Case Study - River Severn

• River Severn is located in Tewkesbury in the Southwest of England
• Two big rivers meet in Tewkesbury: The river Avon and Severn
• Due to urbanisation, concrete has been built over the course of the river severn, meaning water cannot be absorbed
• Recently, new homes have been built on the floodplain of the severn, causing a high risk of flooding
• In 2007, the flooding of the river severn caused 2 indirect deaths and 135000 homes were left without water for two weeks
• The flood of 2007 costed the county of gloucestershire around 50 million pounds
• 2007 had the wettest summer in England and Wales since the 1700s and two months worth of rainfall fell within 14 hours in July
• In 2007, Soil was already saturated with water so no more water could infiltrate into the ground, which caused flooding
• Due to the flood, 10000 motorists were stranded on roads where they remained overnight