‘No consistent approach’: EA review of groundwater flooding gives cause for concern
There is “no consistent approach to planning, preparing, responding or recovering from groundwater flooding”, an Environment Agency (EA) review has concluded.
The review, authored by the agency, aimed to give a comprehensive overview of the current approach to groundwater flooding and found it to be severely lacking.
The EA also found that confusing local reporting methods are “likely to lead to a general under-reporting of groundwater flooding incidents”, with no national system and “no consistent process for recording groundwater flooding”.
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