1. Cumbria Floods Partnership: Some background, some considerations and practitioners’ aspirations. Jim Ratcliffe Eden Catchment Director July 2016

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3. Invest in traditional defences Share modelling & performance data Pilot catchments (communities) Natural flood management Reservoir use Flood storage basins Infrastructure Maintenance Bridges Channel management Eden modelling competition Integrated catchment plan for Cumbria Non flood risk led catchment work providing multiple benefits and access to wider funding Review governance Traditional channel modelling

4. Proposal for revised governance model North West Regional Flood & Coastal Committee Cumbria Strategic Floods Partnership Catchment Management Groups Community Network Group Integrated catchment management: Flood risk management focus, inc natural flood management Seeks wider integrated outcomes (CaBA). Joint planning and prioritisation. All groups with catchment management interest represented.

5. Partnership work on Natural Flood Management to date TECHNIQUE River Re- meandering Floodplain Reconnection Online Flood plain Storage Offline Flood Storage Ditch Removal/Blocking Woody Debris Dams Green Engineering Mine/quarry spoil GLENRIDDING XX XXXX STOCKDALEWATH XXXXXXX

6. Some things to consider..

7. Considerations for the Eden… People want rapid, tangible action. Many want extensive dredging. “Us vs crayfish” NFM evidence. Access to FD grant in aid? Farmers supportive of NFM but concerned about : any loss of productivity and capital value of the land. long term maintenance and liabilities.

8. NFM considerations: development where there are multiple land managers

9. Practitioners aspirations..

10. A future model can… Identify the range of options that can be applied on a catchment. By changing / modifying the combination of options on a catchment look at the effect on flows, flood duration etc. Provide flexibility for different combinations of intervention. Eg, optimal, 2 nd best, 3 rd best etc. Help us understand how flood risk measures interact with other eco- systems services (natural capital).

11. A future model can… Work with existing EA modelling for traditional flood defences. Adapt to future technology as best as possible. Understand the effect of different channel maintenance regimes. Do we speed up or slow down? Outputs that allow members of the public to understand what the effects of different actions are. Outputs should have a direct line of sight to implementation and delivery.

12. The holy grail? Scaling up NFM for Appleby? Carlisle?

13. Image by london-attractions.info 18,000,000 m 3 behind defences in Carlisle = 4.5 x