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Publication - Advice and guidance

Surface water management planning: guidance (2018)

Published
25 September 2018
Directorate
Environment and Forestry Directorate
Topic
Environment and climate change, Public safety and emergencies
ISBN
9781788518567

Guidance to assist the responsible authorities in preparation of Surface Water Management Plans (SWMPs) to help with the management of surface water flooding.

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10 Implement and monitor plan

Implement and monitor plan: considerations and example outputs
Considerations Example outputs
  • Implementing actions and monitoring to determine progress towards achieving objectives.
  • Identifying key information to capture relating to actions to compare against the objectives, e.g. standard of protection, number of homes protected, completion date and so on.
  • Monitoring actions to determine how effective they are at managing surface water and realising multiple benefits.
  • Using the above to review and update the plan, e.g. to ascertain what actions are complete and objectives achieved, what type of actions have been successful and can be replicated, or recognise where progress is slow and where the plan needs to be modified.
  • Each authority to follow its own project management procedures for implementing actions.
  • Updated summaries of all actions and their status (e.g. a ‘live implementation plan’) to aid co-ordination and communication, in particular to confirm when an action has been completed.
  • For completed actions, recorded key information that can be shared with partners if required, e.g. GIS files showing as-built structural details; the area where flood risk has been reduced (area of benefit); key statistics on flood risk benefits (e.g. standard of protection, number of properties better protected, economic damages avoided); and other key information (e.g. volume of water stored, area of green space and so on).

Once implemented, actions can be monitored to determine progress towards achieving objectives. Monitoring can also determine how effective actions are at managing surface water and realising multiple benefits. As more information is gathered, over time, other actions can be implemented and improved.

Updated summaries of all actions and their status (e.g. ‘live implementation plan’) should be maintained to help co-ordination and communication. The summaries should confirm when an action has been completed and capture key information about that action. Key data (e.g. standard of protection, number of properties protected etc.) on completed structural actions in particular should be collected and shared with stakeholders, including SEPA and the lead local authority. This will help to confirm the status of any relevant actions that are in the LFRMP and FRM Strategy and also allow reduction in flood risk to be collated, quantified and communicated to monitor progress against the objectives of reducing flood risk. SEPA can be contacted for further advice on what key data should be provided for completed actions.

Contact

Gordon Robertson: Flooding_Mailbox@gov.scot

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