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Where does the flood water come from

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    #32
    danjo-xx
    Registered Users Posts: 5,393 ✭✭✭danjo-xx


    spankmemunkey wrote: »


    Never once saw drains or shores been cleaned out in the city by the council and we should start a thread on the amount of drains around the city that are full to the brim with muck rendering them useless. The six cross roads for example all shores have grass growing out of them. Ok people may argue but whats the point in installing them and the costs involved in installing them if your not going to service them? the drains should all have sieves in the shores that are cleaned out every 3-4 weeks.

    Regular maintenance of drains seems to be a thing of the past for years now..if we cant get the basic's right then the whole house comes tumbling down eventually.

    Life seems to be only about Fire Brigade options nowadays, like were all watching a disaster movie, like Towering Inferno, Airport, Earthquake etc until it comes to a cinema near you


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    #33
    spankmemunkey
    Registered Users Posts: 2,055 ✭✭✭spankmemunkey


    danjo-xx wrote: »
    Regular maintenance of drains seems to be a thing of the past for years now..if we cant get the basic's right then the whole house comes tumbling down eventually.

    Life seems to be only about Fire Brigade options nowadays, like were all watching a disaster movie, like Towering Inferno, Airport, Earthquake etc until it comes to a cinema near you

    Well said. It seems the powers that be are reactive and not proactive in their approach to work. clean out the shores properly put in buckets with holes in the bottom to act like a sieve and that will catch dirt to prevent blockage the buckets are emptied every 2 or 3 weeks. yes it will be more man power and more money but its cheaper than the money they are looking at for repairs. Im not saying that its the complete solution but its a start. If you want to stop flooding you have to have properly functioning drains.


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    #34
    Finnbar01
    Registered Users Posts: 2,070 ✭✭✭Finnbar01


    I wouldn't say it is anyone thing but a combination of several things.

    1. Excessive rain.
    2. Silting up of rivers
    3. Destruction of water catchment areas.
    4. Poor construction planning.
    5. Building too close to the rivers and on or near flood plains.
    6. One off housing.


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