An idle thought, but I wonder how much of this could or should be mapped? http://www.subbrit.org.uk/sb-sites/sites/b/brighton_sewers/index.shtml https://www.southernwater.co.uk/brighton-sewer-tours
Regards, *Paul* On 5 January 2017 at 09:38, Jez Nicholson <jez.nichol...@gmail.com> wrote: > I use the quarterly projects to focus my attention on different aspects of > the city I live in. Factlets that i've unearthed so far are: > > * I'm going to have to be creative for water in Brighton & Hove as most of > it is in the water table. > > * Water influenced the shape of the city, as it did for many in the UK. > > * There are (almost) no buildings to the north of the A27 (now the South > Downs National Park) as it is the rainfall catchment area for water > extracted at Patcham. > > * Patcham, the village by the first roundabout just as you get to Brighton > on the A23, was absorbed as part of Brighton in 1924 so that the water > table could be protected from building development. > > * There used to be many shack dwellings on the outskirts of the city, > often owned by soldiers back from the war. These were stopped because they > had no sewerage and were polluting the water table. > > * The Wellesbourne 'river' was where groundwater surfaces at Patcham and > all the way down London Road to the eponymous 'pool' of Pool Valley (now > the coach station near to the Palace Pier). > > * The Wellesbourne hardly ever appears now that water is extracted, but > following persistent rain groundwater can appear in the basements of > houses, etc. > > I'm building a groundwater flood forecasting system as part of my day job > so know a bit. > > _______________________________________________ > Talk-GB mailing list > Talk-GB@openstreetmap.org > https://lists.openstreetmap.org/listinfo/talk-gb > >
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