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£30m project in Burton-upon-Trent to reduce flood risk for 5,500 properties for decades to come.
New replanting technique tried at scheme which protects River Irwell.
More than two months’ worth of rain fell in three days last week, causing a breach of the flood bank on the River Steeping.
The fourth Flood and Coast Conference opened in Telford today.
Speech by Sir James Bevan, Chief Executive, Environment Agency Flood and Coast Conference, Telford International Centre, 18 June 2019
Learn how 1,800 properties will have their flood risk cut at the drop-in exhibition on 28 June 2019.
Parkeston pumping station near Harwich, located at the lower end of the Ramsey/Dock River, helps to protect homes and businesses from the risk of flooding.
Construction gets underway on flood defences in the North Street area to help protect York
First published during the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government
The first step of phase two of Leeds flood defence scheme was supported by city plans panel today
Public invited to see £42.3m flood defence scheme in Sandwell Valley Country Park
A pioneering project looking into whether temporarily flooding agricultural land around the Humber could benefit farmers and wildlife is appealing for land.
The work will better protect more than 4,500 properties from tidal flooding
Construction of one of the biggest flood defence schemes in the country was officially launched by the Environment Minister in Hull today (Thursday 16 May).
A call is being made for volunteers to join in a community river clean-up day to help improve the waterfront in Otley.
Emma Howard Boyd, Chair of the Environment Agency Brunel University, 9 May 2019
Environment Agency Chair, Emma Howard Boyd launches long-term strategy to tackle flooding and coastal change.
£7m beach nourishment scheme to start next week to protect thousands of properties and businesses in Lincolnshire
Consultation starts Monday 3 June. Giving opportunity for comment on the Shoreline Management Plan Policy of ‘hold the line’ and keep pace with climate change
Ordnance Survey (OS), the Environment Agency (EA) and the Scottish Environment Protection Agency (SEPA) have collaborated to bring together a nationally consistent view of Great Britain’s watercourses.
This scheme is part of the Environment Agency’s programme to invest £2.6billion by 2021 protecting over 300,000 homes and businesses from the risk of flooding.
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