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Consultation Outcome Published 27 Nov 2020 Department for Environment, Food & Rural Affairs ↗ View on GOV.UK

Reservoir safety: making reservoir emergency on-site flood plans

Seeking views on making reservoir emergency on-site flood plans a requirement for all reservoirs regulated under the Reservoir Act 1975.

Opened 16 Jun 2020
Closed 17 Aug 2020
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We want to know what you think about making all reservoirs have and maintain emergency on-site flood plans and how the requirement could work.

In particular, we’re interested in:

  • what the on-site plans should include
  • how often they should be updated and tested
  • how we can improve the guidance about preparing plans
  • if training for undertakers, engineers, local authority emergency planners and emergency services would be beneficial