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Dredge pump hire may be required for a forthcoming beach replenishment project in the Algarve which is to be the largest in the region’s history.
A total of ?6 million (4.9 million) is to be spent on the project, which will see six beaches in the area take on extra sand.
An MP has stressed the need for flood management to remain a key issue in west Worcestershire.
Harriett Baldwin sent questions to environment secretary Caroline Spelman about funding for flood defences in her area.
Slurry pump hire has assisted a German farmer in spreading up to 400,000 cubic metres of pig and cow waste over his fields each year.
Alexander Marquardt, from Wittenberg, employs the slurry pumps to help transport the waste so it can be put to good use, reports Farmers Weekly Interactive.
Submersible pump hire may become more popular among companies working in the oil production industry, it has been forecast.
A report from the Research Techart has stated that more than 80,000 submersible pumps are currently in operation in Russian oil wells alone.
Slurry pump hire is playing an important role in a project to rebuild beaches.
The equipment is being employed to pump sand on to beaches by the Indian River Inlet in Delaware that have recently been damaged by storms.
An MP has warned that budgets for flood management projects must not be cut.
While no specific details have been outlined, chancellor George Osborne has said that “efficiencies” must be made in the field of flood management as part of the government drive to cut public spending.
The efficiency of a flood management scheme in Cumbria is being compromised by people who keep leaving it open.
Individuals in Rothbury have been warned by the Environment Agencythat tampering with the culvert flap at Coplish Burn could cause water to flood the village.
Firefighters were forced to deploy temporary dewatering equipment on Monday as torrential rain caused flash flooding across Norwich.
Roads and gardens were submerged in standing water as drains struggled to cope with the deluge, the Norwich Advertiser reports.
Researchers from Lancaster University are planning to trial a river clean-up project in Cumbria as part of flood management solutions for the UK.
The Westmorland Gazette described how Sewborwen’s Farm in Newton Rigg near Penrith will be the base for an experiment looking at preventing small holding waste entering rivers.
All the water pumping capabilities of a fire house in the Byker area of Newcastle were calledin to action this week, to deal with more than 170,000 litres of water that vanished from a public swimming pool overnight. Read More >