The Environment Agency is the lead organisation for providing flood and coastal risk management and warnings of flooding from main rivers and on the coast. We are responsible for the strategic overview for all sources of flooding. This means we will advise and bring together the planning and management of flood risk from rivers, the sea, groundwater, reservoirs and surface water. Many different public and private bodies are involved in managing flood and coastal erosion risk, each accountable for different aspects of risk management. The Environment Agency’s challenge is to help bodies such as local authorities, internal drainage boards, the.
