Guidance

Reservoir emergencies: on-site plans

How reservoir operators should prepare on-site plans so they can respond to emergencies.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and Environment Agency
• Published: 28 March 2017
• Last updated: 25 June 2021
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  1. 25 June 2021

     We've removed 2 documents: Small reservoir: on-site plan for reservoir dam incidents and Upper reservoir: on-site plan for reservoir dam incidents.

  2. 28 April 2021

     The details section of the page has changed to reflect the updates to the attachments following the ministerial direction issued on 22 April 2021.

  3. 22 April 2021

     Owners and undertakers of all large raised reservoirs in England must have an on-site emergency flood plan, and must consult with an engineer.

  4. 28 March 2017

     First published.

Documents

Reservoir owner and undertaker responsibilities: on-site emergency flood plans

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Reservoir panel engineers responsibilities: on-site emergency flood plans

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On-site emergency flood plan template

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Details

All large raised reservoirs in England must have on-site emergency flood plan.

This guidance is to help reservoir undertakers (owners and operators) and reservoir engineers to prepare flood plans.