Flood Alert Information

Tilshead Borehole Levels: 19th January 2018

Water levels in the aquifer have continued to rise throughout the week, but with relatively little rainfall during the last two weeks, the rate of rise has fallen off a bit. Overall, the water level...

Tilshead Borehole Levels: 12th January 2018

As you may have seen on the News page, Winterbourne Stoke once again can live up to its name as the springs in and around the village have begun to break.   We've learned that this seems to happen...

Tilshead Borehole Levels: 5th January 2018

Happy New Year to you all.  Last year ended with something of a deluge.  We had 95mm or rain during December which is more than twice the amount we had in the previous December with the most rain...

Tilshead Borehole levels: 29th December 2017

The water level in the Tilshead borehole has continued to rise throughout the last week following several days of rainy weather.  Although still below average (black circles), this year's levels...

Tilshead Borehole Levels: 22nd December 2017

Although there has been relatively little rain during the period, there has still been a slow but steady increase in the water level in the Tilshead aquifer. Despite this, the levels are well below...

Tilshead Borehole Levels: 15 December 2017

Given all the rain sleet and, briefly, snow, we had last week 42mm in all. It probably won't come as too much of a surprise that the water levels in the Tilshead aquifer, which had been falling...

Tilshead Borehole Level: 08 December 2017

This is the first bulletin of the 2017-2018 season.  Water levels in the Tilshead borehole are very low (arrowed) and over the last week have actually fallen by 30mm.  There has been a little rain...

Tilshead Borehole Levels: 31st March 2017

Well, this is the last of the planned Tilshead Borehole Level bulletins for the winter of 2016-2017.  We've had the most uneventful winter, at least as far as rain goes, in the last 4 years which...

Tilshead Borehole Levels: 24th March 2017

We've had a surprising volume of rain over the last week, already making March 2017 the second wettest since we have been monitoring the water levels in the Tilshead borehole during the winter.  ...

Tilshead Borehole Levels: 17th March 2017

A very odd week indeed.  As predicted last Friday, with spring well under-way, trees coming into bud, grass growing, and very little rain, the water level in the Tilshead borehole continued to fall...

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