Somerset Drainage Boards Consortium

30/03/2026

Charity coffee morning for Young Lives vs Cancer this Thursday 2nd April -10:30 at our office in Highbridge. Entry is £5 for tea/coffee and cake. There will also be a raffle. Please help us raise as much money as we can for this charity.

11/03/2026

The SDBC are holding a charity coffee morning and raffle for Young Lives vs Cancer at our offices in Highbridge. Please help us to raise as much money as possible by donating or if you would like to attend the date is the 2 April at 11:00am and entry is £5.

https://www.justgiving.com/page/sdbc

28/09/2025

27/06/2025

The Parrett IDB has been installing water level monitoring equipment in the Kings Sedgemoor SSSI this week. This will help us protect the special wetland environment of the area by providing a continuous record of water levels across the site. The information will be used to improve the management of water levels and water flows. The equipment has been funded by a Defra grant for lowland peat restoration.

31/05/2025

Eel passes installed on tilting weirs by the Parrett IDB, to help elvers access the rhyne and ditch network on the Somerset Levels.

There are a dozen already around the Somerset Levels - and they're for eels 😮

These 'ladders' allow them to swim up over weirs, and through the rhynes and ditches to access habitats which they need to survive.

They've been funded by Natural England - which says the number of European eels arriving in Europe has fallen by around 95 per cent over the last 40 years,

17/04/2025

We are holding a spring coffee morning and raffle for the Alzheimer's Society. Prizes include hampers and family tickets to Puxton park and Court Farm.

Tuesday 22ND April @ 11am
Suggested donations of £5 to include coffee/tea and cake/savouries

14/03/2025

The North Somerset Levels IDB has been installing 25 telemetry water level monitoring devices this week accross the Drainage Board area. We are using the latest radar technology from Previsico, who also undertook the installations. Funding for the devices was provided by Defra to help the IDB manage water levels in peatland areas. The project was managed and delivered by our Ecologist Phil Brewin.