Guest 696- Registered: 31 Mar 2010
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The only thing I could think of, IF there is less water in one part of the Dour than further upstream, is that someone is sapping the current, perhaps to create electricity, and then, not being able to let the used water flow unnoticed back into the river, is directing it down the toilet directly into the sewers.
Guest 673- Registered: 16 Jun 2008
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I wonder if the water company has been asked to abstract as much water as possible at the present time in order to reduce the flow into the Wellington Dock whilst it is drained for maintenance?
I believe that the water is abstracted up in the headwaters at Bushy Ruff/Kearsney Abbey. Incidentally, the lake at Kearsney Manor has been empty for some weeks, believe this is for maintenance of some sort.
Guest 653- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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Thanks Ed.
The EA must know, or have been advised though surely, as the Dour is their responsibility ?
Roger
Jan Higgins
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 5 Jul 2010
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That makes a lot of sense Ed, they could have been having practice runs recently I suppose, it would be nice to know what is happening.
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Brian Dixon
- Location: Dover
- Registered: 23 Sep 2008
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ed,you forgot that some if not half the water comes from temple ewell and the garden center just outside of the village.
Jan Higgins- Location: Dover
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When I walked past the Dour at about 8.30 this morning the level was so low that the ducks, moorhens and seagull standing in the middle did not even have their breasts in the water, the shallowest I can remember seeing.
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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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the problem is getting worse this chap would normally need some litter to walk on, today he could walk on the bottom without getting his ankles wet.
I really hope there is some action on this...
It is not good
Jan Higgins- Location: Dover
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One way to kill the fish I suppose
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howard mcsweeney1- Location: Dover
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a lot deeper further along by the college jan as you can see here.
good to see that their toys are still there.
Guest 672- Registered: 3 Jun 2008
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Strange aint it, the river for the last 2 months has been normal (ish) but today it's dropped a few inches, are some of you still blaming the natural aquifers?
grass grows by the inches but dies by the feet.
Guest 653- Registered: 13 Mar 2008
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After all this rain, I'd have thought it would be close to overflowing. Who has access to extracting the water Ian ?
Roger
Terry Nunn
- Location: London Road, Dover
- Registered: 12 Mar 2008
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I'm surprised that the EA and Southern Water aren't prosecuting us for abstracting the rain water to fill our butts before it reaches the river or wherever!
Terry
Quis custodiet ipsos custodes?
Guest 710- Registered: 28 Feb 2011
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This may have changed recently, these companies are never slow in closing such 'loop-holes', but part of the water bill used to be for the carrying away of rain water and those who collected their rain water could claim a rebate from the water companies.
Ignorance is bliss, bliss is happiness, I am happy...to draw your attention to the possible connectivity in the foregoing.
