Another section of sheet piling successfully installed and awaiting its tilting weir. This one shall separate two drainage catchments allowing for greater control of water levels when required during drier times or allow for an alternative route for water during wet periods.

Our long reach hard at work preparing works ready for early next year before we start our weedcutting campaign.

One for the geologists amongst you….. we have a layer of peat about 15ft down topped with a layer of seashells and fine gritty material buried beneath a near continuous layer of blue clay to the surface. Who can tell us what’s happening?

Our annual flailing campaign of Boards maintained watercourses commences on the 1st August. Could we please remind all land owners of their obligation to allow free access. The more efficient we can be the sooner we can be done…..

As water levels improve some temp abstraction restrictions are lifting. We're working with the Internal Drainage Board to support farmers in parts of Cambs, Norfolk & Suffolk. Abstractors can sign up for our water abstraction alerts service: bit.ly/40J1mo3 National Farmers' Union

Yesterday saw the start of our weedcutting season for 2025. Between now and the end of the year we will clear nearly 400 miles of essential drainage channels providing effective flood protection and clear route for water for both agricultural and environmental use.

It's been a busy few weeks installing new pumps at Poplars Pumping Station. This is the first of 6 pumping stations to be refurbished before April 26.

Over the last month we have pumped 8 hours across all sites. 3 hours of this was the commissioning of our new pumps at Poplars Pumping Station.

Refuelling time!

Always a good day when you take delivery of a new machine! Valtra T195 with a mid mount Herder Cavalier and front Votex Jumbo flail. Valtra Mastenbroek

We have our annual Tydd pumping station open day on Saturday 13th September as part of Heritage Open Days. The station will be open between 10am and 4pm with pump running demonstrations at 12pm and 2pm. Find us at Station Road, Tydd Gote, PE13 5RE #heritageOpendays ADA

A rather disappointed side to the job. Clearing fly tipped rubbish from watercourses. This was one of two trailer fulls of waste removed from the same site between Parson Drove and Murrow last week.

As many in the area will have seen,the Board, along with our subcontractors, have started work on dredging river Nene at Dog in a Doublet Bridge on behalf of the Environment Agency.

Some pictures from our cutting season….

First working day of November and we are nearly wrapped up with the flailing! Progress so far for our three operators who have been hard at it since the start of August!

The second pumping station was commissioned last week. This is part of an ambitious programme to refurbish 6 pumping stations before the end of March 26!

Once flailing is finished our machines change their flail heads for weedbaskets and commence weedcutting many drains that were traditionally cleared by hand.

Working with ADC to carry out weedcutting in inaccessible locations this week.

Rainfall for yesterday totalled 44.2mm at our depot in the centre of the district. The 7 day total is currently 67.7mm.

Some pictures of our PSCA works with the Environment Agency at the River Nene downstream of Dog in a Doublet. The current dredging of the channel is being carried out whilst the dry silt from the previous cycle of dredging is levelled and formed into widening the flood defence bank.