▁over ▁a ▁month . ▁Br id g water ▁was ▁partly ▁flo oded ▁on ▁ 1 0 ▁February ▁ 2 0 1 4 , ▁when ▁with ▁ 2 0 , 0 0 0 ▁sand b ags ▁ready ▁to ▁be ▁deployed . ▁Over ▁ 6 0 0 ▁houses ▁were ▁flo oded , ▁and ▁both ▁flo oding ▁and ▁ground water ▁dis rupted ▁services ▁including ▁trains ▁on ▁the ▁Br istol ▁to ▁Ex eter ▁line ▁between ▁Br id g water ▁and ▁Ta un ton . ▁Further ▁prevent ative ▁work ▁under ▁the ▁title ▁of ▁the ▁" Br ue ▁C atch ment ▁River ▁Main ten ance ▁Pil ot ▁Project " ▁has ▁led ▁to ▁controvers y ▁about ▁the ▁need ▁for ▁d red ging ▁and ▁maintenance ▁of ▁the ▁river . ▁ ▁H ydro log y ▁and ▁water ▁quality ▁At ▁Br ut on ▁Dam , ▁the ▁nearest ▁meas uring ▁station ▁to ▁the ▁source ▁of ▁the ▁river , ▁the ▁normal ▁level ▁of ▁the ▁river ▁is ▁between ▁ ▁and ▁ ▁with ▁the ▁highest ▁level ▁ever ▁recorded ▁being ▁ ▁in ▁ 2 0 0 7 . ▁Within ▁the ▁town ▁of ▁Br ut on ▁at ▁Br ut on ▁S urg ery ▁the ▁normal ▁level ▁is ▁between ▁ ▁and ▁. ▁Further ▁down stream ▁at ▁Lov ington ▁the ▁normal ▁level ▁is ▁between ▁ ▁and ▁. ▁The ▁fur th est ▁down stream ▁monitoring ▁station ▁at ▁C ly se ▁H ole ▁near ▁Street ▁records ▁a ▁normal ▁range ▁of ▁ ▁and ▁. ▁ ▁For ▁the ▁purposes ▁of ▁monitoring ▁of ▁water ▁quality ▁the ▁Br ue ▁and ▁A xe ▁are ▁considered ▁together . ▁In