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Flooding and Flood Defence

SURFACE WATER FLOODING 1The Government has asked the independent National Infrastructure Commission to investigate how the risks of surface water flooding can be better managed, following a spate of inland flooding incidents in recent months.

BARHALE_LOGO.pngA new flood mitigation programme at Great Yarmouth, Norfolk on behalf of Anglian Water will use an innovation-led approach to protect properties, delivering more than 20% cost savings on traditional approaches and minimising disruption.

 Env Agency Leigh Flood Storage Scheme 1The Environment Agency’s proposal to increase the maximum level of water that can be stored in the Leigh flood storage area has been approved by the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs.

Mytholmroyd flood defences official openingMytholmroyd’s new flood alleviation scheme, providing greater protection to 400 homes and businesses, as well as local infrastructure, schools and other public amenities has been officially opened.

Ponteland flood scheme 1More than 250 homes and businesses in Ponteland are better protected from flooding now Environment Agency work on a £2.7million flood scheme has been completed.

Pile Extraction River Yare after construction of new set-back banks 1A host of environmental benefits and flood defences for towns and villages around the Norfolk Broads are the result of a 20 year project reaching its conclusion. The unique scheme will improve and maintain 240km of flood defences in the Norfolk Broads, one of Europe’s most important wetland areas.

NEW YORK SKYLINE RIVER 1Historic citywide flooding in New York City over the past three days has highlighted the vulnerability of the city’s infrastructure to climate change impacts.

EUROPE FLOODSA new study by the World Weather Attribution (WWA) initiative, which has been conducting real-time attribution analysis of extreme weather events as they happen around the world since 2015, has concluded that last month’s heavy rainfall which led to severe flooding in Western Europe was made more likely by climate change.

Toddbrook Reservoir damaged spillway June 2020 1The Environment Agency (EA) has published its biennial report on reservoir safety for 1 January 2019 to 31 December 2020 - the report is a comprehensive review of reservoir compliance and enforcement over the last 2 years.

FLOODING IN YORKThe Environment Agency (EA) has published a set of standards for the flood risk management industry on how to build and review hydraulic models and provide evidence for flood risk management decisions.

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