DocumentCode :
1120032
Title :
A flood watershed
Author :
Langdon, Mark
Volume :
4
Issue :
7
fYear :
2009
Firstpage :
43
Lastpage :
44
Abstract :
The paper states that remote control and monitoring is the future for flood prevention in low-lying areas. Around five million people live in flood risk areas in England and Wales, according to the Environment Agency. Some parts of the UK are even below sea level, leaving them constantly at risk from permanent flooding and water logging. However, the flood risk can be reduced by drainage districts, which have been set up to prevent flooding by providing flood protection and water-level management schemes, which involves improving and maintaining rivers, drainage channels and pumping stations to evacuate water.
Keywords :
disasters; floods; monitoring; water resources; United Kingdom; environment agency; flood prevention; flood protection scheme; remote control; remote monitoring; water-level management scheme;
fLanguage :
English
Journal_Title :
Engineering & Technology
Publisher :
iet
ISSN :
1750-9637
Type :
jour
Filename :
5136890
Link To Document :
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