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Environment Agency tests Northwich flood defences ahead of winter
The Environment Agency is running a training exercise in Northwich on 11 and 12 October to test its £7m flood scheme protecting around 400 homes and businesses, including erecting 69 metres of temporary defences and closing 12 floodgates overnight. Cheshire West and Chester Council and United Utilities will rehearse a joint pumping operation.
Our readRehearsing a joint pumping operation with the council and United Utilities tests coordination as much as concrete, which is usually where a flood scheme's actual resilience gets found out.
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