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What Is Flood Re? A Clear Guide to the UK Flood Insurance Scheme

Flood Re is a UK government-backed reinsurance scheme designed to improve the availability and affordability of flood insurance for households at higher risk of flooding. Introduced in 2016, Flood Re UK allows insurers to transfer the flood element of eligible…
Posted on 7th January, 2026
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Who Is Responsible for Managing Flood Risk in England?

Flooding in England can happen anywhere — from rivers, the sea, surface water, groundwater, sewers or even small streams that overflow after heavy rain. Because these sources of flooding behave differently, no single organisation is responsible for everything. Instead, flood…
Posted on 31st October, 2025
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How to Drive Through Flood Water

Knowing how to drive through flood water safely comes down to one rule above all others: if you can avoid it, don't drive through it at all. The Environment Agency advises drivers not to enter water that is moving or…
Posted on 28th October, 2025
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What is BS 6297 infiltration testing for foul drainage fields?

BS 6297 infiltration testing measures whether the ground on a site can absorb and treat effluent safely, and it is what decides whether a drainage field is a workable way to deal with foul drainage where there is no mains…
Posted on 26th June, 2025
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Riparian Ownership: Your Rights and Responsibilities in the UK

If you own, rent out or are developing land beside a river, stream, brook or ditch, you are almost certainly a riparian owner, and riparian ownership carries legal duties that most landowners never realise they hold until a flood or…
Posted on 6th June, 2025
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How to Maintain Your Drains to Prevent Surface Water Flooding

You can prevent most surface water flooding around a UK home with three habits: keep gutters and drains clear, check soakaways after heavy rain, and know when a blockage needs a professional rather than a hose. Surface water flooding happens…
Posted on 26th February, 2025
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Flood Return Periods & Annual Probability Explained

If you have ever read a flood report or flood risk assessment, you may have met phrases like "1-in-100-year flood" or "annual probability of flooding". They sound technical, and they are easy to misread at exactly the moment they matter…
Posted on 20th December, 2024
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Cleaning Up After a Flood: A UK Step-by-Step Recovery Guide

Most of our work is about stopping floods before they happen, through flood risk assessment and drainage design. But flooding still happens, and when it does the clean-up is hard, dirty and often distressing. This guide walks you through it…
Posted on 23rd August, 2019
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How to Prepare for a Flood and Protect Your Home

Flooding is now part of life for millions of households in Britain. Around 6.3 million properties in England sit in an area at risk of flooding from rivers, the sea, surface water or groundwater, and a run of record-breaking wet…
Posted on 25th September, 2015
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