[milton-chat] Flooding

[Simon Booth]

On 15/02/07 15:32:54, Paul Oldham wrote:
> So at worst the lake level will probably rise but the overall level
> will be no higher than the worst case before (which is at the 5m
> contour) as it can't flow uphill.

On 15/02/07 15:46:04, Jane Coston wrote:
> The problem is - the lake is a clay lined bath like structure sunk
> into the ground, it will have very high banks which will stick up a  
> long way above the ground and stretch from just this side of the A14  
> to the next village - Waterbeach - about 2 miles.

Are the high banks that Jane mentions higher than the 5m contour that  
Paul mentions?  If not, then it doesn't sound like there's a problem.   
If they are, then it sounds like there is.

-- 
Simon