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So you post another link to another online source.
The pdf in question blames the recent flooding in the UK entirely of the WFD stopping people dredging rivers................what about the exceptional levels of rainfall over the December period and the continued development in flood plains?
A natural river system does not require dredging to function, this is only needed when man kinds activity affects the natural process whether that be through intensive agricultural practices, constructing in the flood plains removing the natural ability to flood or our habit of constraining natural watercourses in artificial channels.
And just so we are clear the Water Environment (Water Framework Directive) (England & Wales) Regulations 2003 can be found here
http://www.legislation.gov.uk/uksi/2...0033242_en.pdf
Dredging does not appear in this legislation once
Last edited by TheWarden; 17 Jan 2016 at 12:02.
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