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...
Flood Alert Information
Tilshead Borehole Levels – 30th December 2016
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...
Tilshead Borehole Levels – 23rd December 2016
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...
Tilshead Borehole Levels – 16 December 2016
Only 5.1mm of rain over the last week (according to Janet Abbot's website this morning). Although this sounds to be very little, over the whole catchment area, it has had some effect and water...
Tilshead Borehole Levels – 9 December 2016
No overall change in water levels in the Tilshead borehole since last week, although it did vary by 2cm. No real rain, but the mist we have had has been enough to stem the previously dropping...
Environment Agency Flood Alerts
Newcomers to Winterbourne Stoke are often surprised to find we are in a flood alert area, especially given the size of the River Till. Oddly enough we are in a very unusual flood area and the River...
Tilshead Borehole Level – 1st December 2016
The first reading for this years Flood Risk Season shows a level of 79.7 metres, roughly average for this time of year. The level has been falling slowly but steadily since the heavy rains a week...
Tilshead Borehole Water Levels
For the last few years, Andy Shuttleworth has been monitoring the water levels in the Tilshead borehole during the winter. This, together with rainfall data provided by Janet Abbott's wonderful...