Environment

The rise in the water level at the Tilshead borehole has continued during the week, despite there being only 4.3mm of rain during the period.  The rate of increase has tailed off though. We...

Despite only having 3.3mm of rain over the last 7 days, the water levels in the Tilshead borehole have continued their inexorable rise, though the rate of increase has slowed considerably.  It just...

The level of water in the Tilshead borehole has been on a bit of knife edge for a week or two now, in the sense that over the last few years water doesn't start to flow in the Till under the bridge...

Well, it seems as if the winter rain has finally arrived, although the totals for January, at 60mm, were a little lower than the 189mm we had back in 2013-14 or even the 94mm we had last year.  The...

The slow rise of the water level in the Tilshead borehole continues.  It is almost a linear increase since the 1st December.  The effect this is having on the 4-year average is becoming...

With very little rain again this week, the borehole water levels have hardly risen.  The graph is looking quite alarming.  The 4 year average has been forced down by almost 4 metres, we are almost...

The water level in the Tilshead borehole continues to rise at a slow, but steady, rate.  In fact, levels are some 8 metres below the 4 year average for this time of year. A little rain is...

Another week with only a little rain.  The water levels in the aquifer continue to rise, but at a very low rate. We continue to lag behind even last years modest rise.  We have had a little...

The Christmas week has gone well and we have had relatively little rain, but lots of mist.  The combination has meant that small quantities of water have been entering the aquifer and the level has...

With just a smattering of rain and some heavy mists during the week, current borehole levels remain towards the low end of average for the last 4 years.  All very encouraging. There is some...