<sod >Some 94 per cent remains under water (Getty) Jean Venables, the associationâs chief executive, lamented the fact that the Government had not taken heed of its warning last year: âThis has been especially damaging for Somerset.< eod>< sod > Some 94 per cent remains under water (Getty) Jean Venables, the association's chief executive, lamented the fact that the Government had not taken heed of its warning last year: "This has been especially damaging for Somerset." She dismissed comments by the chairman of the Environment Agency Lord Chris Smith that dredging "would not have solved the problems we are facing".< eod>