Guest 672- Registered: 3 Jun 2008
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#1
I posted a while ago about the level of the river going down but now I have to say after living along side of it for 35 years I have never seen it as low as it is now.
Not so much worried about the water fowl but more so for the Trout, this is their breeding season and it seems some of them are getting caught in pools. I'll try and get some more photos later but as you can see this is at the bottom of my garden which is normally quite deep.
grass grows by the inches but dies by the feet.
#2
Blimey - when we drove past the river next to Morrisons during all that rain last night it was really high - we remarked on it. What is going on?!
Guest 672- Registered: 3 Jun 2008
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#3
Quite so Bern, WHAT is going on?
In this photo the blocks were put in just before the summer and the water level was 1 inch above the top one ( the blocks contain a fountain, not fenced off or boarded in.
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You can see just how much water has disappeared.
grass grows by the inches but dies by the feet.
Jan Higgins
- Location: Dover
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#4
Is there a sluice gate of some kind that is being opened that was not opened before.
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Guest 672- Registered: 3 Jun 2008
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#5
One thing we all complained about a while back was that the drains were blocked by Morrison's.
As I stated it was due to silt and too much plant life.
The same is now happening along Barton path.
This outlet comes from Barton main road and will eventually block up.
grass grows by the inches but dies by the feet.
Guest 644- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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#6
I believe Russell Gardens has dried up completely and Bushy Ruff is very low too. Are Veolia extracting water at the moment?
Jan Higgins- Location: Dover
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#7
Coincidence maybe but hasn't the low water been like that since the bridgework repairs started at Folkestone
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Guest 698- Registered: 28 May 2010
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#8
I think once the Wellington Dock is full again it will revert to normal.
I'm an optimist. But I'm an optimist who takes my raincoat - Harold Wilson
Guest 672- Registered: 3 Jun 2008
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#9
. What has the Wellington Dock got to do with with the situ Peter.
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Jan Higgins- Location: Dover
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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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#11
ian mentions the subect of blocked drains, this was taken this afternoon at the junction of underdown road and the folkestone road.
Brian Dixon
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 23 Sep 2008
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#12
howard,all dovers drains are blocked due to poor maintainance from either ddc or kcc.the worst ones are the ones at the york street roundabout,snargate/townwall street end.
Guest 653- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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#13
When we had that heavy rain and wind Tuesday morning/lunchtime, I was coming home from a planning site visit and the water was almost up to the pavement and i was going to report it to KC Highways, but shortly after it stopped, it has all drained away.
I think the majority of the problem, as evidenced by Howard's photo outside the WestBank Guest House, was the wind was blowing litter, twigs, leaves and other rubbish all over the place and eventually ended up on top of the drains.
I'm sure there are blocked drains all over the place, causing temporary, localised flooding; if Councillors have the time, perhaps they could spend their free days walking with their heads down - looking at the drain gulleys.
Roger
Ross Miller
- Location: London Road, Dover
- Registered: 17 Sep 2008
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#14
There is a KCC web page for reporting blocked gulleys, potholes etc. - sorry cannot remember it off the top of my head, but NC will point you in the right direction if you ask him
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Guest 672- Registered: 3 Jun 2008
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#15
It took me ages to find this thread, can't be bothered to look for the other one further back.
I seem to remember Phil told us through the E.A that due to lack of rainfall the aquifiers or summint was low,
Well after the huge amount of rain that we've all had the water along Barton path is now all of a sudden the same as last September, It has risen.
The words WOOL and EYES come to mind.
grass grows by the inches but dies by the feet.
Guest 683- Registered: 11 Feb 2009
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#16
Ian
I was thinking the very same thing as I was looking at the river in River and thinking about the few millimetres of rain we have had in the past few weeks.
Guest 651- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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#17
Bushy Ruff has looked like normal levels when I have been driving past for the last few weeks
Been nice knowing you :)
Guest 672- Registered: 3 Jun 2008
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#18
What we are told is not all it seems to be me thinks.
grass grows by the inches but dies by the feet.
Jan Higgins- Location: Dover
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#19
I saw that it was deeper by Morrisons even though we have had no rain and wondered where the water had suddenly come from.
Obviously the water was being diverted elsewhere until recently, do they think we are completely stupid
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Guest 703- Registered: 30 Jul 2010
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#20
It's winter rain and snowfall raising the levels, takes a while to work it's way through the chalk.
grass grows by the inches but dies by the feet.
grass grows by the inches but dies by the feet.
grass grows by the inches but dies by the feet.
