-levels-online.
The Environment Agency has been
working closely with local residents, businesses and professional partners
since properties were flooded during intense, localised rainfall in July
2012.
Georgina Nichols, flood risk
management advisor for the Environment Agency said:
We’ve been thoroughly
investigating the cause of the flooding, looking at different ways to tackle
the problem and helping the community to protect itself from future flooding.
The new monitoring station will be used to warn residents when flooding is
expected, ensuring they have enough time to take action.
One in 6 homes in England and
Wales is at risk of flooding, and the Environment Agency is promoting the
importance of preparing a flood plan for homes and businesses.
You can check to see if you are
at risk of flooding by visiting www.gov.uk/environment-agency and by following
the links to Flooding, or by calling Floodline on 0845 988 1188 or 0345 988
1188.
The Floodline service is easy
and free to sign up to – the service issues a message directly by
telephone, mobile, email, SMS text message, fax or pager when flooding is
likely.
Media enquiries: Contact 01733
464357 (during normal office hours, also for emergency service only, 24
hours).
All Environment Agency news
releases, both regional and national, can be found on our web site:
www.gov.uk/environment-agency