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Developers Urged To Help Avert Flood Threat

LONDON-The Greater London Authority is urging developers to dig boreholes under new buildings to help lower London's rising water table. The Basements of some large office buildings are already under threat of flooding.

By Graham Parker | Updated on July 12, 2001

LONDON-Developers are not doing enough to help prevent London suffering severe flooding according to a new report from the Greater London Authority. The problem of rising groundwater levels has been known for some years now, and only yesterday a large part of the London Underground system was out of action due to flooding.

Pumping water from underneath London has reduced considerably since the decline of the industrial sector in the 1960s. Since then the water has continued to rise. The London Assembly Environment Committee estimates that 70 mega litres of water per day must be pumped out to prevent flooding or damage to London’s infrastructure and deep tunnels and sewers. The foundations of tall buildings are also in danger from rising water levels.

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