A blog by Sandra Ryan reflects on the dilemma of drought planning when flooding is on the front pages.
A new horizon in water resource management planning. Changes to the Water resource management Plan guideline: great flexibility, or more complication?
Managing water in the UK is a juggling act. Devastating floods grab our attention and focus thoughts on how we can adapt to plunging communities underwater. It seems strange that at the same time we must prepare against chronic water supply shortages that climate change, growing population, and environmental objectives threaten. While flooding hits the front pages behind the scenes work to secure water supply in the long term continues. This blog reflects on this dilemma; click here to read the blog
http://www.amecfw.com/documents/downloads/technical-papers/water-resource-management-planning.pdf
Amec have recently produced this report for the Environment Agency: on Understanding the performance of water supply systems during mild to extreme floods