Tag Archives: Flooding

NCE is continuing to mark its 50th anniversary at its live events this year, with keynotes that look back over the last 50 years and others that look forward to the next 50. The insight into the challenges ahead has been fascinating but one point that has stood out for…

Rewind to the summer of 2007: extreme rainfall in late June and late July led to severe flooding from the Home Counties to Yorkshire and across from the Midlands to South Wales. In all, 55,000 homes and businesses were flooded. Since then, things have changed. The Environment Agency has been…

Dramatic increases in the impacts of flooding will be felt around the world, often driven as much by intensifying urban development in floodplains as by the effects of climate change. The latest UK Climate Change Risk Assessment, which was published earlier this year, indicated that the cost of flood damage…

Flood risk reduction for 350 homes and businesses in Salisbury moved forward this week with start of work on a £27M scheme in the city that will also create 2ha of new wildlife habitat.

Repairs to a collapsed flood defence in Matlock, Derbyshire are due to start on Monday but will see a key bridge over the River Derwent closed for at least six weeks.

Actions to be taken by 2026 to tackle the growing threat from river, sea and surface water flooding, as well as coastal erosion, was set out by the Environment Agency yesterday.

Potential flood risks in Scotland will come with a three-day warning following launch of the Scottish Flood Forecast map by the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA).

The Francisco Street Reservoir now serves as a source of useful non-potable water at a park for the local community, thanks to a stormwater collection system underneath.

The Environment Agency is inviting Tier 2 suppliers and SMEs to take part in a market engagement exercise, which will help test its current plans for the £275M River Thames alleviation scheme.

While concurring with most of the valid observations in the Main Point (NCE, last month), I feel that, lurking between the lines of the final report of the Union Connectivity Review there is one aspect of the mooted “Celtic Crossing” which has been overlooked, particularly when considering the somewhat ambivalent…