A fascinating week in which to watch the water levels in the River Till and the Tilshead borehole. At the start of the week, the Environment Agency was suggesting that the borehole level had peaked...
Flood Alert Information
Tilshead Borehole Levels: 23rd February 2020
Another week with quite a bit of rain and the water level in the aquifer rose steadily throughout the period. The Environment Agency has kept the Flood Warning in place, even though the borehole...
Tilshead Borehole Levels: 16th February 2020
You may be surprised to see that despite an awful lot of rain over the last two weeks, the level of water in the Tilshead borehole has fallen steadily until the last day or so. If you’ve been rash...
Tilshead Borehole Levels: 9th February 2020
The water levels in the Tilshead borehole have fallen steadily throughout the week, initially at about 8cm per day and latterly at 6cm. That said, there is some evidence today that we may be close...
Tilshead Borehole Levels: 2nd February 2020
The borehole level data is a little late today due to some technical issues with the webserver. I guess as it is Palindrome Day (02/02/2020) it isn't all that surprising to not know if you are...
Tilshead Borehole Levels: 26th January 2020
Despite being dry last week, the rain of the week before caused the water level in the aquifer to rise again. It did so steadily throughout the week, only peaking in the early hours of yesterday...
Tilshead Borehole Levels: 19th January 2020
Water levels in the River Till and in the Tilshead borehole fell steadily over last weekend and throughout most of the week. However, the moderately heavy rain from the early part of the week...
Tilshead Borehole Levels: 12th January 2020
Although we have had a little rain over the last week, it clearly hasn't amounted to much as the water levels in the River Till have continued to fall and the inundation in the meadow to the south of...
Tilshead Borehole Levels: 5th January 2020
The first report of 2020 can at least offer a little good news. With no significant rainfall over the last week, the water levels in the River Till have fallen slowly, but steadily. The...
Tilshead Borehole Levels – 29th December 2019
Well, this is the last Tilshead Borehole Level report this decade, and what an interesting one it is. The recharge rate gradually slowed until the early hours of Christmas morning when the water...