FLOODING – USEFUL WEBSITES AND INFORMATION
Useful websites
These are a few useful websites that you are advised to look at. They are all helpful and contain good advice for anyone under threat of flooding or suffering from storm damage.
The first three are useful sources of information as regards the river level, groundwater level and current weather conditions in the Bishopstone area.
Environment Agency (EA) River Monitoring at Ebbesbourne Wake. (https://flood-warning-information.service.gov.uk/station/3371)
In effect river level monitoring, though this is someway upstream.
EA borehole monitoring at Windwhistle Farm. (https://flood-warning-information.service.gov.uk/station/9272)
This gives an indication of water levels in an aquifer - again monitoring linked to groundwater flooding.
The private Weather Station at Flamstone Farm. (https://flamstone.com/wd/ww.php)
This excellent local weather website is a detailed record and shows daily rainfall levels, monthly rainfall and comparisons with the calculated averages.
Other sources of information:
ww.bishopstone-salisbury.co.uk
Your Villagewwebsite. This will carry updates in the event of potential emergency situations arising.
www.metoffice.com
The Met Office website gives an accurate forecast for the village based on Salisbury Racecourse as the closest prediction site.
www.bbc.co.uk/weather
The BBC’s forecast based on information from Boscombe Down, therefore possibly less accurate.
www.wiltshire.gov.uk/civilemergencies/emergencynotices
Wiltshire council’s website with detail of emergency notices and road closures.
www.environment-agency.gov.uk
The Environment Agencies own website.
www.hpa.org.uk/webc/HPAwebFile/HPAweb_C/1317140405287
The Health Protection Agencies website. This link takes you to a very useful Flood Guide and backs up the Individual Flood Plan issued by the Environment Agency.
www.webpmac.com
This gives details of borehole readings. ID is South Wessex EA and password is Blandford. Best for our area is Clearbury Down 2.
www.floodforum.org.uk
The National Flood Forums website gives helpful advice.
www.bluepages.org.uk
This excellent website is run by the National Flood Forum. It offers detailed advice on flood prevention aids and is an excellent first port of call for constructive advice. The products recommended are all ‘kite-marked’.
www.theconstructioncentre.co.uk
Good advice and help sheets available, which recommend actions ‘at risk’ property owners should take if there is a flood risk.
www.bdma.org.uk
Another good website belonging to the British Damage Management Association with help-sheets with sound advice for flood risk property owners.
www.ciria.org/flooding
And another good website with sound advice run by the Construction Industry Research and Information Association.
www.wessexwater.co.uk/WorkArea/DownloadAsset.aspx?id=2048
Offers a guide as to what to do if you are flooded with sewage.
www.wessexwater.co.uk/water-and-sewerage/threecol.aspx?id=726
Detail if you are threatened by flooding from sewage.