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Thank you! For your security, we've sent a confirmation email to the address you entered. Click the link to confirm your subscription and begin receiving our newsletters. If you don't get the confirmation within 10 minutes, please check your spam folder. They hold the powers in Section 25 Land Drainage Act to require works to maintain a proper flow of water in ordinary watercourses in internal drainage districts. This is primarily funded by drainage rates and levies from land occupiers and local authorities.
By doing this, they closely manage water levels, both in watercourses and underground groundwater , by improving and maintaining ordinary watercourses, drainage channels and pumping stations to reduce the risk of flooding. They are able to involve local people, encourage volunteering and raise funds from those who benefit from their work.
The owners of land adjoining a highway also have a common-law duty to maintain ditches to prevent them causing a nuisance to road users. They co-operate with the other Risk Management Authorities to ensure their flood management activities are well coordinated.
Home Topics Severe weather Flooding Local flood risk management. Managing flood risk: roles and responsibilities. The Flood and Water Management Act requires these Risk Management Authorities to: co-operate with each other act in a manner that is consistent with the National Flood and Coastal Erosion Risk Management Strategy for England and the local flood risk management strategies developed by Lead Local Flood Authorities exchange information.
They have flexibility to form partnerships and to act on behalf of one another. Environment Agency The Environment Agency has a strategic overview of all sources of flooding and coastal erosion as defined in the Flood and Water Management Act This includes developing and applying the national flood and coastal erosion risk management strategy.
Allocation of national Government funding to projects to manage flood and coastal erosion risks from all sources Delivering projects to manage flood risks from main rivers and the sea Working with others to prepare and deliver Flood Risk Management Plans FRMPs. Providing evidence and advice to support others. This includes national flood and coastal erosion risk information, data and tools to help other Risk Management Authorities and inform Government policy, and advice on planning and development issues Working with others to share knowledge and the best ways of working.
This includes work to develop FCERM skills and resources Monitoring and reporting on flood and coastal erosion risk management. Under the Flood and Water Management Act , LLFAs are required to:: prepare and maintain a strategy for local flood risk management in their areas, coordinating views and activity with other local bodies and communities through public consultation and scrutiny, and delivery planning.
They must consult Risk Management Authorities and the public about their strategy.
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