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Catchment Areas / Pumping Stations Area Hectares Station Capacity (Litres/Sec) Boards Drains (Metres) No. of Pumps / Gravity Max. Design Water Level (Metres O.D.N.)
1 DONINGTON MALLARD HURN 367 566 4,552 1 / grav 0.00
2 DONINGTON NORTH ING 2260 3058 54,378 3 / grav 0.00
3 BICKER FEN 851 1416 18,892 1 / grav -0.30
4 SWINESHEAD 4819 6795 101,309 3 / grav -0.15
5 KIRTON, FRAMPTON & WYBERTON (CHAIN BRIDGE) 2510 3695 58,159 3 / grav -0.30
6 WYBERTON MARSH 1981 2803 37,009 3 0.00
7 KIRTON MARSH 774 934 16,211 1 +0.60
8 EWERBY 1142 2237 18,363 3 / grav -0.30
9 HECKINGTON 1576 2661 26,371 2 -0.60
10 GREAT HALE & LITTLE HALE 2364 3482 36,378 3 / grav -0.30
11 HOLLAND FEN 3498 4841 38,141 3 / grav -0.60
12 BOSTON WEST (COOK'S LOCK) 2907 3907 28,374 3 / grav -0.30
13 DAMFORD GROUNDS 892 1189 7,361 2 0.00
14 SOUTH KYME 1101 1302 20,219 2 / grav -0.60
15 TRINITY COLLEGE 609 1133 9,522 2 / grav -0.60
16 HELPRINGHAM 814 1331 13,043 1 / grav 0.00
17 SWATON 851 1133 7,363 1 / grav +0.15
18 HORBLING 887 1331 12,971 1 0.00
19 BILLINGBOROUGH 773 934 11,255 1 / grav 0.00
20 SEMPRINGHAM 823 1189 18,995 1 / grav 0.00
21 DOWSBY FEN 1008 1699 13,569 2 / grav 0.00
22 GOSBERTON 2884 3992 50,020 3 / grav 0.00
23 DOWSBY LODE 345 1019 8,741 1 / grav +0.60
24 RIPPINGALE 501 1019 5,968 1 / grav 0.00
25 DUNSBY FEN 569 651 10,403 1 / grav -0.60
26 PINCHBECK NORTH FEN 654 906 4,264 1 / grav +0.60
27 HACCONBY FEN 510 850 4,384 1 / grav -1.00
28 MORTON, BOURNE & LEAVES LAKE (BLACK HOLE DROVE) 4146 5776 75,071 3 / grav -0.60
29 DYKE FEN sub to 28 2660 sub to 28 2 / grav -1.20
30 TWENTY CORNER sub to 28 849 sub to 28 1 / grav -1.20
31 QUADRING 400 566 9,001 1 / grav 0.00
32 BICKER EAU sub to 4 450 sub to 4 2 / grav +1.40
33 DONINGTON WYKES sub to 2 421 sub to 2 2 / grav +1.20
34 ALLAN HOUSE sub to 12 180 urban catch 2 +1.20
35 ASGARBY 1,341 GRAVITY 20,464 grav
36 SCREDINGTON 2,685 GRAVITY 2,770 grav
37 HACONBY & SEMPRINGHAM 369 GRAVITY 4,650 grav
TOTALS 47,211 0 769,462
(116,660 Acres) (478 Miles)

Notes:

  1. All levels are metres Ordnance Datum Newlyn (mODN)
  2. The Board's drainage system is designed to provide approximately 1.00m freeboard to lowest land in 1:10 year flows.
  3. Wyberton Marsh catchment has modelled and shown to cope with 1:100 year flows without flooding to property.

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