{"id":3841,"date":"2026-01-17T15:54:18","date_gmt":"2026-01-17T15:54:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/lancingwidewater.com\/?p=3841"},"modified":"2026-01-17T16:19:22","modified_gmt":"2026-01-17T16:19:22","slug":"mitigation-pipe-clearing-volunteers","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/lancingwidewater.com\/?p=3841","title":{"rendered":"Mitigation Pipe Clearing Volunteers"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<figure class=\"wp-block-image size-full is-resized\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/lancingwidewater.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/127066565_3785129928206358_12275065063666584_n-1-1024x576-1.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-3842\" style=\"width:809px;height:auto\" srcset=\"https:\/\/lancingwidewater.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/127066565_3785129928206358_12275065063666584_n-1-1024x576-1.jpg 1024w, https:\/\/lancingwidewater.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/127066565_3785129928206358_12275065063666584_n-1-1024x576-1-300x169.jpg 300w, https:\/\/lancingwidewater.com\/wp-content\/uploads\/2026\/01\/127066565_3785129928206358_12275065063666584_n-1-1024x576-1-768x432.jpg 768w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption class=\"wp-element-caption\"><strong><em>Photography by Sarah Mitchell<\/em><\/strong><\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p>You may have seen a press release yesterday from the Environment Agency confirming plans for the imminent refurbishment of the Mitigation Pipe.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Meanwhile, at the other end of the pipe, WoW have been carefully monitoring the water levels since they dropped perilously low early in 2025.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Peter Whitton (nee Login) has been collating data for over 6 months showing positive trends in salinity, depth, and pipe flow rates. This will provide valuable information to supporting agencies to help predict and prevent future blockages.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Peter has recently set up a task force of volunteers to help clear seaweed from the lagoon end pipes. A group of 12 volunteer helpers are now being used to assist in keeping the pipe flowing and you may see them at either of the 2 pipe outlets during high tides.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Anyone else eager to get involved should get in touch via the Facebook page.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Many, many thanks to Peter and the volunteers.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>All the best,<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p>Gill Purnell, WoW Chairperson.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>You may have seen a press release yesterday from the Environment Agency confirming plans for the imminent refurbishment of the&hellip;<\/p>\n","protected":false},"author":3,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"open","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"_coblocks_attr":"","_coblocks_dimensions":"","_coblocks_responsive_height":"","_coblocks_accordion_ie_support":"","footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-3841","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"https:\/\/lancingwidewater.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3841","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"https:\/\/lancingwidewater.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"https:\/\/lancingwidewater.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lancingwidewater.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/3"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lancingwidewater.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=3841"}],"version-history":[{"count":3,"href":"https:\/\/lancingwidewater.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3841\/revisions"}],"predecessor-version":[{"id":3846,"href":"https:\/\/lancingwidewater.com\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/3841\/revisions\/3846"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"https:\/\/lancingwidewater.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=3841"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lancingwidewater.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=3841"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"https:\/\/lancingwidewater.com\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=3841"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}