Positive water management in lowland areas facing climate change

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The FLOODCOM project gathers together 5 partners from the 2 Seas programme area with similar topography: lowland areas, affected by the North Sea with a possibility of flooding from inter-tidal and fluvial events or even severe rainfall events. Traditional flood defense methods, such as concrete canals and sea walls, are no longer fit to meet the increased threat of flooding. Therefore, new technical solutions and practical methods are required, with a shared objective to make flood risk areas safer for living and working. FLOODCOM partners will share their experiences and expertise and create a toolkit to be used by all national environment agencies and local authorities. These approaches range from large-scale water storage (up and down stream) for communities in Breda and Chelmsford, to water flow management techniques in Antwerp and St Omer. The project will engage with communities, with a particular focus on young people, to increase their knowledge of FLOODCOM’s aims and the effects of climate change on their environment, using new communication tools like social media and live web streaming.

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