AIMS OF THE BOARD
- Reduce the flood risk to both people and the developed and natural environment by providing technically, environmentally and economically suitable defence measures within the Drainage District.
- Enable and facilitate land use for commercial, environmental and recreational purposes by providing a technically environmentally and economically sustainable system of drainage / water level management within the District.
- Integrate public, private and voluntary sector drainage interests.
- Guide and regulate activities in and alongside watercourses, discouraging inappropriate development in areas at risk from flooding.
- Nurture, enhance and maintain the natural habitats, which exist in and alongside watercourses within the Drainage District.
- Seek to provide high quality services, cost effectively.
Internal Drainage Board Duties and Powers underpinning this Mission Statement are in line with government policy provided for in the Land Drainage Acts of 1991 and 1994.