6 December 2007
The Environment Agency is set to release a report into the flooding experienced in many parts of the UK this summer.
It is believed that the report will assess some of the lessons that industry organisations and water companies have leant since the flooding occurred, the BBC reports.
The Environment Agency is expected to criticise water suppliers, which are responsible for their own flood defences, for their lack of preparation.
The report is also expected to conclude that some homeowners in the worst affected areas of Yorkshire, Gloucestershire and Worcestershire did not receive flood warnings early enough, as well as that the agency itself should be responsible for surface water from urban drainage systems.
Earlier this week, the Association of British Insurers (ABI) called on the Government to rethink its current flood defence strategy.
Insurance experts want to see more collaboration between water authorities, local authorities, the Highways Agency and environmental groups in preventing flood risk.
More than 8,000 households who were forced out of their homes as a result of the summer flooding will not be back in their homes this Christmas.
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