New tilting weir helps flood defences Case Study: 029 Maintenance of the waterways within the Somerset Levels is a crucial aspect of flood defence work in the area and the Environment Agency (EA) has recently completed a construction project on a 4km stretch of the River Parrett as part of this scheme. ECS Engineering Services has supplied and installed a new tilting weir as part of the water level control system, which now provides an improved flood defence and more reliable operation compared to the legacy equipment. The area around Stathe and Combe in Somerset is drained by a series of rhynes, or ditches, to allow the local grassland to be used for livestock grazing. These ditches form the first stages of the local drainage scheme which ultimately discharges into the

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