Policy paper

Surface water management action plan

Actions the government and others are taking to manage the risk of surface water flooding.

• From: Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs and Environment Agency
• Published: 17 July 2018
• Last updated: 30 July 2021 — See all updates

This was published under the 2016 to 2019 May Conservative government

Documents

Surface water management action plan - July 2018

Ref: PB 14522

PDF, 827 KB, 41 pages

Details

This surface water management action plan sets out the steps the government is taking, with the Environment Agency and others, to manage the risk of surface water flooding.

It covers a number of actions to both improve our understanding of the risks and strengthen delivery. These include:

• improving risk assessment and communication
• making sure infrastructure is resilient
• clarifying responsibilities for surface water management
• joining up planning for surface water management
• building local authority capacity

See the government progress update on the action plan, published in July 2021.

Published 17 July 2018
Last updated 30 July 2021 + show all updates

1. 30 July 2021

   Added a link to the government progress update on the action plan.

2. 17 July 2018

   First published.