Would you give up some land for flood management?

We're looking at constructing a flood reserve to take excess water that backs up in the drainage system, usually in winter, but this time in June Shocked

I was just wondering if anyone else had experience of giving up some land for water management? It seems that a lot of people want to 'use' every corner of their land (so many ponds filled in over the years), which creates flood problems for someone down the line, that a little releif & flood management would eliminate.

tahir

The field our sheep are in must at some point have been a flood meadow, I think it'll go back to one eventually.

Northern_Lad

If you made the banking out of earth and allowed the animals to move freely across it could you not get the best of both worlds?

I think that if yo can afford to do so then you should. For starters it will provide protection (ask Behemoth for a discount) and secondly it'll get fertilised: the Egyptions viewed flooding as a good thing, as did Bangladesh 'til things started getting silly.

Treacodactyl

Funnily enough ponds near to streams/rivers are often designed so that they don't take water from the river even when it's in flood.

Rob R

There's loads of them round here (as there would be, being in the middle of one of the biggest natural ones in the country) but some water management systems have been destroyed to make more productive land, or just not maintained. We're thinking of creating a dam to stop it backing up into ours when the levels are high (don't particularly want other peoples septic tank outfall Laughing

) and give us a bit more extra capacity so we're not adding to the problem- should be good for wildlife too Cool

Rob R

Northern_Lad wrote:

I think that if yo can afford to do so then you should. For starters it will provide protection (ask Behemoth for a discount)

You're kidding aren't you, he accused me of stealing the stuff when I asked for storage costs!

Treacodactyl

I've re-read your first post and now I understand it. Laughing

Yes, I'd certainly give up land to create ponds or a lake and a wet-land system. All I need is to find somewhere with a bit of land...

hardworkinghippy

We're still in "work in progress" on a water project, not for flooding but for trying to preserve a stream and wildlife.

It's taking a long time, and to be honest, so far it's cost a small fortune but I think it's money well spent.

Here are some details, sorry there's not many pics, but mud isn't very photogenic.

http://www.flickr.com/photos/hardworkinghippy/sets/72157594164870676/

Cathryn

Some time ago there used to be grants available I think...

dpack

rosewood duck has a certain appeal
coppice willow is useful
better to use a few percent for flood management than ruin the lot by getting flooded

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