Flood Risk Assessment – Seaton
Acting on instruction from a local authority Southwest Environmental Limited are to carry out a flood risk assessment for a proposed car car in Seaton, Devon.
The site is within a very complicated area with regards to flooding with recording instances of sewer and river (fluvial) flooding. Owing to the site’s proximity to the sea the action of waves is also important, having to be assessed relevant to the quality of flood defences in the area.
As well as up to date flood data the data ordered also contained various historic data as per above. This is not the not, and is handy as it includes information on the location of sewer flooding.
Flood Risk