White Cart River Flooding

It has been between these levels for 90 of the time since monitoring began.

White cart river flooding. The usual range of the white cart water at hawkhead is between 0 10m and 3 03m. The river cart scots. It has been between these levels for at least 150 days in the past year. The last major flood was in 1984 when the white cart water again flooded over 500 properties.

River flooding from the white cart water affected glasgow city in 1903 affecting over 500 properties. River cairt is a tributary of the river clyde scotland which it joins from the west roughly midway between the towns of erskine and renfrew and opposite the town of clydebank. It flows through much of the south side of the city. In 1994 the river burst its banks once more in various places including paisley and in 1999 families living in cathcart and langside suffered thousands of pounds of damage when the water reached waist height in their homes.

Residents of white river in west honiara blame the poor drainage system in the area for serious flooding during the heavy rain last week and they are calling for the construction of a new system to fix the problem. The river is prone to flash flooding. There is a long history of flooding in much of the area through which the white cart flows most notably in cathcart langside and shawlands. Between the 10 12 december 1994 major flooding occurred in rivers and urban watercourses across the glasgow and its surrounding areas.

As little as twelve hours of rain can cause water levels to rise by six metres with the potential to turn the river into a raging torrent as it gathers momentum downstream towards the. The river cart itself is very short being formed from the confluence of the black cart water from the west and the white cart water from the south east and is only 0 75 mile 1 km long. The white cart water has inflicted misery to residents and businesses in the south side of glasgow over many decades. The typical recent level of the white cart water at hawkhead over the past 12 months has been between 0 07m and 2 84m.

White river resident charles lesimaoma said the recent heavy rain caused flooding at the school clinic police post and playing ground in white river. After some 22 miles it joins the black cart near glasgow airport and then flows into the river clyde at renfrew. After heavy rain overnight the river cart in paisley is in full flood. This will involve the formation of three flood storage areas upstream of the city to temporarily hold back the bulk of floodwater generated by extreme rainfall and control the release of water passing downstream through the city to an acceptable level.

The principle behind the confirmed flood prevention scheme is one of catchment management.