The Flood and Water Management Act 2010 (c.29) is a UK Act of Parliament relating to the management of the risk concerning flooding and coastal erosion...

infrastructure and natural systems, such as marshes and flood plains, for handling the increase in water. Flood management can include flood risk management, which...

Board and the Lee Conservancy Catchment Board, which continued to exist under the powers of the 1930 Act. River authorities were created by the Water Resources...

of the Water Act 1973 coming into force. This brought together in ten regional units a diverse range of bodies involved in water treatment and supply...

under the terms of the Act. Currently the law on hosepipe bans is contained in section 36 of the Flood and Water Management Act 2010, which replaced the...

powers, and where there were not, they took over the duties of flood prevention on main rivers from local authorities. The provisions of the 1930 Act ceased...

Water portal The Water Industry Act 1991 (c. 56) is an Act of the United Kingdom Parliament consolidating previous enactments relating to the water supply...

carry out their work on flood risk management. They were established under the provisions of the Flood and Water Management Act 2010, although details of...

flood risk as part of its duties and powers as defined by the Flood and Water Management Act 2010. The Environment Agency's powers to carry out flood...

of: flood control navigable waterways water resources development maintenance and repair of dams and reservoirs ecosystem restoration public water systems...

April 2010 the government passed the Flood and Water Management Act 2010, which implemented many of Sir Michael Pitt's recommendations. The Act gives...

Environment Act 1995, stateed that the management of water levels was part of the function of flood defence. "Land Drainage Act 1991". The National Archives. 1991...

public body, and sought to take over the water supply companies. A series of acts of Parliament were obtained, the first being the Liverpool Act 1846 (9 &...

water quality and pollution, and flood defence. Part II of the Act provides the general structure for the management of water resources. Part III explains...

A flood is an overflow of water (or rarely other fluids) that submerges land that is usually dry. In the sense of "flowing water", the word may also be...

treatment, flood prevention, land drainage, the prevention of pollution, fisheries, and water abstraction. While it appeared that all water management functions...

known as the Flood Control Act (FCA). Typically, they are enacted to control irrigation because of floods or other natural disasters and are administered...

legislation and reducing the harm caused by flooding and pollution incidents. It also oversaw the management of waste, water resources and freshwater fisheries;...

Fire Office. They sunk a shaft at Coxlodge, to tap into flooded coal workings, and the water fed a new reservoir on Town Moor through a 10-inch (250 mm)...

navigational, flood protection, hydrology, etc. Typically, the United States Army Corps of Engineers administers the bulk of the Act's requirements. There...

National Flood Insurance Program (NFIP) is a program created by the Congress of the United States in 1968 through the National Flood Insurance Act of 1968...

series of floods hit Queensland, Australia, beginning in December 2010. The floods forced the evacuation of thousands of people from towns and cities. At...

Water management in Dhaka faces numerous challenges such as flooding, poor service quality, groundwater depletion, inadequate sanitation, polluted river...

drainage and flood risk management, fisheries, water quality management, pollution prevention, water resource management and many aspects of the management of...

The Water Act 1973 (c. 37) is an act of the Parliament of the United Kingdom that reorganised the water, sewage and river management industry in England...

water resources development and conservation projects for navigation, flood control, flood and storm damage reduction, environmental preservation and...

titled Mumbai Mega Flood. Tum Mile, a 2009 Indian Hindi drama film is set against the backdrop of the disaster. Disaster Management Act, 2005 "Archived copy"...

separate water supply companies that operated in London. Although this idea was rejected by the Government, the Metropolitan Water Supply Act 1852 forced...

Parkinson; J. A. Goldenfum; Carlos E. M. Tucci, eds. (2010). Integrated urban water management : humid tropics. Boca Raton: CRC Press. p. 2. ISBN 978-0-203-88117-0...

Hickory was a key element in flood control during flooding on the Cumberland River in 2010. The operation and timing of water releases, following the 13...