{"id":1458,"date":"2024-12-18T08:34:07","date_gmt":"2024-12-18T08:34:07","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/dhwnews.com\/?p=1458"},"modified":"2024-12-19T23:09:40","modified_gmt":"2024-12-19T23:09:40","slug":"jubilee-river-bank-failure-yet-again","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/dhwnews.com\/?p=1458","title":{"rendered":"Jubilee River bank failure and helicopter used to repair &#8211; AI report and more"},"content":{"rendered":"<div data-olk-copy-source=\"MailCompose\">\n<p><a href=\"https:\/\/dhwnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/MVI_7126.mov\"><span style=\"color: #0000ff;\"><strong>MVI_7126<\/strong><\/span><\/a> <img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"alignnone size-medium wp-image-1479\" src=\"https:\/\/dhwnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_7119-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dhwnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_7119-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dhwnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_7119-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/dhwnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_7119-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dhwnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_7119-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/dhwnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_7119-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/dhwnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_7119-850x567.jpg 850w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<p>Moving bags of stone<\/p>\n<p>(Bank repair after 2024 failure &#8211; awaiting image!)<\/p>\n<p><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>There are reports of yet another Jubilee River bank and\/or bed problem.\u00a0<\/strong><\/span> After \u00a3100m expenditure over twenty years ago &#8211; the JR still repeatedly dumps manually (EA) controlled Thames flood water onto my patch and this year (2024) we flooded for the fourth time this century.\u00a0 Sub-standard in concept, design and construction it is time for the EA to be both honest and accountable.<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1465\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1465\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1465\" src=\"https:\/\/dhwnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/HPIM0114-300x226.jpg\" alt=\"Bank repair after 2003 failure\" width=\"300\" height=\"226\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dhwnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/HPIM0114-300x226.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dhwnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/HPIM0114-1024x772.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/dhwnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/HPIM0114-768x579.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dhwnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/HPIM0114-1536x1157.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/dhwnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/HPIM0114-2048x1543.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/dhwnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/HPIM0114-850x640.jpg 850w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1465\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">Bank repair after 2003 failure<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p>&nbsp;<\/p>\n<figure id=\"attachment_1473\" aria-describedby=\"caption-attachment-1473\" style=\"width: 300px\" class=\"wp-caption alignnone\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1473\" src=\"https:\/\/dhwnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/HPIM6207-300x226.jpg\" alt=\"2014 bank collapse\" width=\"300\" height=\"226\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dhwnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/HPIM6207-300x226.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dhwnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/HPIM6207-1024x772.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/dhwnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/HPIM6207-768x579.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dhwnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/HPIM6207-1536x1157.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/dhwnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/HPIM6207-2048x1543.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/dhwnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/HPIM6207-850x640.jpg 850w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><figcaption id=\"caption-attachment-1473\" class=\"wp-caption-text\">2014 bank collapse<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n<p><strong>(Awaiting image of 2024 bank repair)<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Today &#8211; my view is that the EA is behaving just like the Post Office.\u00a0 The cultural shortcomings need identifying and fixing.\u00a0 I look forward to introduction of the proposed &#8216;duty of candour&#8217; legislation.<\/p>\n<\/div>\n<h3 data-olk-copy-source=\"MailCompose\"><span style=\"color: #ff0000;\"><strong>Just look what AI reveals<\/strong><\/span><\/h3>\n<div data-olk-copy-source=\"MailCompose\">\n<div class=\"s7d4ef\">\n<div class=\"OZ9ddf WAUd4 GkDqAd RK5Kkf\">\n<div class=\"Fzsovc cwYVJe RJPOee\" role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\"><strong>Google AI Overview dated 18\/12\/2024<\/strong><\/div>\n<div class=\"QZvcUb\">\n<div data-id=\"atritem-\" data-viewer-group=\"1\">\n<div>\n<div data-viewer-entrypoint=\"1\" data-ved=\"2ahUKEwivjc6J9bCKAxWGK_sDHbN0CSAQztELegQIFhAD\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"H4fljf\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"About this result\"><span data-huuid=\"14235525963741562675\">The Jubilee River is a flood relief channel that opened in 2002 to reduce flooding in Maidenhead, Windsor, Eton, and Cookham. <\/span><span data-huuid=\"14235525963741564330\">However, some residents say that the river has caused more homes to flood since it opened.<\/span><\/div>\n<div tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"About this result\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"RJPOee mNfcNd\">\n<div class=\"EyBRub jUja0e aPfNm\" data-ve-view=\"\" data-kpfbbcast=\"\" data-hveid=\"CBYQBA\" data-ved=\"2ahUKEwivjc6J9bCKAxWGK_sDHbN0CSAQ2b4KegQIFhAE\">\n<div class=\"Pqkn2e rNSxBe\" data-ved=\"2ahUKEwivjc6J9bCKAxWGK_sDHbN0CSAQ274KegQIFhAF\">\n<div class=\"jloFI GkDqAd\">\n<div data-hveid=\"CBYQBg\" data-ved=\"2ahUKEwivjc6J9bCKAxWGK_sDHbN0CSAQ7uAMegQIFhAG\">\n<div class=\"UxeQfc\">\n<div class=\"LT6XE\">\n<div class=\"f5cPye\" data-rl=\"en\" data-lht=\"574\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"WaaZC\">\n<div class=\"RJPOee EIJn2\">\n<div class=\"rPeykc uP58nb MNX06c\" data-hveid=\"CAMQAQ\" data-ved=\"2ahUKEwivjc6J9bCKAxWGK_sDHbN0CSAQo_EKegQIAxAB\"><span data-huuid=\"14453107000533009608\"><span role=\"heading\" aria-level=\"2\">The Jubilee River has experienced a number of bank failures and other issues, including:<\/span><\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"WaaZC\">\n<div class=\"RJPOee EIJn2\">\n<ul data-hveid=\"CBUQAQ\" data-ved=\"2ahUKEwivjc6J9bCKAxWGK_sDHbN0CSAQm_YKegQIFRAB\">\n<li class=\"K3KsMc\">\n<div class=\"zMgcWd dSKvsb\" data-il=\"\">\n<div data-crb-p=\"\">\n<div class=\"xFTqob\">\n<div class=\"Gur8Ad\"><span data-huuid=\"14453107000533009133\"><strong>2003 floods<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"vM0jzc\">\n<p><span data-huuid=\"14453107000533010340\">The Jubilee River experienced bank collapse during the 2003 floods.\u00a0<\/span><span data-huuid=\"14453107000533011547\">The Environment Agency (EA) admitted to withholding information about structural problems in the river that had been known about as early as November 2002.<span class=\"UV3uM\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"NPrrbc\" data-cid=\"c7ee028d-1a09-4402-9dd6-6413925217e2\" data-uuids=\"14453107000533009133,14453107000533010340,14453107000533011547\">\n<div class=\"BMebGe btku5b fCrZyc LwdV0e FR7ZSc OJeuxf\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"View related links\" data-hveid=\"CA4QAQ\" data-ved=\"2ahUKEwivjc6J9bCKAxWGK_sDHbN0CSAQ3fYKegQIDhAB\">\n<div class=\"niO4u\">\n<div class=\"kHtcsd\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"K3KsMc\">\n<div class=\"zMgcWd dSKvsb\" data-il=\"\">\n<div data-crb-p=\"\">\n<div class=\"xFTqob\">\n<div class=\"Gur8Ad\"><span data-huuid=\"14453107000533009865\"><strong>Erosion<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"vM0jzc\">\n<p><span data-huuid=\"14453107000533011072\">The Jubilee River&#8217;s banks have eroded in several places, including at Taplow Sluice, Marsh Lane, Manor Farm, and Datchet.<span class=\"UV3uM\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"NPrrbc\" data-cid=\"0e24ed6d-1665-44c0-b6b3-aa1b85a6585f\" data-uuids=\"14453107000533009865,14453107000533011072\">\n<div class=\"BMebGe btku5b fCrZyc LwdV0e FR7ZSc OJeuxf\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"View related links\" data-hveid=\"CBAQAQ\" data-ved=\"2ahUKEwivjc6J9bCKAxWGK_sDHbN0CSAQ3fYKegQIEBAB\">\n<div class=\"niO4u\">\n<div class=\"kHtcsd\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"K3KsMc\">\n<div class=\"zMgcWd dSKvsb\" data-il=\"\">\n<div data-crb-p=\"\">\n<div class=\"xFTqob\">\n<div class=\"Gur8Ad\"><span data-huuid=\"14453107000533009390\"><strong>Design and construction defects<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"vM0jzc\">\n<p><span data-huuid=\"14453107000533010597\">An independent assessment found that the river&#8217;s actual capacity was only two-thirds of its design capacity.\u00a0<\/span><span data-huuid=\"14453107000533011804\">The assessment cited several factors, including banks that were too low, inappropriate materials, and failure to follow standard design criteria.\u00a0<\/span><span data-huuid=\"14453107000533008915\">The EA sued the lead design consultants and recovered \u00a32.75 million in an out-of-court settlement.<span class=\"UV3uM\">\u00a0<\/span><\/span><\/p>\n<div class=\"NPrrbc\" data-cid=\"28ae8f00-69a6-41dd-b2a7-834c64dbdb4a\" data-uuids=\"14453107000533009390,14453107000533010597,14453107000533011804,14453107000533008915\">\n<div class=\"BMebGe btku5b fCrZyc LwdV0e FR7ZSc OJeuxf\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"View related links\" data-hveid=\"CBIQAQ\" data-ved=\"2ahUKEwivjc6J9bCKAxWGK_sDHbN0CSAQ3fYKegQIEhAB\">\n<div class=\"niO4u\">\n<div class=\"kHtcsd\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"K3KsMc\">\n<div class=\"zMgcWd dSKvsb\" data-il=\"\">\n<div data-crb-p=\"\">\n<div class=\"xFTqob\">\n<div class=\"Gur8Ad\"><span data-huuid=\"14453107000533011329\"><strong>High rainfall<\/strong><\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"vM0jzc\"><span data-huuid=\"14453107000533008440\">High rainfall in recent winters has caused more erosion of the Jubilee River.\u00a0<\/span><span data-huuid=\"14453107000533009647\">In December 2024, the EA dropped around 100 tonnes of rock from a helicopter to plug an eroded section of the river.\u00a0<\/span><span data-huuid=\"14453107000533010854\">The EA said that the repairs were part of the river&#8217;s &#8220;midlife refurbishment&#8221;. <\/span><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"WaaZC\">\n<div class=\"RJPOee EIJn2\">\n<div class=\"rPeykc\" data-hveid=\"CBoQAQ\" data-ved=\"2ahUKEwivjc6J9bCKAxWGK_sDHbN0CSAQo_EKegQIGhAB\">\n<div class=\"NPrrbc\" data-cid=\"82b2774d-11d9-4bd2-b675-46e32ca477f2\" data-uuids=\"14235525963741562675,14235525963741564330\">\n<div class=\"BMebGe btku5b fCrZyc LwdV0e FR7ZSc OJeuxf\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"View related links\" data-hveid=\"CBwQAQ\" data-ved=\"2ahUKEwivjc6J9bCKAxWGK_sDHbN0CSAQ3fYKegQIHBAB\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"kLMmLc\">\n<div class=\"Clk5Ib\">\n<div class=\"IGvtd\">\n<div class=\"TRXNOc\">\n<div class=\"BOThhc\">\n<div class=\"ifiyWc\">\n<div id=\"folsrch-sources-1\">\n<div class=\"fx92l\" data-hveid=\"CB4QAA\" data-ved=\"2ahUKEwivjc6J9bCKAxWGK_sDHbN0CSAQ99ANegQIHhAA\">\n<ul class=\"zVKf0d Cgh8Qc\">\n<li class=\"LLtSOc\" data-hveid=\"CB4QAQ\" data-ved=\"2ahUKEwivjc6J9bCKAxWGK_sDHbN0CSAQ2ZEOegQIHhAB\">\n<div class=\"ibUR7b tg2Kqf\">\n<div class=\"mNme1d tNxQIb\">January 2003 Floods and Jubilee River Bank Collapse<\/div>\n<div class=\"ZigeC wHYlTd\"><span class=\"gxZfx\">At the FRAG Open Day held at Spelthorne on 27th April 2004 the Environment Agency, under pressure, admitted the reason for not com&#8230;<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"LzPlYe\">\n<div class=\"HAC9Fd vDF3Oc jIrdcd\">\n<div class=\"iDBaYb\">\n<div class=\"d6R6kf\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"oRVWZ qr5Pe Vwoesf\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tj8bcb LW6JDf\">\n<div data-id=\"atritem-https:\/\/www.thamesweb.co.uk\/floodrelief\/2003_JRbankcollapse.html\" data-viewer-group=\"1\">\n<div>\n<div data-viewer-entrypoint=\"1\" data-ved=\"2ahUKEwivjc6J9bCKAxWGK_sDHbN0CSAQ2esEegQIHhAE\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"LLtSOc\" data-hveid=\"CB4QBQ\" data-ved=\"2ahUKEwivjc6J9bCKAxWGK_sDHbN0CSAQ2ZEOegQIHhAF\">\n<div class=\"ibUR7b tg2Kqf\">\n<div class=\"mNme1d tNxQIb\">Jubilee River &#8211; Wikipedia<\/div>\n<div class=\"ZigeC wHYlTd\"><span class=\"gxZfx\">When flood water was admitted to the channel, the flows were well short of its designed maximum flow capacity, and yet there was s&#8230;<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"LzPlYe\">\n<div class=\"HAC9Fd vDF3Oc jIrdcd\">\n<div class=\"iDBaYb\">\n<div class=\"d6R6kf\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"oRVWZ GB3ilc Vwoesf\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"LbKnXb YAG2qc UYJxh\">\n<div class=\"R8BTeb q8U8x LJEGod du278d i0Rdmd\">Wikipedia<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tj8bcb LW6JDf\">\n<div data-id=\"atritem-https:\/\/en.wikipedia.org\/wiki\/Jubilee_River\" data-viewer-group=\"1\">\n<div>\n<div data-viewer-entrypoint=\"1\" data-ved=\"2ahUKEwivjc6J9bCKAxWGK_sDHbN0CSAQ2esEegQIHhAI\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"iTPLzd rNSxBe eY4mx lUn2nc\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"About this result\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<li class=\"LLtSOc\" data-hveid=\"CB4QCQ\" data-ved=\"2ahUKEwivjc6J9bCKAxWGK_sDHbN0CSAQ2ZEOegQIHhAJ\">\n<div class=\"ibUR7b tg2Kqf\">\n<div class=\"mNme1d tNxQIb\">&#8216;<span style=\"color: #ff0000;\">Needs of Jubilee River&#8217; to be reviewed<\/span> after emergency works <span class=\"gxZfx\">2 days ago \u2014 Sam Leech. 05:00PM, Monday 16 December 2024. Photo: Environment Agency. Emergency works to shore up a slipped riverbank &#8230;<\/span><\/div>\n<div class=\"LzPlYe\">\n<div class=\"HAC9Fd vDF3Oc jIrdcd\">\n<div class=\"iDBaYb\">\n<div class=\"d6R6kf\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"oRVWZ GB3ilc Vwoesf\" aria-hidden=\"true\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"LbKnXb YAG2qc UYJxh\">\n<div class=\"R8BTeb q8U8x LJEGod du278d i0Rdmd\">Maidenhead Advertiser<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"tj8bcb LW6JDf\">\n<div data-id=\"atritem-https:\/\/www.maidenhead-advertiser.co.uk\/news\/environment\/199446\/needs-of-jubilee-river-to-be-reviewed-after-emergency-works-near-maidenhead.html\" data-viewer-group=\"1\">\n<div>\n<div data-viewer-entrypoint=\"1\" data-ved=\"2ahUKEwivjc6J9bCKAxWGK_sDHbN0CSAQ2esEegQIHhAM\">\n<div>\n<div class=\"iTPLzd rNSxBe eY4mx lUn2nc\" tabindex=\"0\" role=\"button\" aria-label=\"About this result\"><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div id=\"folsrch-sqf-1\" class=\"OS7YA\">\n<div class=\"k1m1re\">\n<div class=\"wc5K8d\">\n<div lang=\"en\">\n<div class=\"DuQANe\">Generative AI is experimental.<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div data-olk-copy-source=\"MailCompose\"><strong>End of Google AI Overview dated 18\/12\/2024<\/strong><\/div>\n<div data-olk-copy-source=\"MailCompose\"><\/div>\n<div data-olk-copy-source=\"MailCompose\"><strong><em>The following is a contribution from a local river user:<\/em><\/strong><\/div>\n<div data-olk-copy-source=\"MailCompose\">&#8220;Indeed, this is only happening because the EA bet its tawdry soul (and the lives of so many of us, on its blatant, hydrologically nonsensical lie of 1996 &#8211; &#8220;that rivers do self-dredge&#8221; (whatever that was supposed to mean).\u00a0 &#8220;That picture illustrates exactly what happens if and when a river &#8220;self-dredges&#8221; itself.\u00a0 It destroys lives and businesses, makes insurance impossible and spreads across the land, into our homes and then into our airways the very stuff that it was so furtively concerned about allowing its now-departed dredging teams to handle.<\/div>\n<div data-olk-copy-source=\"MailCompose\">One reason for the EA&#8217;s implausible claim of self-dredging lies in the historic (and possibly continuing) discharges of radioactive materials into water courses close to Harwell and Aldermaston, referred to in this contemporary document:<br \/>\n<a title=\"http:\/\/www.fraw.org.uk\/...\/radioactive_substances_in_se.pdf\" href=\"http:\/\/www.fraw.org.uk\/...\/radioactive_substances_in_se.pdf\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"0\">http:\/\/www.fraw.org.uk\/&#8230;\/radioactive_substances_in_se.pdf<\/a><br \/>\n[link not working?] and I would draw attention to the 2 paragraphs on p4 beginning with &#8220;The future of Harwell at &#8230;&#8221; So lightly radio-active wet silt (even if at low activity levels) is distributed by flood flows into our homes, gardens and surroundings,<br \/>\nwhere it dries into fine dust and passes thence into our lungs and bloodstream. Well, you wouldn&#8217;t want your workforce handling that sort of stuff, would you? Unfortunately, it is by deliberately ceasing river maintenance and thus leaving the rivers to clog in places and erode in others that we get these recent and repeated floods, which bring ashore this finest of silt, with its vast surface area per gramme, onto which<br \/>\nsuch undesirable radio-nucleides so readily adsorb.<br \/>\n&#8220;As for how much surface we are to expect from fine river silt, this has been shown to be in the region of 22 square metres per gramme of silt &#8211; see:<br \/>\n<a title=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/...\/abs\/pii\/S0883292710001356\" href=\"https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/...\/abs\/pii\/S0883292710001356\" data-auth=\"NotApplicable\" data-linkindex=\"1\">https:\/\/www.sciencedirect.com\/&#8230;\/abs\/pii\/S0883292710001356<\/a>\u00a0 [Link not working?] or comparison, the area of an Association Football field is about 7000 square metres, so the particles in just 0.32kg of river silt would be likely to have the same total surface area as a Premier League pitch. It is onto that surface, and particularly onto the corners and edges of those ultra-fine silt dust particles, which have high levels of affinity for these materials that unwelcome substances discharged into our rivers<br \/>\nover several decades (including all the things we really don&#8217;t need to inhale), can and do so readily attach themselves.&#8221;<\/div>\n<div data-olk-copy-source=\"MailCompose\"><em><strong>End of contribution from local river user<\/strong><\/em><\/div>\n<div data-olk-copy-source=\"MailCompose\">\n<p><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" class=\"size-medium wp-image-1479\" src=\"https:\/\/dhwnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_7119-300x200.jpg\" alt=\"Helicopter\" width=\"300\" height=\"200\" srcset=\"https:\/\/dhwnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_7119-300x200.jpg 300w, https:\/\/dhwnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_7119-1024x683.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/dhwnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_7119-768x512.jpg 768w, https:\/\/dhwnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_7119-1536x1024.jpg 1536w, https:\/\/dhwnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_7119-2048x1365.jpg 2048w, https:\/\/dhwnews.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2024\/12\/IMG_7119-850x567.jpg 850w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 300px) 100vw, 300px\" \/><\/p>\n<\/div>\n<div data-olk-copy-source=\"MailCompose\">More to follow later<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>MVI_7126 Moving bags of stone (Bank repair after 2024 failure &#8211; awaiting image!) 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