Posts about our work managing flood risk and responding to flooding
From being part of the response team during the flood event to inspecting our flood defences and identifying repairs, we’ve been very busy in the months since the devastating flooding caused by Storm Desmond. I’ve been spending a significant amount …
I was in at the start of the Environment Agency – well, actually, years before that, in its earlier life as the water company. Then, as a nervous conservation officer in 1984 (32 years ago), I was handed a typewriter …
My name’s Ruth Snowden. I’m a Senior Engineer for VBA, a joint venture between VolkerStevin, Boskalis Westminster and Atkins. We’re working on a multi-million pound Environment Agency project to upgrade Ipswich’s flood defences. As a Senior Engineer my role is …
I’d been working in the Environment Agency’s Penrith flood resilience team for just six months when Storm Desmond hit. As residents in the area well know, the storm brought more than a month's rain to parts of Cumbria (as well …
I can’t believe it’s 20 years since the creation of the Environment Agency! So what was it like to evolve from the National Rivers Authority (NRA) into the EA? Bringing a multitude of waste regulation, air quality and nuclear specialists …
In West Norfolk local communities are working together and contributing to their flood defences in a new, efficient and innovative way. I work in the Flood and Coastal Risk Management team and part of our work is to review how …
We’re all guilty of using jargon from time to time. As someone who has worked in flooding for over 20 years, it’s all too easy to get caught up in technical language and this can often get in the way …
Andy Graham, Head of Community Working Wetlands at the Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust writes about SuDS for Schools, a project to get children enthused about reducing flood risk. Looking to the future, it’s possible to feel down: more and more …
If you’ve watched movies such as The Cube, The Descent and The Panic Room, or simply spent longer than you’d like in a lift, the feeling of claustrophobia is one you can no doubt relate to. So imagine if it …
This is a guest blog by Simon Lewis, Head of Emergency Planning and Response at the British Red Cross. His team coordinates the charity's emergency planning and response work in the UK, which includes helping those impacted by flooding. If …
