Introduction:

Worcester's New Road Cricket Ground, illustrated above, has experienced repeated flooding over the years. 
In 2024 alone, the County Cricket Ground was flooded 8 times.
Flooding creates an immense financial challenge for Worcestershire County Cricket Club, with financial losses estimated at over £200,000 in the past year alone. Sadly, many people, and businesses in Worcester, find themselves in a similar situation.

Worcester is not alone in suffering Severn River flooding. It is but one of numerous Towns and Villages, located on the Severn River, experiencing the effects of Climate Change. With no end to the problem in sight!

In Gloucestershire in 2007, some 350,000 people were affected by flooding and subsequent water shortages.

Shrewsbury too, has a long history of flooding that extends over the centuries. The Millennium Floods of 2000, were a particularly significant event. The River Severn rose to it's highest level in 54 years, causing widespread damage and chaos in the town. In response the Frankwell Flood Defences were completed in 2003 and have improved matters to some degree. But in the local area only.

A Concept Solution towards solving the Problem:

"Climate Change" is cause for increased instances of destructive flooding in more recent times. A situation not helped by building on the floodplain and a piecemeal approach to solving the problem, taken by the multiplicity of Local Authorities and Agencies involved.
It hardly makes any sense, that we are experiencing both flooding problems and fresh water shortage problems at the same time. How is it that we are unable to get our act together and solve both problems together?

This Concept Solution proposes:

1.  Constructing a Barrage across the Severn Estuary to prevent surge tide flooding.
2. Barrage creates a reservoir of sufficient capacity to potentially supply millions of people with fresh water.
3  Floodwater can be pumped from the Reservoir to the Estuary, even in extreme tidal conditions
4. Constructing a secondary Barrage at Berwick upstream of Shrewsbury to restrict flash-floodwater to the             floodplain, until conditions for release improve.