The detailed hydraulic modelling by WHS supported the development of a successful Flood Risk Assessment for the East West Railway.
The East West Railway Project is a significant infrastructure development to establish a direct rail connection …
Our hydraulic models have an eye for the detail, but this planner’s guide won’t give you an earful of jargon.
Flood maps hosted by the environmental regulators of England, Scotland and Wales can provide …
We’re pleased to announce that WHS, Burroughs and TACP have formed a new Flood Risk Management (FRM) partnership.
We have worked with Burroughs and TACP on several major transport infrastructure projects that have included flood risk management measures. We have …
In England, in the summer floods of 2007, around 55,000 properties were flooded and nearly 500,000 people were left without water or electricity. After this, whole-catchment responses to flood management were required, including changes to upland land use.
Whole-catchment responses …
After Brexit we will move away from the EU’s Common Agricultural Policy (CAP) and landowners will be paid to produce ‘public goods’. Can this be used to help deliver flood risk management?
Paying farmers based …
We provide our views on the proposed changes to planning policy for flood risk in Wales, due to be finalised in September 2020.
As we reported last time, TAN 15 was first released in 2004. Much has …
Technical Advice Note (TAN) 15 guides planners, developers, local authorities and flood-risk specialists on development, flooding and coastal erosion in Wales. An update was released on October 2019.
Technical Advice Notes (TANs) have been released by the Welsh government to …
All rivers in the UK evolve continuously and almost all show signs of construction work. It is vital that activities are regulated to safeguard against ecological deterioration and flooding.
This applies to all activities, from hydroelectric power schemes in the …
Consultation in Wales on a new flood-risk 
management strategy has just closed. Consultation on new guidance for flood-risk assessment and development planning is also just about to be opened. These are crucial times.
The Welsh Government has been …
Three countries, 23 miles, 3,064 metres of ascent. Here is the story of the WHS National Three Peaks Challenge.
On 21 June 2019, after months of training, WHS faced the Challenge. We climbed in support of WaterAid, a mountain of …