Memorandum submitted Mr C G Mann (FL 141)
There seems to be no end to the flooding and
the long lasting damage that is caused by this uncontrollable
deluge of water, many questions have been asked and many reasons
given as to the cause, ie houses and factories being built in
flood plains, low laying land areas covered in tarmac and concrete,
inadequate drainage and maintenance of the system with little
or no though of prevention or emergency back up.
Surely one of the main factors of this problem
has been created by landowners and farmers who have systematically
raped the landscape by removing mile after mile of hedgerow and
infilling ditches alongside them, any trees that were in the centre
of the fields or in the way of the new monster machines were felled,
ponds filled, rivers and water courses diverted/neglected now
choked with weeds creates a back up of water in turn causes serious
flooding.
Dredging now seems a thing of the past!
These hedges and ditches were our first line
of defence with relative control over mother nature now it seems
big is beautiful with the size of the fields with gigantic acreage
poor old mother nature is placed on the back burner until she
fights back and regains control leaving the unfortunate who live
in the flooded areas to mop up remove the damage wait `til things
dry out and hope there is enough insurance cover in place for
all the damage and inconvenience.
All the changes made to the countryside are
upsetting the balance of nature not only to the water tables but
with the constant destruction of the flora and fauna which will
be lost forever.
Mr C G Mann
October 2007
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