Tag Archives: Flooding

New thinking from the UK’s largest sustainable drainage system (SuDS) retrofit could be absorbed into similar projects across the country and beyond.

Communities and infrastructure are being left at risk of flooding due to the government’s failure to properly fund internal drainage boards (IDBs), according to the District Councils’ Network (DCN).

The extent of rainfall that has caused the devastating flooding in the state of Rio Grande do Sul in Brazil is hard to prepare for, according to experts working in the field of flood management and resilience.

Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS) design is becoming ever more complex. There is a growing awareness that we must look after our water quality more carefully, backed up by policies such as the Plan for Water, published last year. Where there are risks that surface water may carry pollutants, it must…

Over the past two decades or so, we have witnessed more extreme storm events due to climate change, leading to increased rainfall intensity and more frequent consecutive storms. In New Civil Engineer on 9 January 2024 there was an article under the heading ‘we can’t engineer our way out’ of…

The government does not know if it is making the UK more resilient to flooding despite its £5.2bn plan, a report from the spending watchdog has concluded.

The Environment Agency has defended its decision to continue its flood alert warning contract worth £19.5M to tarnished Japanese software company Fujitsu, despite its involvement in the Horizon Post Office scandal.

A former Environment Agency area manager has said that existing flood defence measures along the Rivers Severn and Wye are “creating a false sense of security” given the increasing intensity of floods due to the climate emergency.

Engineering services firm Ayesa has been appointed as lead consultant to progress the tendering and detailed design and construction of the €57M (£49M) Arklow Flood Relief Scheme in County Wicklow, Ireland.

Now is the time to shift the mindset on water management in communities to capture the many benefits collaboration brings. Uniquely, water, or a lack of, is at the root of many societal challenges, including droughts, floods and pollution, which often exist side by side. It should be reassuring that…