Flooding - roles & responsibilities Environment Agency Strategic Overview for all flooding operational responsibility for main river and sea Lead Local Flood Authority Operational responsibility for surface water, ground water and ordinary watercourses. Thames Water Operational responsibility for sewer flooding. The Strategic overview A strategic overview across all flooding risks to facilitate management through a risk based approach Strategic flood Local flood risk risk • Surface runoff • Main rivers • Groundwater • Sea • Ordinary • Reservoirs watercourses Coastal erosion Strategic overview Assets – maintenance, inspection and new schemes to reduce the risk EA FRM projects in Hertfordshire Furneux Pelham Stevenage Central Watford Improvement Works Hemel Hempstead London Colney Harpenden/Batford Puckeridge Little Hadham Cheshunt Stanstead Abbotts EA maintenance projects Aberford Road Oil Interceptor H&S Improvements Amwell Bailey Bridge, Ware - Refurbishment Aston Valley Flood Storage Area, Stevenage - Statutory Remedial Works Fieldes Weir, Hoddesdon - PLC Upgrade/Simplification Hardmead Sluice, Ware - Replacement of Flood Control Structure Hardmead Sluice, Ware - Replacement of Penstocks to Sluice Gate Heavy River Improvement Package LFRC Control Structures, Ware to Enfield Island - Gantry Hoist Replacement Package Meadgate Sluices, Hoddesdon, Actuator and Gearbox Replacement Papermill Stream Penstock, Channel and Bridge, Standon - M&E Upgrade & stuctural repairs Region wide Radio Frequency Tagging Identification of M & E Assets Sele Mill Siphon, Hertford - Electrical panel and lighting refurbishment Stanstead Radial Gate replacement located along the River Lee in Stanstead Abbott Warrengate Rd Flood Gate Repairs & Traffic Management Improvement EA environment projects Restoring passage on the River Beane up to Sele Mill Stort Valley Landscape Opportunity Area, River Stort. Little Hallingbury Marsh, Site of Special Scientific Interest (SSSI), River Stort. River Mimram Chalk Stream Restoration Project Informing of risk - data Live river and sea levels Are you at risk of flooding? Flood maps available at www.environment-agency.gov.uk Planning consultee Avoid “at risk” areas Avoid increasing risk elsewhere Influence policy Strategic documents - SFRA - water infrastructure Courtesy: Arup Environmental permitting Main rivers – works within 8 metres Prediction, warning and recovery Engagement with communities flooded since 2013 in: St Albans – London Colney East Hertfordshire – Little Hadham, Puckeridge Hertsmere - Bushey Watford – West Watford Three Rivers – West Hyde Stevenage – Roebuck Working with Herts LLFA LLFA meetings Local flood risk management strategy Promoting integrated schemes – TW Project development Project Stages: What we do next 1. Bid 3. Build 2. Approve Complete design Identify problem & tender process Business case Approval Create Mandate Contract Award Initial Assessment Bid for Funding Construction Project Start up Realise benefits & Receive Funding Post project appraisal Partnership funding Main principles Wider delivery of schemes Greater certainty of funding for each project, based on the outcomes and benefits expected More local choice in how and when schemes are delivered Transparent and fair national allocation of funding based on risk Better value for money.