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This project updated with the latest research the manual used by professionals to design and build Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS).
The home of Flood and Coastal Erosion Risk Management Research and Development Programme on GOV.UK. We’re a collaborative research and development programme between the Environment Agency, Defra, Welsh Government and Natural…
Producing a rapid evidence assessment to appraise research to support the development of National Flood Risk Assessment (NaFRA2).
The evidence base for working with natural processes to reduce flood risk.
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This project developed a simple tool for people, who are not experts, to find out what drainage systems a new development is likely to need.
Improving evidence to inform funding and spending.
Producing a guide for the design, operation and management of culverts, trash screens and outfalls.
Research on the preferred drawdown capacity for reservoirs in the United Kingdom.
A guide to risk assessments for reservoir safety management.
A report detailing a consistent approach to the design and management of both rock and timber groynes.
This project explored ways of reducing uncertainty in flood estimation in small catchments and development-sized plots of land
This project updated the previous guide to designing and operating culverts based on significant changes in how assets are managed.
This project developed a nationally consistent approach to assessing and managing flood risk for new developments across England and Wales.
An updated reference guide covering coastal, river and canal rock works, estuary and river closure works and works with large concrete armour units.
This guide examines all the elements of river systems and catchments that need to be considered when designing engineering works to manage flood risk.
A new guide on the assessment and management of blockage in watercourses.
In this document, we set out the areas of research interest to 2028 for the Flood and Coastal Erosion Risk Management (FCERM) research and development programme
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This project re-defined what causes ‘coastal squeeze’ and assessed the best way of managing its past and future impacts.
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