Introducing the ninth SRA annual report
In the report below, you will find details of dozens of SRA-funded activities across Somerset between 1 April 2023 and 31 March 2024, all done to reduce the risks and impacts of flooding.
As you may recall, the SRA was launched as a partnership in January 2015 following the devastating flooding that hit Somerset over the winter of 2013-14 and the production of a 20 Year Flood Action Plan.
We fund extra flood-related work over and above that which the Environment Agency, Internal Drainage Boards, Wessex Water and other agencies are able to do.
A decade on, we have achieved a lot, but there is still much more to be done. 2023-24 showed climate change intensifying flooding problems across our county, and recent rains suggest another worryingly unpredictable winter to come.
Summarised in the annual report is the SRA’s new Strategy for the next ten years. Our focus is now on whole river catchments, which we were unable to do before the advent of the unitary Somerset Council.
We face some hard constraints and challenges (not least financial), but we are determined to push on with a range of schemes and activities across river catchments in Somerset.
I trust that you will find our latest annual report useful and informative.
Somerset Rivers Authority (SRA) Chair Cllr Mike Stanton
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SRA Annual Report 2023-24