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You may also find the current flag status of the river useful. This page tracks the level of the Isis at Friar's Wharf; Geraint Jones informs me that 15" to 20" above normal there seems to be a good match for a flooded path.
The Environment Agency has an automated level meter at the Southern end of Mesopotamia with two readings available: upstream and downstream. Once calibrated against the flooding of the path these should provide a useful warning mechanism.
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Wednesday 30 March 2016 09:04
: Iain () said:
The cycle path is clear of water at its crest - just. It has risen slightly from an hour ago.
Tuesday 29 March 2016 14:14
: Alan Hughes () said:
The cycle path is dry in the middle all the way long, though there is water at both sides of it in places.
Tuesday 29 March 2016 10:01
: Louise Upton (louise.upton@dpag.ox.ac.uk) said:
There was a team of workmen opening up the drain cover this morning. All the water has subsided from around the end of Ferry Road and in fact the water in the ditch beside the cycle path looks cleaner than it has for a fortnight. No longer smelly.
Monday 28 March 2016 12:45
: Mark (mark.chadwick@chem.ox.ac.uk) said:
The drain at Ferry Road is overflowing again. Passable on foot if you walk up onto the mud beside the sign. A little smelly...
Tuesday 15 March 2016 16:47
: () said:
Yes it is clear now
Tuesday 15 March 2016 16:41
: LC () said:
Sorry for being a bit behind the times, but can someone please confirm if the sewer flood has now cleared and its safe to walk on the path again?? I haven't been down there in over a week! Thanks!
Monday 14 March 2016 07:07
: Clockback (Peter.hitchens@mailonsunday.co.uk) said:
Understand that, but quantity of water on the occasion still doesn't seem to explain a flood. Is it possible flood caused by over-reaction, needless closing of sluices downstream?,
Sunday 13 March 2016 23:15
: Puff (puff@theaddisons.demon.co.uk) said:
If you look at the Environment Agency river level measure for Thrupp you will see a sharp rise on Thursday/Friday due to rain further north.
\nOne of the biggest floods we have had here, about 17 years ago, occurred after a localised storm north of Banbury. It took a week for the water to reach Oxford. The river flooded the lower end of Ferry Road. The two newish houses just off the corner are a result of the flooding of the old houses.
Sunday 13 March 2016 20:51
: Clockback (Peter.hitchens@mailonsunday.co.uk) said:
Can anyone explain why the path flooded anyway? It hasn't been especially wet and Angel and Greyhound meadow stayed dry throughout.
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Sunday 13 March 2016 17:35
: Puff (puff@theaddisons.demon.co.uk) said:
Cycle path is now clear. Fields still flooded to the edge.
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