Managing the water in the woods

Good news! Bromley Council has allocated £27000 to their Capital Programme for a Crofton and Sparrow Woods Waterbody improvement scheme. This project will be grant funded by Water Environment Improvement Fund (WEIF).

This will fund a study on the water catchment throughout the woods.

Group Member Andy has tracked down the Council paper which shares the details that are available to us.  https://cds.bromley.gov.uk/documents/s50124741/Capital%20Programme%20Monitoring%20EXEC%20Q1%202025-26.pdf?fbclid=IwZXh0bgNhZW0CMTEAAR6f3bwj01oq24Db7xHYMd1gmTgeRtTe_FbKm3QuJ03arssU0CWDXhJU6qdPdA_aem_PsXBO-wpbxsmkWRx-Fhr2w

Our main concern has been the sewage channelled into the western branch of the Kyd Brook when it rains hard, and residents along the eastern branch are rightly concerned about flooding. Also, although the woodland is very muddy in winter, it is very dry indeed in summer, so more water in the ground than whizzing fast down artifically straightened water courses might solve several issues as once.

Got to be good news that the issue is being looked at. 

Here's a photo of sewage in the stream!