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For more information or membership queries please contact Clair Hunt on 01628 524789 or at clair.hunt@upstreamgroup.co.uk  . Or see www.upstreamgroup.co.uk   

Send form to: C Hunt, The Pound House, The Pound, Cookham SL6 9QD

TUG’s objective is to form a productive working relationship with the public authorities via the newly formed FRAG (Flood Risk Action Group), in order to influence an integrated and proactive approach to overall River and flood plain management. TUG (Thames Upstream Group) is drawing together the principal issues concerning the local community and with the advice of a specially commissioned expert Engineer and Hydrologists, TUG will try to assist and where necessary lobby, to help influence the authorities’ plans in the following ways:

1. Flood Prevention TUG will seek to influence the EA’s (Environment Agency) strategy for future River and flood plain management to prevent the sudden surge in water levels that contributed to the floods during January 2003.

2. Insurance obtain evidence from the EA to show that the 2003 rainfalls were exceptional and seek to ensure that the EA’s Environmental Risk Assessments, used by home insurers and purchasers’ solicitors will substantiate improved flood controls and a low risk of reoccurrence.

3. Flood Risk Information identify the EA’s trigger thresholds for rainfall and water levels upon which the EA will raise easily accessible and accurate 24hr information forecasts and alert warnings specific to TUG’s area.

4. Maintenance encourage the authorities to jointly act to ensure that all watercourses are properly maintained.

5. Improvement Works identify and promote the need for capital improvement schemes to minimise the frequency of floods.

6. Planning Controls to persuade the authorities to exercise greater powers to prevent development on the flood plains.

Objectives into action 

Since the January 2003 floods, the EA and the Royal Borough of Windsor and Maidenhead have created a special group to assess the recent flooding caused by the Thames in the area between Wraysbury and Hurley. This is called the Flood Risk Action Group (FRAG) and will be chaired by an independent professional and consist of representatives from the relevant authorities and the local communities. In addition there will be two local Community Support Group’s (CSG’s) used to represent community views to the FRAG. TUG’s aim is to pursue it’s objectives by becoming the community’s principal flood representative, supported by its own expert Engineers and Hydrologists. TUG intends to achieve this via its representation on the CSG and possibly a direct position on the FRAG if it is granted in the future.

For more information or membership queries please contact Clair Hunt on 01628 524789 or at clair.hunt@upstreamgroup.co.uk  . Or see www.upstreamgroup.co.uk .