3. Answer the following questions about the scheme.
a) The first stage of the scheme involved the completion
of a large flood bank on the Crown water meadows. Where did
the material for this bank come from?
b) How was the wall constructed?
c) Why was the appearance of the wall so important?
d) Why did the engineers have to include a deep drain behind
the floodwall?
e) Why was a pumping station included in the scheme?
f) Why do you think it was necessary to include 'flap valves'
on all the drains and on the Pimperne Brook?
g) Building the floodwall in a straight line would have
made it cheaper. Explain why the wall is not straight.
h) Does the scheme now protect Blandford from further flooding?
