Flood risk areas to get better protection.COMMUNITIES at risk of surface water flooding in the North-West will be better protected in future under new Government plans. Provisions in the Flood and Water Management Bill will give local authorities new roles and responsibilities to manage surface water flooding. The Bill will require all new developments to include "sustainable drainage" - alternative ways of dealing with rainwater which do not involve connecting to the sewer SEWER. Properly a trench artificially made for the purpose of carrying water into the sea, river, or some other place of reception. Public sewers are, in general, made at the public expense. Crabb, R. P. Sec. 113. . This can include ponds on site, reed beds, permeable paving Permeable paving, also called pervious paving or "porous pavement", is a term used to describe paving methods for roads, parking lots and walkways that allow the movement of water and air through the paving material. , soakaways and roadside ditches. Two-thirds of the severe flooding the country faced in 2007, which affected 55,000 people, was caused by surface water flooding - which happens when rainfall overwhelms sewers and drains and the water has nowhere to go. The National Rank Order of Settlements Susceptible to Surface Water Flooding shows seven NW cities and towns in the 100 most susceptible to surface water flooding from severe rainfall. They are Liverpool, with 13,100 homes, Manchester (10,900), Blackpool (4,200), Preston (4,000), Rochdale (3,900), Wigan Wigan (wĭg`ən), city (1991 pop. 88,725) and metropolitan district, N England, located in the Manchester metropolitan area on the Douglas River. (3,500) and Warrington (3,500). |
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