Leaky barriers inspired by the work of beavers are set up along a stretch of river in Shropshire.
Hundreds of deliberately leaky dams made of wood have been installed along a stretch of river as an innovative measure to prevent flooding."Each leaky barrier allows water to flow through and underneath them during low flows so they don't really have any significant impact for most of the time but they are critical during floods," said Prof Ian Maddock, from the University of Worcester.
"It lowers the flood peak and that's what it's all about, reducing the impact of flooding downstream."Dr Catherine Wilson said the dams help with storage of water that can be slowly released over time "If we scale this up just for this site , that's the equivalent of four Olympic swimming pools," she said.
Measurements and data gathered by the research team have been used to produce a computer model that can be used to work out the most effective place to build leaky dams.
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