Fabweld reacts to Floods and Water Bill
The Floods and Water Bill will alter the way that drainage is viewed by the construction industry. Merchants will have to adapt the way that they sell to reap the benefits.
The recent bouts of flooding that hit the north west in November last year devastated homes and businesses across several small towns and villages. The region is no stranger to devastating floods – it is the wettest regions of the country, receiving an average of 130 inches of rain per year. The rain may have caused the most damage in Cumbria, but it wasn’t just that region that suffered through heavy rain. According to the Met Office, last November was the wettest on record, with an average of 217.4 mm of rain falling across the UK, beating 1951’s previous record of 193.6 mm. Cumbria received three times that amount across the month. Heavy rainfall may not be a new phenomenon on the British Isles, but regular flooding, be it devastatingly large scale or a localised nuisance, is becoming a much more prominent problem – partially a symptom of antique drainage systems, partly a by-product of an increase in impermeable surfaces. It has become a big enough problem that the government has been pressured to do something about it. First came new regulations on impermeable driveways, requiring householders to build in a drainage solution, be it a channel drainage system or permeable paving...
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Article published in Builders Merchants Journal January issue www.buildersmerchantsjournal.net
