Dublin City Council has completed its final report: Pluvial Study on Flooding, as part of its Dublin Flood Initiative (DFI) and the EU Flood Resilient City Project.  Since its foundation in 2002 DFI has aimed to identify the risks, the areas at risk, the times when that risk might be highest and the appropriate response at local, community and household level. The DFI addresses these flood risks and develops a unified and fully integrated flood risk management strategy.

Four flood hazards have already been addressed by previous DCC strategic studies and investment programmes. The remaining hazard, The Pluvial Flooding Study, is being addressed through the Dublin Flood Resilient City’s (FRC) project.  Dublin City Council has recognised that to successfully address the many types of flood risks across Dublin, transnational knowledge and shared experience at a European level were required. Dublin has benefited from being a participant in a number of EU Interreg transnational projects. Dublin is currently participating in the EU Interreg IVB. Programme 2007/13 as one of eleven partner organizations, forming part of the flood risk management good practice project; FloodResilienCity (FRC) www.floodresiliencity.eu The programme aims to promote an innovative approach to flood risk management an prevention based on the concept of the 4A’s: Awareness, Avoidance, Alleviation and Assistance.

This pluvial study report is presented in 5 interlinked volumes including a Non-Technical Summary. Volume 3 includes two codes of practice, a) Spatial Planning and Building Regulation and b) Flood Resilience and Adaptation Measures. The report is presented under the following headings:

1. Rainfall and Forecasting

2. City-wide Pluvial Flood Risk Assessment

3. Pluvial Flood Risk Management

4. Detailed Pluvial Flood Risk Assessment of Pilot Areas

5. Pluvial Flood Alerting and Warning System

The city wide pluvial flood hazard and risk maps are annexed in volume 2. DCC through the FRC project and with assistance from the Scottish Flood Forum has initiated the establishment of a number of community resilience groups which will be known as the “Dublin Flood Forum”. Pilot community groups are currently being established in the 5 city administrative areas. The FRC Project office can be contacted by email frc@dublincity.ie

For further details on the Dublin Flood Initiative and the Dublin Flood Resilient City project please click here.