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The Flood Wardens<\/strong> have been conducting annual flood mitigation checks throughout August and we held our Virtual Meeting on Saturday to plan for Autumn\/Winter. <\/p>\n\n\n\n DRAINS : TOP OF THE LIST as a concern<\/strong>\u00a0across the whole Parish following recent downpours..\u00a0<\/p>\n\n\n\n B&NES is working to deep clear the drains but leaves on the surface poses a recurring problem that Wardens alone can’t keep on top of. <\/p>\n\n\n\n ADOPT A DRAIN – WE NEED YOUR HELP<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Is there a drain near your house or in your road that gets covered with leaves?<\/p>\n\n\n\n Keeping drains clear of leaves makes a huge difference to surface water flooding. This year we have already had 2 episodes of significant road flooding and although the Wardens regularly clear they cannot keep up with all the drains.<\/p>\n\n\n\n HOW DOES IT WORK?<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n This is a Parish-wide problem not confined to river flooding areas and a number of people in Chew Magna are already part of the scheme.<\/p>\n\n\n\n If you have a drain in your road that gets blocked by leaves and are willing to ‘ADOPT’<\/strong> it please contact me to tell me which drain it is so I can make a Parish-wide map.. Then you can choose whether to clear it yourself or contact me to warn us it’s blocked. If there’s a problem with leaf disposal I can collect.<\/p>\n\n\n\n SIGN UP FOR A LEAF-CLEARING DAY 10am – 12 noon<\/strong><\/p>\n\n\n\n Every year in Autumn as the leaves fall we have some days when we all go out leaf clearing. I supply equipment like bags\/brooms\/shovels and Hi-viz tabards. This year I will also provide masks and disposable gloves to ensure we are Covid safe and equipment will have been sanitised.<\/p>\n\n\n\n You can specify where you want to clear and we always work separately or in family groups. Our days this year are:<\/p>\n\n\n\n Saturday October 3rd, Sunday 1st November and (if needed) Saturday 28th November.<\/p>\n\n\n\n