DfI Rivers is an
Executive Agency
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of the
Department for Infrastructure (DfI), in the
Northern Ireland Executive
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. It is the statutory drainage and
flood
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defence authority for
Northern Ireland
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under the terms of the Drainage (Northern Ireland) Order 1973.
DfI
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is the competent authority for the implementation of the EU
Floods directive
The Floods Directive (Directive 2007/60/EC) is legislation in the European Parliament on the assessment and management of flood risks. The floods directive basically prescribes a three-step procedure:
First step: Preliminary Flood Risk Assessme ...
and has delegated the day to day delivery of the directive to DfI Rivers.
The DfI Rivers Headquarters is located in
Cookstown
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and it has Regional headquarters in
Lisburn
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and
Omagh and offices in
Coleraine
Coleraine ( ; from ga, Cúil Rathain , 'nook of the ferns'Flanaghan, Deirdre & Laurence; ''Irish Place Names'', page 194. Gill & Macmillan, 2002. ) is a town and civil parish near the mouth of the River Bann in County Londonderry, Northern ...
,
Craigavon Craigavon may refer to:
* Craigavon, County Armagh, a planned town in Northern Ireland
** Craigavon Borough Council, 1972–2015 local government area centred on the planned town
* Viscount Craigavon, title in the Peerage of the United Kingdom
** ...
and
Ballinamallard
Ballinamallard or Bellanamallard (Flanagan, Deirdre & Laurence; ''Irish Place Names'', page 172. Gill & Macmillan, 2002. ) is a small village and townland in County Fermanagh, Northern Ireland. It had a population of 1,340 people in the 2001 Ce ...
.
The Strategic Flood Map (NI) - Rivers & Sea was developed by the DfI Rivers in co-operation with the-then Department of the Environment (DOE). The primary aim of the Strategic Flood Map is to provide an illustration of the areas throughout Northern Ireland that are considered to be at risk of flooding from rivers and the sea. In December 2011 a new version of the map was released that refreshed the information on rivers and the sea, updated the historical information to include the latest flood events and for the first time it included a surface water flood layer.
The Map is designed to:
* Help DfI Rivers and others to plan and manage the work to reduce flood risk.
*To encourage people living and working in areas prone to flooding to find out more and take appropriate action.
*Inform anyone who wants to apply for planning permission if flooding is likely to be an important consideration.
References
External links
DfI Rivers website
Northern Ireland Executive
Water management authorities in the United Kingdom
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