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What is being done to reduce and manage flood risk?

Maintenance programmes, flood schemes and strategies, and different approaches to managing flood risk.

  • River and coastal maintenance programmes 2011 -12

    Protecting the river environment and managing flood risk is part of our job. We reduce the risk of flooding by undertaking maintenance work in our rivers and to our river and sea defences.

  • Flood schemes

    Find out about some of the flood schemes in your area.

  • Flood strategies

    Find out about some of the flood strategies in your area.

  • Reservoir flooding and emergencies

    We sent reservoir flood maps to all local authorities and reservoir operators in December 2009. The maps will be used to assist the production of emergency plans. These will ensure we are well prepared for reservoir flooding emergencies.

  • Types of flood defences

    Probably the most visible signs of flood risk management are flood defences. We build ‘hard defences’ of concrete, metal or other construction materials and we also work with natural process to reduce flood risk.

  • Video: Cumbria floods

  • Flood risk management and community resilience in Skinningrove

    Skinningrove is a small coastal village in Redcar & Cleveland in the North East. We work with the local council to manage and reduce the risk of flooding, and with the local community to ensure they are prepared.

  • Flood erosion protection in Cumbria

    The Environment Agency has been working with a number of different groups to help install ‘soft engineered’ river bank protection in rural areas.