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Flooding

For flooding updates during an emergency, including the availability and location of sandbags visit our News Centre pages.

In this section you will find information and advice on:

General Information:
There are many different types of flooding involving: rivers, sewers, surface water, overland flow and burst water mains. Minor flooding can cause distruption to day-to-day life, whereas, more severe flooding can cause damage to property and in extreme circumstances can be life-threatening.

The Council's Flood Defence Policy provides a public statement of our approach to flood defence in West Oxfordshire.

Reports & Reviews: 2007 Summer Floods
The Council and the Environment Agency have published flood review reports following the Summer 2007 floods. You can view these on our flood reports and reviews page.

Environment Agency Flood Warning System
The Environment Agency operates a flood warning system, giving information to the public, media, emergency services and local authorities. If flooding is forecast, warnings are issued using a set of four easily recognisable codes:

When there is a risk of flooding, warnings are issued through the media (local radio, TV, ITV Teletext - page 154 and BBC Ceefax - page 419). The Environment Agency also provides a 24 hour Floodline telephone service (0845 988 1188), see the Environment Agency's Flood Warnings leaflet for more details.

Ditches and watercourses
Responsibilty for ditches and watercourses (rivers and streams) is shared betweeen the Environmental Agency, the District Council and landowners who have watercourses running through or next to their land.

Contact details

West Oxfordshire District Council, Street Scene section:

Other agencies:
Environment Agency (Responsible for all major rivers and a number of minor watercourses)

Thames Water  (Responsible for foul and surface water disposal from homes and business premises)

Oxfordshire County Council  (Responsible for highway drainage and flooding)

Health Protection Agency    (Responsible for public health and protecting people from infectious diseases)

In the event of an emergency, please call the emergency services on 999

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Blue Directory (Flood Protection Products) (867 kB PDF) | Flood and historic buildings (504 kB PDF) | Flood Awareness Information (239 kB PDF) | Flood warnings leaflet (EA) (538 kB PDF) | Flooding - who does what (49 kB PDF) | Flooding and insurance advice (60 kB PDF) | Flooding: Clean up advice (197 kB PDF) | Floods image gallery: July 2007 (827 kB PDF) | Floods Protect Yourself (809 kB PDF) | Red Cross flood grant application form (536 kB PDF)

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