Hills to Levels is a holistic catchment management approach across catchments in Somerset, aiming to ‘slow the flow’ to reduce flood risk, reduce erosion, improve water quality, deliver wider environmental benefits and increase resilience on the floodplain. The idea is that a lot of small-scale interventions will have an effect at the large catchment scale with the motto that ‘every field, every farm, every stream has its part to play in flooding and water quality’. Hills to Levels is part of the delivery team of the land management workstream of the Somerset 20 -Year Flood Action Plan.

The Hills to Levels approach offers advice and capital grants for Natural Flood Management (NFM) techniques, supported by a range of different funding bodies (the Somerset Rivers Authority, Heart of the South West Local Enterprise Partnership, The European Development Fund, Water Environment Improvement Fund WFD GiA) and sub-projects: Triple C and the Multiple Benefits Project.

Map of the Hills to Levels project area. © Crown Copyright and database right. Ordnance Survey 100038382. Environment Agency copyright and/or database rights 2017. Contains OS open data. All rights reserved.

 

Modelled Flow Pathways, used to identify run-of and opportunity sites. © Crown Copyright and database right. Ordnance Survey 100038382. Environment Agency copyright and/or database rights 2017. Contains OS open data. All rights reserved.

 

 

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