THE PITT REVIEW

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THE PITT REVIEW

• PETA DENHAM
• FLOOD RISK MANAGER
• ANGLIAN CENTRAL AREA

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Summer floods - what happened?

• Unprecedented rainfall
• 13 people lost their lives
• 43,000 homes flooded
• 5,000 businesses flooded
• Circa 2.5 billion in losses

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Reviews after the floods

• Internal Environment Agency Reviews
• Parliaments Environment, Food and Rural Affairs
  (EFRA) Committee Report
• Independent Government Review
• Pitt Review

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The Pitt Review

• Examined both how to reduce the risk and impact
  of floods, and the emergency response to the
  floods in June/July 2007
• Final report published 25 June 2008
• 92 recommendations

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Pitt Review final recommendations

• Improving planning and reducing the risk of
  flooding
• and its impacts

Knowing when and where it will flood
Better advice and helping people to protect their
families and homes
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Pitt Review final recommendations
Being rescued and cared for in an emergency
Maintaining power and water supplies and
protecting essential services
Recovery
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How are we managing this?

• December 11th, Government will issue a costed,
  prioritised plan to deliver the recommendations
• Already working Nationally and Regionally to
  address the recommendations

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Short Term Flood Actions

• Surface Water Flooding

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Short Term Flood Actions

• Surface Water Flooding

• Rapid Response Catchments

• Better representation at Gold Commands

• Extreme Rainfall Alert Service

• Critical Infrastructure

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Short Term Flood Actions

• Multi-agency Flood Plans
• Flood Warning Public Awareness
• Reservoirs
• Groundwater Flooding
• S.T.A.C.s

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Floods and Water Bill
Legislation ..single unified Act that amongst
other outcomes addresses all sources of flooding,
clarifies responsibilities and facilitates flood
risk management
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Floods and Water Bill

• Emphasis on holistic flood risk management,
  adaptation, resistance and resilience rather than
  defence for all sources of flooding
• Review roles and responsibilities of all bodies
  and funding
• Also include water issues such as supply,
  efficiency, quality, charging and competition
• Public consultation Spring 2009, Legislation 2010
  

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Hilary Benn, Secretary of State for the
Environment

• We can never eliminate the risk of flooding,
  particularly as climate change takes hold. But
  all of us Government, water and electricity
  providers, local communities and individuals
  must take flood risk seriously and be as prepared
  as we can to deal with it.
• Thank you