The Brue Headwaters Multi-Benefit Project (as it’s currently known) has been in operation for three years. The project focuses on working with farmers and landowners to address issues of water quality, flooding and drought. Read more
Work has begun on a major natural flood management project just upstream of Frome. We have utilised a variety of NFM measures to help reduce flooding downstream, improve water quality, and enhance important riparian habitats. Read more
The first FWAG Farm Plastic Recycling Scheme began in 2004 and has taken place annually ever since. The aim of the scheme is to provide farmers with a responsible, environmentally sound way to recycle plastic, preventing it from going to landfill. The scheme is simple and straight forward, with no membership fees so the farmers only pay for the plastic they bring. Read more
The proposal is to open up the 280m Moorlands Road culvert by creating a meandering channel with backwaters (to temporarily store flood water) including a variety of in-stream habitat, seeding species rich meadow mix on the banks and tree planting and making improvements to the public access of the site. Read more
The Headwaters of the Exe project (HotE) is working with farmers and land managers in the upper catchments of the River Exe to promote and support sustainable land management. As part of South West Water’s Upstream Thinking Programme, the third phase of the project (UST3) was relaunched in April 2020 with a commitment for funding until March 2025. Read more
Hills to Levels is a holistic catchment management approach, which began 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. Read more
Triple C is funded by the European Regional Development Fund and is a trans-national project looking to implement a set of cost-effective actions to reduce flooding and erosion. The project partners are based in Belgium, the Netherlands and the UK and FWAG SW are delivering the Somerset element of the project, working with Somerset County Council who are the project lead partners. Read more
The aim of the Trees for Water Programme is to provide targeted tree planting in locations which will improve water management and reduce – or slow the flow of – water across the main watercourses of Somerset. Read more
Co-Adapt (Climate adaptation through co-creation) will develop, test and roll-out approaches to co-creation of nature based and natural process solutions to improve adaptive capacity of the 2Seas region to the waterrelated effects of climate change. Read more
The Cheddar Axe Project is working with Bristol Water to reduce diffuse agricultural pollution and improve habitats in the catchments above the Cheddar Reservoir and the Axe at Brinscombe. Read more