Project wins national flood management award

The Exmoor Mire Restoration Project received this prestigious award in the 2009 Water Industry Achievements Award held at Birmingham International Conference centre on Wednesday 20th of May. It was in recognition of the projects work to retain water on the moorlands of Exmoor and thus reduce high river flows following rainfall. The project was entered by South West Water and nominated for an award in the category "Sustainable Urban Drainage & Flood Management Initiative of the Year" with 2 other strong entries from Welsh water and Northampton. The award event was attended by representatives of all the project partners together with Anne Clitheroe (National park member ) who represented the National Park Authority and Robin May who represented May Brothers, one of the private landowners involved in the project. The results were announced on the night following a black tie dinner and the award (an inscribed glass award in the shape a water droplet) was received by Steven Bird, SWW director of Operations.