Faqs

Depending on the watercourse maintenance schedule, there is no guarantee that weed growth will be cleared to coincide with irrigation demands.

The Board cannot guarantee that you will be able to have water to irrigate. If you speak to one of our engineers they will be able to advise you further.

Contact the Environment Agency who issue all licences for abstraction and impoundment. It is an offence to abstract or impound water without a licence.

Please contact us with location and invasive species identified.

Species information is available on the Greater Lincolnshire Nature Partnership (GLNP) website, http://www.glnp.org.uk/.

The problems in our area are floating pennywort, American mink and Japanese knotweed.

Yes, we do have a few sites that we are aware of and try to prevent their spread.

Invasive alien species are defined as “species whose introduction and spread outside their natural ecological range poses a real threat to biodiversity and the economy” (European Commission [...]

No. It is only a licence to fish, not a permission to fish.

No. The Board does not allow fishing on any of their watercourses. This includes North and South Drove Drains, Vernatts and the Counter Drain.