Flooding & Coastal Erosion

There are approximately 200,000 sewer blockages throughout the UK every year. It is estimated around 75% are caused by FOG (Mills, 2010). Problems caused by FOG in the sewer system not only affect the performance of the sewer system and waste water treatment works (WWTW) but may also reduce asset life and increase maintenance costs. This will have an economic impact on the responsible water authorities and will ultimately be reflected in increased prices for customers.

This short newsletter is produced quarterly and provides updates on CREW projects, publications and the use of CREW outputs in the policy environment.

On the 19th of February, 2013 a practitioners’ NFM workshop was held in Edinburgh. The main objective of the workshop was to exchange knowledge about practical aspects of NFM implementation. By gathering NFM practitioners together and people researching the impacts of NFM, key sticking points and suggested solutions could be shared to avoid duplicated resources. A total of 33 participants attended from a range of organisations including the James Hutton Institute, Scottish Government, several universities, SEPA, OPW, consultancies and rivers trusts (see participant list in Appendix I).

The July-September 2012 edition of CREWs NEWs is available now. Find out about CREW events, projects, contract opportunities and competitions as well as news and events from the wider water sector. If you have any comments about CREWs NEWs or would like to advertise an upcoming event please get in touch.

This report provides evidence to SEPA and the Scottish Government on the implementation processes for the Flood Risk Management (Scotland) Act 2009 (hereafter FRM Act) within existing policy frameworks. It gives guidance on the roles and processes of the Flood Risk Management local advisory groups. These groups are now termed local advisory groups as opposed to ‘sub-district’ advisory groups as termed in the FRM Act. These local advisory groups will be established by autumn 2012.

This survey makes a preliminary assessment of possible social implications in Scotland of changes to the flood insurance market that may follow the end of the Scottish Statement of Principles on the provision of Flood Insurance. The Statement was agreed between the Scottish Government and the Association of British Insurers (ABI) in December 2008 and is due to finish in July 2013. It has both secured the availability of flood insurance to communities at risk of flooding in Scotland, and ensured that the Scottish Government has invested in flood risk management measures during this period.

The April-June 2012 edition of CREWs NEWs is available now. Find out about CREW events, projects, contract opportunities and competitions as well as news and events from the wider water sector. If you have any comments about CREWs NEWs or would like to advertise an upcoming event please get in touch.

The October-December 2012 edition of CREWs NEWs is now available. Find out about CREW events, projects, contract opportunities and competitions as well as news and events from the wider water sector. If you have any comments about CREWs NEWs or would like to advertise an upcoming event please get in touch.

Short accessible briefing summaring current academic thinking and evidence on the value of water resources. It considers the Scottish context and examines how the value of water resources might be developed. Produced for the stage 3 debate for the Water Resources (Scotland) Bill which took place in the Scottish Parliament on Wednesday 27th February.

Under the Flood Risk Management (Scotland) Act 2009, SEPA is responsible for assessing where natural flood management measures (NFM) could contribute to reducing flood risk and detailing this in flood risk management strategies. Local authorities  then have responsibility for identifying how these measures will be implemented in local flood risk management plans.