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<p>Defra staff work on flood prevention at a strategic level across England rather
than being allocated to specific locations such as Stafford.</p><p>The Environment
Agency carries out various tasks to reduce flood risk from main rivers through Stafford.
It has a field team of four people based at Uttoxeter, who carry out all routine maintenance
and provide an incident response capability for Staffordshire, which includes Stafford.</p><p>In
the past three years (2011 onwards) the Environment Agency has carried out the following
works:</p><p> </p><p> </p><table><tbody><tr><td><p>Location</p></td><td><p>Work</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Sandyford
Brook</p><p> </p></td><td><p>Yearly routine maintenance programme which includes clearing
and maintaining flood risk management structures along the watercourse.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>River
Sow</p><p> </p></td><td><p>1. Routine inspection of the flood risk management structures
and removal of objects such as trees that pose a flood risk.</p><p>2. Old timber capping
boards replaced.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Rising Brook and Kingston Brook</p><p> </p></td><td><p>Routine
inspection of the flood risk management structures and removal of objects such as
trees that pose a flood risk.</p></td></tr><tr><td><p>Stafford flood scheme</p></td><td><p>Yearly
routine maintenance programme which includes clearing and maintaining flood management
assets along the watercourse.</p></td></tr></tbody></table><p> </p><p><br><br></p>
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