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The next River Thames Scheme Consultations

Posted on November 22, 2022December 22, 2022 by ecwlarcombe

The Environment Agency has just published the attached newsletter that includes the dates/times/places for the latest consultations. The closest even in the DHWNEWS area is on the 25th of November, 1pm to 7pm, at Wraysbury Village Hall.

This is a revised proposal and Channel One was removed because RBWM were unwilling to contribute the partnership funding.

Note: The EA is now checking for contamination and lowering the river bed downstream. From the Autumn 2022 Newsletter “we are doing some sampling of the riverbed and lakes to check for possible
contaminated sediment. This sampling will help us decide what monitoring methods may
be required during works and whether we could reuse the soil we take from the riverbed
or whether we need to dispose of it, after treatment, to landfill.”

For further information about this, see the following (links): Thames used for radioactive waste disposal for 50 years & Conservative Councillors Demand Dredging

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DATCHET

The name "Datchet" is thought to be Celtic in origin, and the last part may be related to cet ("wood"). In the Domesday Book it is called "Daceta".lla. Datchet is first mentioned between 990 and 994, when King Ethelred made small grants of land here.

HORTON

The village name "Horton" is a common one in England. It is Old English in origin and derives from the two words horu 'dirt' and tūn 'settlement, farm, estate', presumably meaning 'farm on muddy soil'.In the Domesday Book of 1086 it was recorded as Hortune.

WRAYSBURY

The village name was traditionally spelt Wyrardisbury; it is Anglo Saxon in origin and means 'Wïgrǣd's fort'. Its name is recorded in the Domesday Book of 1086 as Wirecesberie and as Wiredesbur in 1195. The name is seen again as Wyrardesbury in 1422.

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