NEW APPROACH TO OUTDATED DESILTING METHOD AT WORLD HERITAGE SITE £300,000 12 Weeks’ Time Frame Fountains Abbey, North Yorkshire Truxor Desilting A new and innovative approach was required for our client who was stuck for a feasible solution to desilting a large river fed reservoir where environmental and customer impact were of the highest importance. In order to maintain the excellent reputation of the world heritage parkland and carry out the works without reducing the impact on visitors, Ebsford designed a non-invasive and innovative solution that could replace traditional dredging, a system the National Trust had stuck with since the early 1930s. The Half-moon reservoir at Fountains Abbey is fed by the river Skell, which runs directly through the estate. Over the years, silt levels had

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