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Witham Fourth District IDB

3 months

If you are interest to know more about your rights and responsibilities on watercourses near you, scan the QR code below 👇 #floodaware #beprepared

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Witham Fourth District IDB

@W4IDB

5 years

We continue to deal with this weeks water at our Hobhole Pumping Station. Pumps and men working 24 hours per day to evacuate water from rural communities and agricultural land. @looknorthBBC @ADA_updates

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@W4IDB

5 years

This is what 2300hp pumping 27,000L/sec sounds like #hobholePS #engineering #idb

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Witham Fourth District IDB

@W4IDB

11 months

A week on from record amounts of rain and it’s a lovely sunny morning in the Fens. Spare a thought for our men who are still on shifts running the pumps 24/7 dealing with the water. #silentservice #idb

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Witham Fourth District IDB

@W4IDB

4 years

Can't beat a free discharge, Hobhole Sluice at full throttle #rain #IDB

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Witham Fourth District IDB

@W4IDB

1 year

The morning after, heart breaking for our rate payers, Many who have just drilled these fields. Rest assured we won’t stop until this is cleared up

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Witham Fourth District IDB

@W4IDB

4 years

32mm of rain for the District since the 3rd Feb has resulted in another period of at near capacity, 24hr pumping and 7.2 million tonnes of water evacuated from the District at Hobhole Pumping Station. Big thanks to our teams on 12hr shifts. #team #idb

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Witham Fourth District IDB

@W4IDB

5 years

20 to 25mm or rain across the District yesterday has meant Pumping Stations are busy with combination of electric and diesel pumps running. This one is currently moving 12,500 litres per second #IDB #silentservice

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Witham Fourth District IDB

@W4IDB

1 year

The Board are dealing with a significant amount of ground and surface water. All our pumps are on and operating on 12 hour shifts. Please be patient with our staff when reporting issues. #idb

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Witham Fourth District IDB

@W4IDB

5 years

Busy day in the District with all the pumps running and staff now on night shifts in the pumping stations. 100mm plus has fallen since Sunday #Rain #FloodAware #IDB

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Witham Fourth District IDB

@W4IDB

5 years

So far in 2019 @W4IDB pumps have pumped 92,517 million litres of water. Rutland Water holds 124,000 million litres. Id say a 💪 performace by the team. #idb #teamwork

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Witham Fourth District IDB

@W4IDB

11 months

What a difference 4 days make #teamw4idb #silentservice

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Witham Fourth District IDB

@W4IDB

5 years

Recent rain has meant our guys are on 12 shifts a Hobehole and Lade Bank Pumping Stations, spare a thought for the night shift crews keeping our feet dry. Picture thanks to @jm_halls

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Witham Fourth District IDB

@W4IDB

11 months

Some interesting stats here, 5 times the average for our region. If this isn’t enough to motivate policy change on river maintenance standards, especially in our lowland catchments, nothing is. It’s time for change, it’s time to be bold, it’s now or never #policy @DefraGovUK

Dave Throup

@DaveThroup

11 months

Some huge average river flows in October. Most reference sites well above normal. But in East Anglia around five times average! Three to four times normal flows in several northern England rivers. That’s a lot of water being transported by our natural infrastructure.

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Witham Fourth District IDB

@W4IDB

2 years

Looking forward to having this event in the Board's District and supporting @ADA_updates and @DysonFarming in what will be a fantastic live demonstration of the latest technology in flood risk management. #F &WL23

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Witham Fourth District IDB

@W4IDB

5 years

While there is still a lot of water about, its a slightly improving picture in the District with levels slowly reducing. To date 10 millon tonnes or water has been pumped at Hobhole P.S. #FloodAware #rain #IDB

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Witham Fourth District IDB

@W4IDB

10 months

Today we said farewell to the Boards forma Chairman. Rest in peace James the Boardroom will not be the same without you.

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Witham Fourth District IDB

@W4IDB

3 years

Our teams are currently installing the bases for new remote telemetry water level and rainfall monitoring stations across the District. These 12 sites are also having kingfisher nesting boxes incorporated into their design. #idb #environment

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Witham Fourth District IDB

@W4IDB

4 years

34mm of rain at Hobhole P.S, 15mm at Lade Bank. Pumps running at all sites. It wouldnt be Christmas without a rain event to worry about 😂 #thatsthejob #rain #idb

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Witham Fourth District IDB

@W4IDB

5 years

After last nights rain the guys are back on duty. Will the rain ever stop. #rain #teamwork #idb

Witham Fourth District IDB

@W4IDB

5 years

Hobhole and Lade Bank Pumping Stations both still busy today lowering levels in the District. #idb #water #rain

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Witham Fourth District IDB

@W4IDB

11 months

We would like to reassure the residents and land occupiers of the East Fen and wider District that we are doing as much as we can to deal with the recent rain and Main River overtopping. The Lade Bank & Hobhole PS’s are running at full capacity 24hrs a day.

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Witham Fourth District IDB

@W4IDB

4 years

Not the picture we wanted for Christmas Eve, none the less our committed staff are in and the water is moving #rain #idb #MerryChristmas

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Witham Fourth District IDB

@W4IDB

5 years

Busy night for the men, flows will soon peak. 17,000 l/sec going through Lade Bank PS and 28,000 l/sec through Hobhole PS #pumping #idb

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Witham Fourth District IDB

@W4IDB

5 years

Hobhole and Lade Bank Pumping Stations both still busy today lowering levels in the District. #idb #water #rain

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Witham Fourth District IDB

@W4IDB

6 years

Drain cleansing works moving on nicely, phase 2 of this Drain nearly complete. #mudding #engineering #idb

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Witham Fourth District IDB

@W4IDB

3 years

A fantastic piece of workmanship by our workforce on the Gride near Boston. #team #idb #FRM

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Witham Fourth District IDB

@W4IDB

4 years

Big Day for the Board. The Board recenlty approved a 15 year plan to refurbish all its major assets. Today saw the start of this with the Wrangle Pumping Station Asset Condition Survey #investment #engineering #IDB

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Witham Fourth District IDB

@W4IDB

5 years

An improving picture across the catchment this morning. Pumps really getting hold of the backwater now. #floodaware #rain #IDB

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Witham Fourth District IDB

@W4IDB

3 years

The most up to date Lidar of the Board's District. The dark blue represents some of the lowest land in Lincolnshire.

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Witham Fourth District IDB

@W4IDB

5 years

We have just experianced an unprecedented event on our catchment, our staff have risen to the challenge and our infrastructure has performed as designed. Still work to do but a 7 day turn around is impressive by anyones standards #incidentresponse #FloodAware #IDBs

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Witham Fourth District IDB

@W4IDB

9 months

As you celebrate tonight, raise a glass to our staff operating pumping stations tonight and tomorrow #thesilentservice #idb

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Witham Fourth District IDB

@W4IDB

11 months

Serenity surrounding the noise of a busy Pumping Station, credits to Richard our night shift Pump Attendant for capturing this in the early ours. #stillpumping #idb

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Witham Fourth District IDB

@W4IDB

4 years

2020 Pumped Volumes at all sites. 91,460,178 million tonnes pumped. 20,459,880 million tonnes pumped twice out of the lower land in the East Fen to the Lower Hobhole.

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Witham Fourth District IDB

@W4IDB

9 months

#greenforgo again, pumps are running and we are moving as much as we can #idb

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Witham Fourth District IDB

@W4IDB

5 years

@W4IDB teams now working with @EnvAgency responding to the events in #Wainfleet Our pump men on 24hrs shifts pumping water from the Steeping River discharging into the Bellwater Drain. IDB Engineers watching levels closely ensuring our District is not compromised #revovery #IDB

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Witham Fourth District IDB

@W4IDB

4 years

Otters are pleased they have cleared watercourse to swim in. #environment #IDB

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Witham Fourth District IDB

@W4IDB

5 years

Pump crews settling in for the nightshift at our Pumping Stations. After a hectic few days we hope for a settled, problem free night. #teamwork #Floodaware #IDB

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Witham Fourth District IDB

@W4IDB

5 years

Look quick or you might miss it. Some under water footage of a European Silver Eel migrating back to the Sargasso Sea through our sluice at Hobhole Pumping Station. Credits to @FishMigrationDr and his team on their great reasurch. #eels #environment #workingtogether

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Witham Fourth District IDB

@W4IDB

4 years

It's been a difficult year, but we have still managed to deliver some beneficial environment projects. #environment #idb

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Witham Fourth District IDB

@W4IDB

2 years

First of 12 new remote water level and rainfall monitoring stations commissioned today. The information from these will be key to managing flood risk across the District #IDB

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Witham Fourth District IDB

@W4IDB

6 years

A fine example of the challenges we face looking after our Fenland Waterways. Phase 1 of this 50m bank slip repair is now under way. #engineering #idb

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Witham Fourth District IDB

@W4IDB

4 years

A fine example of watercourse slip repair work, completed by our Op's Team. 👍👍 #Engineering #IDB

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Witham Fourth District IDB

@W4IDB

4 years

Summer might have gone, but summer channel maintenance is still well underway #fens #drainage #IDB

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Witham Fourth District IDB

@W4IDB

5 years

Also now maximising the low tide and sluicing along side the pumps #rain #FloodAware #idb

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Witham Fourth District IDB

@W4IDB

10 months

With the land fully charged, the last 36 hours of snow and rain has resulted in 24 hour diesel pumping at Lade Bank and Hobhole Pumping Stations #silentservice #idb

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Witham Fourth District IDB

@W4IDB

5 years

All @W4IDB would like to wish all our followers, rate payers, suppliers, contractors and anybody else who has helped us and supported us through this very wet year and very Merry Christmas and DRY New Year #ItsChristmas

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Witham Fourth District IDB

@W4IDB

5 years

Officers have been out this week with @alanball101 inspecting Owl and Kestrel Boxes. Considering the recent wet weather, it's not been a bad year for numbers #IDB 's

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Witham Fourth District IDB

@W4IDB

9 months

36mm mid district from Storm Henk and on an already saturated catchment. With all pumps running we have 42,000 litres per second leaving the district, conditions will soon improve #thesilentservice #idb

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Witham Fourth District IDB

@W4IDB

5 years

Our new website is up and running, check out the useful maps if you're looking to find a W4IDB watercourse near you.

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Witham Fourth District IDB

@W4IDB

3 years

Soil moisture is now becoming a worry for many of our rate payers. We have very quickly gone from drainage focused to water level management focused for irrigation. #rain #idb

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Witham Fourth District IDB

@W4IDB

6 years

We would all like to wish Andy Carrot, pictured here with our CEO @peterpxb a happy retirement after 40 years service to the drainage industry, 36 of those to @W4IDB Thank you for your loyal service Andy 👍 #engineer #idb

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Witham Fourth District IDB

@W4IDB

5 years

Bracing ourselves for yet another soaking and yet another stint of round the clock pumping. #rain #idb #weather

Met Office

@metoffice

5 years

Ice, heavy rain and fog are all possible during Thursday morning's rush hour. Take care on the roads

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@W4IDB

2 years

It is always rewarding to see life in our Owl boxes, three young ones here at different growth stages. #IDB #Environment

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Witham Fourth District IDB

@W4IDB

4 years

Our Pump Team are in Cheshire this week decommissioning a T47 Allen Engine for spares at Hobhole Pumping Station.

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Witham Fourth District IDB

@W4IDB

5 years

and so it beings again....Hobhole and Lade Bank Pump Station Attendants on shift again... #rain #whenwillitstop

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Witham Fourth District IDB

@W4IDB

2 years

Thorough maintenance is important to keeping our rivers and watercourses flowing. This includes the dirty work of cleaning culverts. @milkfarmerphil #maintenace #operations #engineering

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Witham Fourth District IDB

@W4IDB

5 years

Regret to say another slip on the #foddersykebank another uncontrollable result of saturated ground. Inevitable further disruption to local residents, please be patient while the repairs are carried out

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@W4IDB

5 years

Approx 25mm of rain in the catchment last night. Soil moisture deficit at 90mm before the rain. Duty pumps running to manage summer levels today and staff will be monitoring the forecast and levels. #morerain #summer #idb

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Witham Fourth District IDB

@W4IDB

7 years

2.2m dia pump impeller @ Hobhole Pumping Station currently out for essential repair work. Not in bad condition for 54 year old engineering. #idb #engineering #heritage

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Witham Fourth District IDB

@W4IDB

4 years

❗WARNING❗ We have suspected Blue Green Algae in the Lower Hobhole Drain. Haltoft End Bridge to Hobhole P.S. Do not swim or let you dogs swim in the water. This is poisonous and could be fatal if swollowed. @Bostonboro @EnvAgencyAnglia @EastLindseyDC

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@W4IDB

3 years

Good conservation and biodiversity has equal priority with maintenance and pumping, and we are always looking for opportunities to hence the environment. This is a good example of wild flower meadow established in conjunction with some recent pump maintenance.

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Witham Fourth District IDB

@W4IDB

1 year

Green for go….our team is already hard at work dealing Storm Babet. Water levels have been lowered through the week in readiness, 25mm received in the District since 9am on Thursday. #StormBabet #idb #silentservice

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Witham Fourth District IDB

@W4IDB

11 months

Pumps starting to get hold now, levels dropping slowly across the District. Pumps still running at capacity.

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Witham Fourth District IDB

@W4IDB

7 years

Op's teams busy carrying out bank stabilisation works at the moment #idb #engineering

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Witham Fourth District IDB

@W4IDB

1 year

What drain is that into?

Tom Craven

@TomCraven11

1 year

Hope you can deal with the @EnvAgency ’s incompetence @W4IDB . Extra water coming your way because some people can’t do there jobs correctly! 🤬

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@W4IDB

1 year

Hobhole will be open on the 9th September 10am to 3pm come and see us ⁦ @HeritageLincs ⁩ ⁦ @Bostonboro ⁩ ⁦ @ADA_updates ⁩

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@W4IDB

5 years

Watercourse flow hydrograph for the Medlam Drain shows the effect of rainfall on a saturated catchment. -0.5m represents a winter level. Only 45 of the last 137 days spent on or below winter level. Each peak represents a pump event #IDB #rain #teamwork

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Witham Fourth District IDB

@W4IDB

4 years

January 2021 has been the 3rd wettest January since our records began at Lade Bank in 1883 with 98.7mm. Only 1956 with 135mm and 1943 with 105mm had more. #rain #climate

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Witham Fourth District IDB

@W4IDB

6 years

20 weeks on and 180,000 cubic metres of soil later, the improvements to 5km's of Wrangle Sea Bank is nearing completion. #engineering #idb

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Witham Fourth District IDB

@W4IDB

6 years

Just a few pictures from today's owl and kestrel box checks. Seeing these schemes work has to be one of the most rewarding aspects of the job #environment #idb

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@W4IDB

5 years

Monthly pump hour totals for the District to the end of October. 12,363 hours so far

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Witham Fourth District IDB

@W4IDB

5 years

The Board's team have secured £45k in Flood Defence Grant in Aid for Pipeline refurbishments in the District. These works are essentially free to the rate payer as they are not funded from the drainage rate. Great work @NicolaMcGarry8 @johnsed100 and @peterpxb #team #idb

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Witham Fourth District IDB

@W4IDB

6 years

This time of the year we are normally tweeting about completed pump hours, but this year we are still very dry for the time of the year, as can be seen from our catchment soil moisture deficit. #rain #Weather #idb

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@W4IDB

5 years

@arablehayes Yes we set about it with a real purpose, knew it was a bad one. Fingers crossed we havent damaged the banks to much pulling the water down. Pleased we have managed to avoid to much crop damage. Final figure was 14 million tonnes of water through Hobhole PS

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Witham Fourth District IDB

@W4IDB

5 years

We will be watching this closely as we prepare to be hit by yet another slow moving north Atlantic weather system. #pumpsareready #IDB #flood #rain

BBC Weather

@bbcweather

5 years

#StormJorge is forecast to bring rain and strong winds to the UK on Saturday and Sunday. Please stay tuned to the forecasts. Warnings here:

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@W4IDB

1 year

Boards new Wrangle Pumping Station construction is moving along. A project designed to secure the flood protection for the Wrangle catchment and communities for the next 50 years #idb

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Witham Fourth District IDB

@W4IDB

9 months

The trends below shows you: rain fall (blue) and water level (purple) trends for the last week at Lade Bank P.S. 36mm of rain on saturated ground resulted in a 7 day major pump response. Electric duty pumps still running but diesels now off-line. #idb #thesilentservice

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@W4IDB

1 year

The construction of the new Wrangle Pumping Station is progressing very well. The piling is now complete and now preparing the cofferdam to receive the steel reinforcement. Thanks to SPUK for these great aerial shots of the site. #Engineering #idb

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Witham Fourth District IDB

@W4IDB

7 years

Site works progressing nicely now after the cold weather. #idb #engineering

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Witham Fourth District IDB

@W4IDB

9 months

Water levels are still very high in the District and will be for a few more days yet. However as you can see from the level trend at Hobhole and Lade Bank PS’s the water has peaked and it’s an improving picture. #idb

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Witham Fourth District IDB

@W4IDB

5 years

Grand Sluice at 8.38am. Nearly top of the tide at 5.4m ODN

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Witham Fourth District IDB

@W4IDB

7 years

Great turnout at the Lade Bank Pumping Station open day, 127 through the gate. Thanks to all that visited us. #heritage #Lincolnshire #idb

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@W4IDB

5 years

Latest rainfall radar, fingers crossed we dont see too much rain over night. Pumping station attendents are still on night shift ready to ramp up pumping operations if needed. #Lincolnshire #floodaware #IDBs #rain

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Witham Fourth District IDB

@W4IDB

4 years

It's been a busy few weeks risk assessing our operatives and their dependants individually for Covid-19 as well as implementing new H&S proceedeures to protect them, their families and ensure the Board is still compliant with legislation #COVID19 #idb

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Witham Fourth District IDB

@W4IDB

1 year

A +5.0m AOD tide behind our Hobhole Pumping Station this morning, nearly c.5.5m higher than some of the lowest land in the District.

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Witham Fourth District IDB

@W4IDB

5 years

Monthly rainfall totals for Lade Bank Pumping Station which is central to our District. 718mm for year so far #rain #idb

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Witham Fourth District IDB

@W4IDB

10 months

More wet weather to come over the next couple of days, this is likely to fill our drainage systems yet again. Your continued patience and understanding is appreciated while we get it dealt with. #idb #rain

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@W4IDB

6 years

Members and guests inspection viewing the Wrangle Sea Bank Improvements @ADA_updates @BlackSluiceIDB @WDIDB @The_WMA @Northlevelidb @

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@W4IDB

1 year

An early start on the show F&WL23 site, suns out, set to be another great day. Look forward to seeing you all there @ADA_updates @flood_and_water

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Witham Fourth District IDB

@W4IDB

10 months

Rainfall of 8 to 16mm across the district last night, conditions mean that we see the levels in the watercourses react instantly. We are currently pumping 23,000 litres per second out of the district. #thesilentservice #idb

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@W4IDB

6 years

Interesting debate coming out of an informative workshop on FDGiA with RMA colleagues #flooddefence #idb #engineering

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@W4IDB

4 years

Catchment soil moisture deficit now 126.4mm, with a hot week ahead we expect to see this rise further. Salinity levels in the Lower Hobhole Drain are at 300 mg/litres. #irrigation #drought

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Witham Fourth District IDB

@W4IDB

1 year

The Wrangle Pumping Station replacement project will soon be in construction, good to see the new fish friendly Archimedes' screw pumps manufactured by @_Fishflow_ nearing build completion. A multi million pound project almost fully funded by flood defence grant in aid. #IDB

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@W4IDB

1 year

Congratulations to Roger for 50 years service in our finance team, seen here collecting his award at the Lincolnshire Show.

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Witham Fourth District IDB

@W4IDB

6 years

The boats are in. First cut Maud Foster & Stonebridge Drain for the E.A. #PSCA #idb @MastenbroekLtd

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@W4IDB

1 year

One day to go until @flood_and_water come and see us on stand S22 with @JacksonCivils and @Stantec

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Witham Fourth District IDB

@W4IDB

2 years

New Motor Control Cabinets being commissioned at Lade Bank Pumping Station today, these replace the original MCC's installed in 1986. This panel will be the brains behind 3 electric pumps, pumping water from some of the lowest land in Lincolnshire #Engineering #IDB

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@W4IDB

1 year

Great to see our newly constructed swan nesting platforms being used. We constructed four of these last winter to encourage the swans to nest above the high water level and to avoid flooding nests. #environment #idb

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Witham Fourth District IDB

@W4IDB

1 year

The Southern Marsh-orchid grows in the Cowbridge Drain, the Boards maintenance activities are tailored to enhance the spread of this native plant. #biodiversity #IDB

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Witham Fourth District IDB

@W4IDB

1 year

Exhibitors day for @flood_and_water only 3 weeks until the main event. Site looks good in the sun. Please pre register to let us know you’re coming along. @ADA_updates

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@W4IDB

3 years

Not the target Silver Eels we want to see in our Lade Bank Eel Pass but good to see these Yellow Eels going through. Fingers crossed for some Silver Eels as we head into the migration season #eels #idb #environment

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