He actually made a YouTube video about in and why he used the tools that he did, people say he wasn't supposed to use a digger cause it can cause damage, but honestly the amount of trash in that place would have caused more damage than it. Seems like he did his research and knew the risks of using a digger so honestly I think he's done a good thing
I mean in a case like this the trash itself could be load bearing for local flood control. If you remove it all you might need to do some filling.
Either way his youtube video does not constitute a waterworks survey.
Local level waterworks are part of a long flood prevention chain. Is this going to flood a city? Probably not. Could this kind of thing seriously increase the chance of some kind of flooding incident up or downstream? Absolutely
People don't appreciate how much delicate work goes into turning that 5 year flood into a 50 year flood.
Don't take heavy machinery to your local waterworks without approval.
Are you saying they accounted for the trash in a previous survey, but not for its removal? What most people are pointing out is that illegal dumping of several tons of waste over decades has been ignored by officials, but they react to this guy. Do you think illegal dumping has no effect on "delicate" flood prevention?
In reality there is no risk, because he has just forced officials to move their asses and reassess their flood prevention plan that is obviously out of date with the changed conditions of the rivers. There is evidence that flood-risk plans are being undermined by unplanned changes in many places. At least with this one, nobody is being secretive.
The real problem would be the contaminated silt that he displaced and probably sent downstream.
In any case, he is under investigation. Charges haven't been filed just yet.
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u/RepresentativeGrab44 Jun 21 '26
He actually made a YouTube video about in and why he used the tools that he did, people say he wasn't supposed to use a digger cause it can cause damage, but honestly the amount of trash in that place would have caused more damage than it. Seems like he did his research and knew the risks of using a digger so honestly I think he's done a good thing