Flood Mitigation
The effects of climate change will continue to be debated over the coming years as extreme weather events and global warming become more apparent. There is an increasing body of evidence that shows that extreme daily rainfall rates are becoming more intense and that the rate of increase is consistent with what is expected from the fundamental physics of a warming world.
In recent years the UK has seen a dramatic increase in the number of flood events and flood risk warnings in many areas. This is of increasing concern to utility providers, industry, local government, home owners and insurers. The Floods Directive (2007) signalled a change from flood defence to flood risk management, where authorities, communities and individuals should be aware of their own flood risk and have plans in place to minimise the consequences of flooding.
There is a growing awareness amongst these stakeholders that simply building more or higher flood defences will not solve the problems of flooding. Indeed, implementing permanent flood mitigation infrastructure has a typical lead time in excess of 10 years!
There is an immediate need for temporary, cost effective, rapidly deployed first line flood protection.
Having studied and analysed many of the most recent global flooding events, we have worked with manufacturers to bring to market what we believe to be the best temporary mobile flood defence barriers currently available.