Rejected petition Introducing dredging of rivers.

The excess water off the land can't get move into the rivers due to the amount of silt on the river beds.
Dredging cleans out the rivers and eases water flooding.

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To stop people's homes being destroyed and ease pain and suffering and financial cost to those effected.

This petition was rejected

Why was this petition rejected?

It’s about something that the UK Government or Parliament is not directly responsible for.

Dredging and the removal of silt and sand from main rivers is regulated under the Environmental Permitting Regulations 2010, but decisions about dredging of individual rivers is a matter for individual local authorities and the Environment Agency, not the Government or House of Commons.

If you are concerned about management of the River Severn you could contact the Environmen Agency directly about this: https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/environment-agency

We only reject petitions that don’t meet the petition standards.

Date submitted 24 October 2023
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