Waldo Posted December 10, 2015 Share Posted December 10, 2015 What with all the flooding in the Lake District, why don't they build a few strategically placed dams / reservoirs? They could control the amount of water being delivered to populated areas, and also generate some power and supply clean water. Or is that a stupid idea? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Annie Bynnol Posted December 10, 2015 Share Posted December 10, 2015 (edited) Nearly all the lakes are used as drinking water supplies and have extraction facilities to the biggest artificial dam in the area-Thirlmere. This provides most of East Lancashires water particularly Greater Manchester. Damming the very rich agricultural land in the vales of Eden(Carlisle problem) and Lune would not happen. Most of the local flooding is down to short lengths of river which if dammed would create empty eyesores for most of the year. The biggest business in this national park is tourism and damming in a national park is not going to happen again. Edited December 10, 2015 by Annie Bynnol Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
Harrystottle Posted December 10, 2015 Share Posted December 10, 2015 On TV news the other day a local man in Cumbria was suggesting a perforated dam could be an answer. They may as well try that, because nothing else has worked. I wonder if the Environment Agency will visit that village that has flooded twice in 48 hours, telling the blokes with the diggers to throw all the rock and soil back into the beck? Link to comment Share on other sites More sharing options...
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