The Queen Mother Reservoir problem (cont)
'Atkins Report censored by EA'
In April 2006, failure of a 2.4m diameter water pipe caused serious damage and property flooding in Datchet.
For details of previous problem, please see: The Queen Mother Reservoir problem.
In 2008, I requested information about the problem firstly from the HSE (who were unable to help) and secondly the EA who offered me an explanatory letter and a censored report (shown below).
Page 8 is the most extreme example of censorship, and records 'worries over hydraulic failure'. Pages 9,12,13,17 and 18 are also heavily censored.
Please note that these files vary in size from 202kB to 5MB
Cover letter from EA dated 31/7/2008 - pages 1 and 2 of 2
Atkins cover letter dated 23/6/2008
Atkins Inspecting Engineers Certificate dated 23/6/2008
17/2/10 - Defra Consultation: Ministerial direction for reservoir flood plans (closes 6 April 2010)
