whether the reservoir is under construction or modification, and a description of the work taking place.

a description of the reservoir and its structures.

the capacity (volume of water) of the reservoir.

You must prepare a flood plan for any reservoir under construction before the construction engineer issues a preliminary certificate and the reservoir is filled with water for the first time. You must prepare the flood plan in consultation with your appointed engineer, who will need to certify that it contains all the legally required information. If you do not have a plan in place already, you must have one within 12 months of the letter you received or as otherwise directed. If a flood plan already exists, you can use the template as a checklist to ensure your plan includes the necessary information. The ministerial direction sets out the minimum requirements that you must include in all reservoir flood plans. You can use the template for an on-site plan reservoir dam incident as a starting point for preparing the flood plan. Find the contact details for the local resilience forum in your area. The upper-tier local authority or local resilience forum is responsible for an off-site flood plan. It is good practice for a flood plan to be developed in conjunction with an off-site flood plan if it’s available.

temporarily repair a breach or structural failure to stabilise the structure until it can be fixed properly.

prevent, delay, slow down or divert an uncontrolled release of water to protect local communities, for example, by drawing down the water level.

minimise and prevent structural failure.

prevent, control and mitigate a flood from the reservoir that could endanger life or property.

The plan will ensure the right people can:

work in conjunction with the emergency plans for local communities - known as off-site flood plans.

contain enough detail so that staff, contractors, and partners are fully informed and ready to take the correct action to prevent or mitigate flooding.

enable you and your staff to respond effectively when needed.

Read about the Reservoir panel engineer’s duties - on-site emergency flood plans. The appointed engineer needs to certify the plan.

understand how to test, review and revise the planĪs an undertaker, you are responsible for preparing the plan, and you must consult with an appointed engineer.

have a clear plan of action to respond to an incident.

The flood plan outlines what areas could flood and the actions needed to prevent, control and mitigate an uncontrolled release of water that could cause flooding from a reservoir. is too expensive for flood-control projects for the Big Blue River - and continued flooding of the Blue Valley over then next 30 years would help lead to it's industrial-base demise.ġ964 - April 12 - TORNADO -It's the first tornado outbreak in the Kansas City MetroRegion for many years.It is a legal requirement for all undertakers (owners and operators) to prepare an on-site emergency flood plan for all large raised reservoirs in England, including reservoirs under construction.

Yet land in neighboring Johnson County KS. This greatly reduces flooding on the Little Blue River - opening up the floodplain to development in southeastern Independence and northern Lee's Summit, MO.

The flood brings about planning and in the 1980's construction of 2 new flood-control reservoirs - Lake Longview and Lake Blue Springs. helps lead to the plant's closing by the mid 1970's. The heavy damage done to one of General Motors' first Chevrolet assembly plant in the Leeds district of KC-MO. This is the deadliest tornado in Metro KC weather history.ġ961 - September - FLOOD - FLASH FLOOD -Flash flooding caused by a dying Gulf hurricane caused record floods on the Big and Little Blue rivers and their tributaries. Most of the unincorporated town of Martin City and nearly half of the homes in the fairly-new Ruskin Heights subdivision were either heavily damaged or destroyed.įorty-four deaths are officially attributed to the entire tornado's 71-mile path- 39 of those dying in Missouri. The tornado formed southwest of Ottawa- near Williamsburg, Kansas around 6 pm and by 7:30 pm- the killer vortex had crossed the state line into Missouri. ġ951 - July 13 - FLOOD - In the early morning darkness, the Kansas River over-tops the flood-walls in both Kansas Citys.ġ957 - May 20 - TORNADO - Ruskin Heights is dissected by an F-5 tornado. Pleasant Hill MO Struck by a Tornado 40 Years Ago.

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