Southern Water has adopted an innovative Stage Zero Restoration approach for an Isle of Wight chalk stream – the technique, which encourages rivers to re-shape themselves has transformed the Lukely Brook.

The Environment Agency, Clinton Devon Estates, local representatives and project partners gathered on Thursday last week to celebrate the successful completion of the Lower Otter Restoration Project.

A North Yorkshire man has received a suspended prison sentence for the illegal deposit of waste on the River Swale flood plain.

The House of Commons Public Accounts Committee is warning that the Government is simply not doing enough to protect the UK’s current housing stock from floods or stepping in to prevent new homes being built on flood plains.

Leeds City Council has applied to the Environment Agency for a licence to obstruct or impede the flow of the River Aire to create a flood defence structure with two hydraulically operated gates.

A £15 million EU-funded project to help a river valley in Devon adapt to climate change and create an internationally important wildlife reserve now has planning permission.

Construction works have begun on a £13.3 million flood defence scheme for the strategic £1.2 billion Lincolnshire Lakes regeneration project which will see six new lakeside villages created on a former flood plain.

In an Expert Focus article on Waterbriefing, Daniel Johns, head of adaptation at the Committee on Climate Change explores how natural flood managenment and using land more intelligently will limit flood damage.