Athough we have only had 8.3 mm of rain during the week, despite a forecast that suggested much more, water levels in the borehole have risen slowly, but steadily during the course of the last seven...
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Tilshead Borehole Levels: 7th December 2018
After a long, hot, and exceptionally dry summer, you might be forgiven for thinking that water levels in the River Till aquifer would be very low and to some extent that is true. The current water...
Tilshead Borehole Levels: Sunday 8th April 2018
We are rather regretting our comments on rain in our "final" flood bulletin of 2018. Typically, it hasn't stopped raining since! As of this morning, the water level in the Tilshead borehole...
Tilshead Borehole Levels: 31st March 2018
Well, we've come to the end of the 2017-2018 flood watch. Although we began 2018 with one of the dryest January and Februarys of the last 5 years, we have ended with the wettest March. Although...
Tilshead Borehole Levels: 24th March 2018
After two weeks of falling water levels in the Tilshead Borehole we have had a sudden upturn in the last 48 hours. This is almost certainly due to the snow melt that has taken place over the last...
Tilshead Borehole Levels: 16th March 2018
Apologies for the late publication of this weeks data, but Andy has been away and not able to get online. Here is the good news. Despite all the snow and a fair bit of rain, water levels in the...
Tilshead Borehole Levels: 8th March 2018
We are bringing you this a day early this week for operational reasons. Despite all the snowmelt and some rain early in the week, the borehole levels have stayed prety much the same. Overall,...
Tilshead Borehole Levels: 2nd March 2018
The snow we predicted last week arrived yesterday - and with a vengeance. March really did come in like a lion! As I write, the A303 is closed in both directions to the west of the village and...
Tilshead Borehole Levels: 23rd February 2018
February seems set to be a month with below average rainfall - unless we have torrents before the end of the month it may well turn out to be the driest in 5 years. We had a slight panic earlier in...
Tilshead Borehole Levels: 16th February 2018
Despite a fair bit of rain over the last week, with lots of surface water, the rate of rise in the aquifer has fallen to a com[lete standstill. It shows appearances can be deceptive. We are just...