Killingholme Marshes
Drainage Improvements
Humberside |
The South Humber Bank near
Immingham is synonymous with
heavy industry and broken
skylines. It is perhaps therefore
surprising that amongst
Killingholme’s container ports,
storage facilities and oil
refineries lies a small ecological
‘oasis’ of international importance. |
| Recognising the importance of
the ecology in the area, and
the drive for development and
economic growth, Hannah-Reed have developed a strategic
drainage and flood mitigation solution. |
| Working with the
potential developers in the
area, the
solution both mitigates pollution and flood risk and the potential impact on the local ecology. |
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| Scheme objectives: |
 assess the fluvial flood risk with
hydraulic modelling;
identify a sustainable strategic
approach to flood management to
avoid piecemeal solutions;
increase the standard of flood
protection commensurate with
the changing land use;
mitigate the impact of predicted
climatic change
mitigate the pollution impacts
protect the sensitive saline habitat
of the RAMSAR pits.
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| Implementation of the channel infrastructure has already commenced and the construction of a
9 cumec land drainage pumping facility is programmed for 2010. The scheme is being assessed against the the Civil Engineering
Environmental Quality Assessment and Awards Scheme. |
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