I grew up in rural east england. We have a range of low lying "prairies" along with glacial flattened low hills. One of the dogmas since the 30s has been drain

I grew up in rural east england. We have a range of low lying "prairies" along with glacial flattened low hills. One of the dogmas since the 30s has been drainage. Flooding is bad, drainage is good. The problem is that drainage was expensive to create and update. so they chose to put it in places where it really needed. With modern equipment you can dig ditches, put in drains and make sure that water runs off the land Uber quick. Combine that with shitty soils, that are left bare and barren, it means that the dwell time for rain water has dropped dramatically. This means that less soaks in and more drought happens. Not only that but there are less habitats for insects. But conversely flooding gets worse down stream, because there is no storage, so everything is a flash flood. The solution of course is better drainage.... Beavers are an answer. But it needs support from farmers, urban planners, land owners and law makers.