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Groundwater flooding is the lowest profile type of flooding, but it can be the hardest to predict, cope with and recover from. It tends to come on unexpectedly and then take a long time to recede. This makes it especially hard to deal with in terms of PFR - Property Flood Resilience.
In this episode, Rob Pike from RAB Consultants shares his expertise. Why does groundwater flooding present different challenges to defending buildings and keeping them dry? What is the latest thinking in terms of best practice before, during and after a groundwater flooding event? Rob gives great insights into the types of equipment that can be useful and talks about how different combinations of equipment and protection can work effectively.
As usual, there is real lived experience to shape the discussion. Susan Young lives close to the Thames and her flat was flooded by groundwater only a day or two after she had brought the property. She talks about what it was like to be groundwater flooded and how she took a positive and proactive approach to making her flat as resilient as possible in the future. By harnessing expert advice, accessing funding and researching insurance and equipment, she has managed to build back stronger as minimal cost to herself.
Susan talks in the episode about the help she got from 'Flood Mary' - you can find out more information here: floodmary.com
To find out more about Project Groundwater, visit projectgroundwater.co.uk
Want to watch this episode on YouTube? Go to www.youtube.com/@GroundwaterRising
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Why is groundwater flooding often referred to as "invisible flooding" or "forgotten flooding"?
There's plenty about groundwater flooding that makes it different from other forms of flooding. It's less predictable, less mapped, less measured and less headline-grabbing. But for the people and businesses affected by it, it can often be more trouble. How can you prepare for something you don't know is coming? How do you recover from a flood that takes way longer to recede than other types? And what about the mental health impacts of seeing the water level millimetres below your floorboards, or slowly rising from the sewers (bringing the contents with it)?
Groundwater flooding is tricky. Hard to grasp. And that's exactly why Project Groundwater was started - to begin to understand this type of flooding more so that it can be handled better. In this episode, Jed Ramsay - leader of Project Groundwater, and one of the UK's most knowledgeable groundwater flooding experts - joins host Katie Hargrave-Smith to reveal what we know... and what we don't know.
Plus, as always on Groundwater Rising, there is firsthand experience shared by a community member affected by groundwater flooding. Andy from Kimpton in Hertfordshire shares his story - how long-dry hillside springs suddenly started seeping water and how a "dead" river came back to life to threaten houses built on top of it, with even the council telling him the river he was was now bailing out of his neighbour's garden... simply "didn't exist".
To find out more about Project Groundwater, visit projectgroundwater.co.uk
Want to watch this episode on YouTube? Go to www.youtube.com/@GroundwaterRising
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Want to watch this episode on YouTube? Go to www.youtube.com/@GroundwaterRising
What does resilience even mean?
It's a term that gets bandied around a lot - in press releases, government briefings and every new bit of environmental policy... but are there social, political and economic contexts and caveats that mean that in reality, the aim to make communities more "resilient" isn't being achieved? Or are we all more prepared for challenges that things like flooding - especially groundwater flooding - bring... because we are familiar with the concept of resilience and are supported to make it happen?
Host Katie Hargrave-Smith is joined by two experts in the field - Dr Karen Potter and Dr Sarah Fitton - who have undertaken considerable research into the term "resilience" - it's history, political DNA and relevance to communities dealing with the challenges of all types of flooding, including groundwater.
Plus, to get the real-life lived experience of a community member affected by groundwater flooding, Simon Collings from Oxford Flood Alliance talks about what resilience really looks like at ground level.
You can access Dr Karen Potter and Dr Sarah Fitton's report on Resilience, here: 1713945164.pdf (projectgroundwater.co.uk)
To find out more about Project Groundwater, visit projectgroundwater.co.uk
Want to watch this episode on YouTube? Go to www.youtube.com/@GroundwaterRising
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Katie Hargrave-Smith from Project Groundwater explains what's in store from new monthly podcast 'Groundwater Rising'. Why is this often referred to as "forgotten flooding"? How does it differ from other types of flooding... and why is so little known about it?
To find out more about Project Groundwater, visit projectgroundwater.co.uk
Want to watch this episode on YouTube? Go to www.youtube.com/@GroundwaterRising
