Working in partnership to manage surface water flooding – Creating a better place
Surface water flooding is localised and complex. There are currently 3.2 million properties in areas at risk in England. As the September floods have shown, it is a real and growing threat to life, property, infrastructure, and to the economy. It requires a partnership approach to manage it better. During Flood Action Week 2024 14– […]
Stepping up maintenance to prepare for winter in Essex – Creating a better place
EA officer uses a robot mower to carry out maintenance on an embankment. David Simpson, from an Essex Field Team explains how Environment Agency preparations for winter begins well ahead of the long nights drawing in. As the summer was winding down, the Environment Agency was already undertaking important winter readiness actions. It may have […]
Bedford Ouse Floating Pennywort Project – Creating a better place
My name is Pippa Keynes and I work for the Environment Agency in East Anglia. Part of my job involves managing the Bedford Ouse Floating Pennywort project. This was launched by Fisheries, biodiversity and geomorphology (FBG colleagues in 2017), and is a collaboration between the Environment Agency, Anglian Water and various local groups. This project […]
Advances in flood forecasting – The Environment Agency / Met Office partnership in action – Creating a better place
By Philip Duffy, Environment Agency CEO. This week is Flood Action Week, our annual media campaign to raise awareness about how everyone can take action to know their flood risk and prepare. Today alongside Penny Endersby, Chief Executive of the Met Office, I visited our Flood Forecasting Centre (FFC) in Exeter. It’s a long-term strategic […]
Transforming our understanding of flood and coastal erosion risk in England – Creating a better place
Julie Foley, Director of Flood Risk Strategy and Adaptation Understanding of flood and coastal erosion risk is vital to ensuring that policy makers, practitioners and communities are ready to adapt to a changing climate. The Environment Agency is required to update our understanding of current and future flood and coastal erosion risk as part of […]