Flooding
SEPA is Scotland's flood warning authority. We operate
flood warning services in partnership with local authorities
and the police. This includes Floodline; a 24 hour telephone
information service covering all of Scotland, through the
monitoring of river levels, rainfall, tidal predictions and weather
forecasts.
SEPA is also responsible for providing advice to local
authorities on flood risk for planning purposes, and advice on flood prevention. This section
explains how we work with other organisations to manage flood risk
in Scotland, as well as a range of hints and tips on how you can
prepare for flooding.
The Flood Risk Management (Scotland) Act came
into force on Nov 26 2009 and transposes the EC Floods Directive
into national law and streamlines the process by which local
authorities prepare flood schemes.
It also places a duty on the Scottish Government, SEPA, Scottish
Water and local authorities to better co-ordinate the assessment
and management of flood risk. Whereas current policy focuses on
river and coastal flooding, the Act covers all sources of flooding,
including overloaded sewers.
In addition SEPA will be required to carry out a national
assessment of flood risk by 2011, produce new flood risk and hazard
maps by 2013 and put in place Scotland's first national flood risk
management plan by 2015.
We will be regularly updating our website to reflect
changes, consultations and engagement opportunities and you
can also register to be kept updated by
signing up for bulletins here.