Clifton, Rawcliffe and Poppleton Ings

Clifton, Rawcliffe and Poppleton ings are temporary storage area (washland scheme[1]) for water that flows down the River Ouse in York, England.

Approximately 2,300,000 cubic metres (81,000,000 cu ft)[2] of water is able to be stored here which lowers the flood level by about 150 mm (5.9 in) in the city.

[3] In 1982, £1.25 million, was spent on increasing the height and adding sluice gates as well as heightening the embankments to allow greater storage of water.

Within the embankment there is a central core, either clay or man made structure like concrete or metal piling.

Other projects include River Foss Barrier, Leaky dams, ings, washland storage basin, walls, and embankments.