How best to align the funding processes with the various bodies involved in resolving flooding

Abstract

Collaborative working between water and sewerage companies is in its infancy and there is therefore a need to develop common and systematic approaches to:

- identify and prioritise collaborative funding opportunities;
- work together to identify the full set of costs and benefits to different partners;
- ensure that partnership working can save money, unlock investment, and deliver multiple benefits;
- apportion benefits of investment to each partner and hence indicate a potential funding contribution, and;
- consider appropriate delivery mechanisms, and how to manage financial and delivery risks.

Guiding principles developed for this project build upon the existing good practice and will support a common and systematic approach to unlock collaborative opportunities. 

This report is available free of charge from the Environment Agency's website.

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