What UK Flood and Water Management Act 2010: National Strategy, Lead Local Flood Authorities, Sustainable Drainage and Reservoir Safety requires
The Flood and Water Management Act 2010 is a principal framework for managing flood and coastal erosion risk and certain water-supply matters in England and Wales, administered by the Environment Agency, lead local flood authorities and the Secretary of State. Part 1 deals with flood and coastal erosion risk management: section 1 defines flood and coastal erosion, section 2 defines risk, and section 3 defines risk management as the assessment and reduction of risk. Section 7 requires the Environment Agency to develop, maintain, apply and monitor a national flood and coastal erosion risk management strategy for England, and section 9 requires each lead local flood authority to develop a local flood risk management strategy. Section 21 requires a lead local authority to maintain a register of structures or features likely to have a significant effect on flood risk. Part 2 covers further measures: section 32 introduces sustainable drainage and Schedule 3 sets out the sustainable drainage system (SuDS) approval and adoption regime; section 33 and Schedule 4 strengthen reservoir safety by amending the Reservoirs Act 1975 in relation to high-risk reservoirs, inspection and monitoring; and section 36 enables water undertakers to impose temporary use bans (hosepipe bans) during periods of shortage. Sections 38 and 39 address incidental flooding or coastal erosion arising from the work of the appropriate agency and of local authorities. The Act is the legal architecture that assigns flood-risk leadership, requires the national and local strategies, brings sustainable drainage into the planning system and keeps large reservoirs under a safety regime.
Pillar: Water & Environmental Resources · Authority: UK Parliament / Environment Agency and lead local flood authorities · Version: 1.0.0 · Last updated:
Primary source: https://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2010/29/contents
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- Flood and Water Management Act 2010, section 1 - meaning of flood and coastal erosion; section 2 meaning of risk.
- Flood and Water Management Act 2010, section 3 - risk management.
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