Surface water management planning: guidance (2018)

Guidance to assist the responsible authorities in preparation of Surface Water Management Plans (SWMPs) to help with the management of surface water flooding.


Footnotes

1 Flood Risk Management Strategies: http://apps.sepa.org.uk/FRMStrategies/

2 Scottish Government (2011) Delivering sustainable flood risk management: http://www.gov.scot/Topics/Environment/Water/Flooding/FRMAct/guidance

3 http://www.gov.scot/Topics/Environment/environmental-assessment/sea/SEAGuidance

4 http://www.snh.gov.uk/planning-and-development/environmental-assessment/habitat-regulations-appraisal/

5 SEPA Flood modelling guidance for responsible authorities: http://www.sepa.org.uk/media/219653/flood_model_guidance_v2.pdf

6 SEPA (2014) Derivation of a regional pluvial flood hazard dataset, Scotland – Methodology Report provided to responsible authorities with regional pluvial hazard data.

7 https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/flood-and-coastal-risk-management-in-england-long-term-investment

8 Environment Agency (2016) Adapting to Climate Change: Advice for Flood and Coastal Erosion Risk Management Authorities. This is supplementary information to the Defra (2009) policy statement on Appraisal of Flood and Coastal Erosion Risk Management and the Environment Agency’s Flood and Coastal Erosion Risk Management appraisal guidance (updating Defra 2006 and EA 2011 supplementary information on climate change): https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/adapting-to-climate-change-for-risk-management-authorities

9 Bennett J, Blenkinsop S, Dale M, Fowler H, and Gill E (2015) Rainfall Intensity for Sewer Design - Guidance for water companies. UKWIR, London.

10 UK Climate Projections: http://ukclimateprojections.metoffice.gov.uk/

11 National Records of Scotland Household Projections 2014: https://www.nrscotland.gov.uk/statistics-and-data/statistics/statistics-by-theme/households/household-projections

12 See Chapter six of Houston D, Werritty A, Basset D, Geddes A, Hoolachan A and McMillan M (2011) Pluvial (rain-related) flooding in urban areas: the invisible hazard. Joseph Rowntree Foundation, UK. www.jrf.org.uk/publications/pluvial-flooding-invisible-hazard

13 SEPA (In prep.) Appraisal Method for Flood Risk Management Strategies www.sepa.org.uk

14 Defra (2009) Appraisal of flood and coastal erosion risk management: A Defra policy statement: https://www.gov.uk/government/publications/appraisal-of-flood-and-coastal-erosion-risk-management-a-defra-policy-statement-june-2009

15 SEPA Flood modelling guidance for responsible authorities: http://www.sepa.org.uk/media/219653/flood_model_guidance_v2.pdf

16 SEPA (2014) Derivation of a regional pluvial flood hazard dataset, Scotland – Methodology Report provided to responsible authorities with regional pluvial hazard data.

17 CIWEM (2009) Integrated Urban Drainage Modelling Guide 2009, CIWEM, London.

www.ciwem.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/05/Integrated-Urban-Drainage-Modelling-Guide.pdf

18 Stewart, et al. (2010) Reservoir Safety – Long Return Period Rainfall. Technical report by Defra.

19 SEPA Flood modelling guidance for responsible authorities: http://www.sepa.org.uk/media/219653/flood_model_guidance_v2.pdf

20 The SEPA data also includes indirect damage data that can be included in this calculation. Indirect damage data includes the impact on vehicles and emergency services, and the costs of drying flood-damaged homes.

21 Kelly D (2016) Impact of paved front gardens on current and future urban flooding. Journal of Flood Risk Management. 12 February.

22 UKWIR (2010) Impact of Urban Creep on Sewerage Systems.10/WM/07/14. Summarised in OFWAT (2011) Future Impacts on Sewer Systems in England and Wales: http://www.ofwat.gov.uk/wp-content/uploads/2015/11/rpt_com201106mottmacsewer.pdf

23 Wright GB, Arthur S, Bowles G, Bastien N and Unwin D (2011) Urban creep in Scotland: stakeholder perceptions, quantification and cost implications of permeable solutions. Water and Environment Journal 25(4), 513–521. DOI: 10.1111/j.1747-6593.2010.00247.x

24 SEPA WAT- SG-67: Assessing the significance of impacts – social, economic and environmental: https://www.sepa.org.uk/media/149801/wat_sg_67.pdf

Contact

Gordon Robertson: Flooding_Mailbox@gov.scot

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