Sentences with phrase «flood defence work»

Now I am not a great fan of the aggregated tide gauge record seeing as it relies on so few gauges (as cited) most with short histories (as cited) or have moved (as cited) or have been interpolated (as cited) To globally aggregate such low grade information only compounds the errors However, anyone working on flood defence work would use a tide gauge as it provides a more accurate record of the place where the sea actually hits the land, where people live, as opposed to satellites which measure open sea.

Part of the EA remit is that hard flood defence work in particular should have a regeneration element.

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The 65 - year - old will be hoping that this new signing is able to stop that flood of goals and make sure that the attacking work of summer transfer Alexis Sanchez isn't undone by the shaky defence at the Emirates.

Committee chair Anne McIntosh added: «At a time of budgetary constraints councils must give flood protection work priority since many of them will need to increase the financial contribution they make to key local flood defence projects whilst also fulfilling their new duties to lead local flood work.»

Corbyn said he had thanked the MP, particularly for his work on rural communities and flood defences.

Professor David Sear from the University of Southampton, who supervised the project, said: «With increasing interest in alternatives to conventional hard flood defences, there is an urgent need for evidence that these alternatives can work.

Meanwhile, the agriculture minister John Gummer, fresh from refusing compensation to the Liddells for the loss of their home, has promised a «national strategy statement for flood and coastal defence» which will seek to «work with, rather than against, the forces of nature».

Water engineers work on projects such as flood defence schemes and sewer improvement programmes at all stages, from conception and planning to completion and handover.