Melting ice caps and the thermal expansion of our warming oceans has driven sea levels to rise by 102.3mm in just 30 years. Study evidence published last week revealed this increase could be exacerbated further as water was discovered beneath the Antarctic ice sheet for the first time – a…
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Plans for a milestone £150 million flood alleviation scheme in Oxford have been submitted by the Environment Agency (EA) – the latest flood prevention measure put forward by the government. The project, which awaits approval from Oxfordshire County Council, will introduce a new stream,…
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GeoSmart apprentice Jasmine Spender-Jones has been appointed the position of Business Administrator, a role she will undertake once her apprenticeship concludes this Summer. Jasmine began her apprenticeship with GeoSmart in April 2021 after enrolling through a scheme provided by Shrewsbury College.…
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English rivers are a “chemical cocktail”, according to a parliamentary report which revealed just 14% meet a good ecological standard – the fourth consecutive year this statistic has remained unchanged. Published in January 2022 by The Environmental Audit Committee, the report…
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Storm Franklin has caused flood devastation across many parts of the UK: people were evacuated from their homes, power cuts affected more than 12,000 properties and there were transport cancellations up and down the country. A severe flood warning remains in place for Bewdley, Worcestershire, where…
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An interview was published with Emma Howard Boyd, the head of the Environment Agency, in The Times recently, in which she warned it could become too expensive to save homes that are built on flood plains. The caveat comes after the Climate Change Committee calculated that while there are 1.9…
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As Cop26 draws to a close, we’re pleased to unveil our new product FloodSmart Analytics that will enable insurers, risk managers and mortgage lenders to accurately assess flood risk at even single building level. FloodSmart Analytics provides high-definition analysis for flood depths,…
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There has recently been an update to London Borough of Richmond’s Basement Impact Assessment (BIA) Guidance (March 2021), with Richmond now requesting more detail from developers on groundwater flooding at their Site. In this post, GeoSmart review the guidance and advise what can be done to meet…
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The Queen’s speech of 11th May 2021 outlined plans to bring the Planning Bill forward so new properties could be developed sooner. Authorities such as Flood Re and the Town and Country Planning Association (TCPA) have raised concern that new homes are not built in areas of flood risk. The bill…
Read more…By Jon Haycox: 18 February 2021 As of February 2021, groundwater levels are now high in many areas of England with properties on alert in Kent, Surrey, Berkshire, Hampshire and Wiltshire for the risk of groundwater flooding. GeoSmart Information are specialists in groundwater and are monitoring…
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