Water and flooding

Tell us if you find a blocked rain gully or drain and we'll let our highways team know.

Find out how you can save water and energy to save money and reduce your impact on the environment.

Find out where bathing water samples are taken, how to report pollution and what the Environment Agency looks for in the samples.

How to share and use the water supply on your allotment.

Information on what dew ponds are and where you can find them in and around the city.

Find out what a Sustainable Drainage System (SuDS) is and what property developers have to include in planning applications for major developments.

See how we're transforming under-used play areas into rain gardens.

FInd out more about the Wild Park rainscape project.

Find out about the new sea wall at Black Rock.

Find out how to prepare for flooding, check the flood risk in your area and what we're doing to reduce the flood risk in the city.

Find out how the the Norton Road rain garden project will reduce the flood risk in the city.

Read more about the Brighton & Hove Strategic Flood Risk Assessment (SFRA).

Download our flood and drainage policies. These outline how we assess and manage the local flood risk in Brighton & Hove.