Links
MORE INFORMATION ON FLOODING FOR HOME-OWNERS AND BUSINESSES:
The National Flood Forum is a national charity that helps people who are at risk of flooding. The West Somerset Flood Group is affiliated to the NFF https://nationalfloodforum.org.uk
Mary Dhonau (Flood Mary) has produced an excellent home-owner's guide on flooding and a guide for businesses. You can download these, and more from http://www.knowyourfloodrisk.co.uk
The North West Flood Hub has a lot of information, including a fantastic set of A4 information sheets about flood related topics https://thefloodhub.co.uk
WHO DOES WHAT IN SOMERSET?
To find out who does what and for links to many useful resources, you can go to the Flooding and Drainage section of Somerset Council's Waste, Planning and Land page.
Flood Risk Management Authorities:
The Environment Agency
https://www.gov.uk/government/organisations/environment-agency
Somerset Council
flood-and-water-management
Somerset Drainage Board Consortium
http://somersetdrainageboards.gov.uk
Wessex Water: practical information about dealing with flooding
https://www.wessexwater.co.uk/help-and-advice
Wessex Water: water management strategies
https://www.wessexwater.co.uk/environment
Planning Authorities:
Exmoor National Park Authority
http://exmoor-nationalpark.gov.uk
Community resilience:
Somerset Prepared works to improve community resilience across Somerset
http://www.somersetprepared.org.uk/
Other organisations:
Farming and Wildlife Advisory Group South West provide excellent advice on all aspects of natural flood management. They lead on the award-winning Hills to Levels project
https://www.fwagsw.org.uk
The Somerset Rivers Authority does far more than pay for dredging. It provides additional support to flood mitigation, catchment management and resilience projects carried out by all its partners
https://www.somersetriversauthority.org.uk
Exmoor National Park Authority
http://exmoor-nationalpark.gov.uk
The Wildfowl and Wetlands Trust is becoming increasingly involved in Natural Flood Management projects in Somerset
https://www.wwt.org.uk
The National Trust Holnicote Estate has led the way in Natural Flood Management with its Source to Sea Project
https://nt.global.ssl.fastly.net/holnicote-estate/documents/from-source-to-sea---natural-flood-management.pdf
The National Trust Holnicote Estate is now continuing this work through its Riverlands project
https://www.nationaltrust.org.uk/features/riverlands-how-we-keep-our-rivers-flowing
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