It comes as Seqwater opted to begin flood releases from Somerset Dam and Wivenhoe Dam due to persistent rainfall in upper catchments and potential for ongoing rainfall. Flood releases from ...

Picture: Blinky Bill Gilbert/Facebook It said flood engineers were closely monitoring the weather and dam conditions and had moved to “stand up” activation level. “Wivenhoe Dam has a ...

Insurer Aviva said the roots of the oak tree in Wivenhoe, near Colchester, have been causing subsidence to nearby properties and it had to be chopped down. Wivenhoe Town Council said it was told ...

“Wivenhoe Dam has a dedicated flood storage compartment above the water supply storage level, which is currently 0.4 per cent of its capacity,” a spokesman for Seqwater said. “Controlled ...