EU funding secured for partnership initiative to increase flood resilience The National Flood Forum, in partnership with the Rivers Trust, have secured funding to work together to reduce flood risk in parts of the UK. The aim is to understand and reduce residual flood risk through a combination of measures. In the case of the […]
Torridge and North Devon Councils have established a new Water Quality task team to monitor and improve the water quality of the Taw and Torridge Estuary. Working in partnership with the North Devon Biosphere, Environment Agency and South West Water the group will be looking to bring the quality of the water in the region’s […]
River diverted to reduce flood risk Environment Agency ‘Northumbrian Water and the Environment Agency began the £7 million joint flood reduction scheme in October 2014. The Brunton Park scheme will reduce the risk of flooding to more than 100 properties in Mitford Gardens, Princes Close, Fairway Close, Princes Road, Waterbury Road and Clayworth Road. Diverting […]
Public and private sector bodies have joined forces to create the UK Water Partnership, a new body to promote water resilience and UK expertise in the sector around the globe. http://www.ukwrip.org//articles/new-uk-water-partnership Countries around the world require infrastructure investment – and underpinning it all is the need for reliable and sustainable water supplies. The UK Water […]
Environment Agency A new approach is being taken to support catchment partnerships and distribute funds in the 2015/16 period. Every catchment partnership will be given the opportunity to submit an application to deliver projects in line with the Catchment Partnership Action Fund (CPAF) guidelines . £4.775 million has been awarded which would equate to £46K […]
In effect this a model for helping deliver sustainability for a wide variety of project – integrated solutions, delivering multiple benefits with finances from a variety of sources. This diagram prepared by Peter Bide has enormous range of applications to project funding meeting the aspirations of stakeholders. In effect it shows a familiar situation – […]