Flooding
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Government to spend an extra £12.5m on flood defences
Government announces an extra £12.5m for temporary flood defences and a more integrated approach to prevention following new review. -
Dear EA chairman, here is your task and key to success
Consultant Jim Barrack writes to the next chairman of the Environment Agency with advice on how to tackle the key challenges ahead. -
Budget 2016: £700m boost for flood defences
Chancellor to help communities in the north hard hit by the winter floods. -
New EA chair will be deluged by challenges
The recent floods will ensure that the new head of the Environment Agency has a full and challenging in-tray. Jon Robinson , director for water at AECOM, considers the challenges ahead for the new incumbent... -
Developers beware: river flows predicted to double
Big changes are on the way for developers following publication of new guidance predicting river flows will double and sea levels will rise by over a metre, writes BWB Consulting service director Iqbal Rassool. -
Flooding – the radical changes needed now
Members of the Environmental Industries Commission have pointed to the key issues for managing and reducing flood risk. The consensus is clear, says Matthew Farrow -
Flooding crisis: Environment Agency chairman pay and conditions to be reconsidered as details of flooding review announced and storms batter UK
Flooding crisis continues as Cumbria deluged and ministers outline review with call for evidence to follow -
Split the Environment Agency to help tackle flooding
Restructuring the responsibilities of the Environment Agency should be on the government’s to-do list, says Matthew Farrow who runs through environmental pressure points for 2016 -
Not enough attention on maintaining flood defences, says WYG’s Matthew Elliott
WYG's engineering director Matthew Elliott offers his thoughts on the issue of flooding and what needs to be done. -
Sir Philip Dilley 'made a scapegoat’
The departed chairman of the Environment Agency has been made a government and media scapegoat for the problems in the North and Scotland, according to a leading academic in water management.