As a lead Local Flood Authority, we have a legal duty under the Flood and Water Management Act 2010 to:
- "Develop, maintain, apply and monitor" a Local Flood Risk Management Strategy. This is a tool to help understand and manage flood risk in Calderdale.
Its main aim is to tackle local flood risks, which include:
- Surface water;
- groundwater;
- and ordinary watercourses.
In Calderdale, flooding from main rivers, canals and reservoirs create complex floods. Due to this, the strategy looks at all flooding.
It sets out our main objectives, measures and actions to:
- Build a better understanding of flood risk issues.
- Take steps to reduce flood risk in Calderdale.
- Develop schemes to manage residual flood risk.
- Prepare better for flood events.
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