Flood Storage

In general, the provision of additional flood storage within a catchment can lea
d to a reduction in flows passing downstream. The flood response times on the ma
in tributaries the Glazert and Luggie Water were significantly quicker than the
River Kelvin. It was found that the mobilisation of additional storage in the up
per catchment would delay the time to peak of each of the tributary flood hydrog
raphs, bringing the time to peak closer to that in the River Kelvin and increasi
ng the peak flow passing downstream. Therefore the use of additional flood stora
ge was discounted due to an increased risk of flooding to areas currently unaffe
cted by the design flood.
Channel Widening and Deepening
A further option considered was the improvement of the channel conveyance. This
could be achieved by widening, deepening or regrading the bed. The improvements
that could be gained were very small in comparison to the environmental damage t
hat would have been caused by such a proposal. The modification to the river cha
nnel was also found to increase the peak flows passing downstream into Glasgow,
which was undesirable.