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Video: Flood erosion protection in Cumbria

In 2005 and 2009 the river Derwent, Cumbria experienced devastating floods. These floods and other high-flows of water eroded river banks to such an extent that natural recovery was not an option.

We’ve been working with a number of groups to help install ‘soft engineered’ river bank protection in rural areas.

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