Pang Valley Flood Forum

We bring together the communities in the Pang Valley to work with the Environment Agency, West Berkshire Council and Thames Water to reduce flood risk through the Pang Valley.

About Us	The aims and objectives of the flood forum.
Dashboard	Monitor river, rain and groundwater data.
Map	See the flood risk points, planned slow and fast areas and EA flood risk information combined on a map.
Action Plan	Track the actions that we manage with the EA, WBC and Thames Water.
Projects	See our completed and in progress projects and a summary of the forum's key achievements.
Videos	See our videos on our YouTube channel.
Documents	Our searchable library of documents and photographs.

For rivers: flooding, blockages and pollution	Environment Agency emergencies For rivers: report flooding, a blocked river, trapped fish, water pollution and other environmental problems
Highways drainage and non-river, non-sewer flooding	Report local flooding to West Berkshire Council Use 'Location Search' to find where the flooding is. Click the map, select "Report issue with Flooding" if there is a local flood or "Report issue with Drainage". If there's a problem with a road drain grill, select it on the map and select "Report a problem with this..."
Sewer or Thames Water flooding problem	Report a problem to Thames Water

Sign up for call/text/email alerts from the Environment Agency when they issue a Flood Warning or Alert for your area.

Our Dashboard shows active Flood Warnings or Alerts.

Type		What it means	Who should pay attention
	Severe Flood Warning	Severe flooding. Danger to life.	People living in or near flood risk areas
	Flood Warning	Flooding of Properties is expected.	People living in flood risk areas
	Flood Alert	Flooding of fields, minor roads is possible.	Flood wardens, farmers
	Warnings Ended	No further flooding is expected.

This table is a summary of the Environment Agency's guidance.

	PVFF Minutes, Agenda and Action Plan
	PVFF: Mill and sluice operating procedures
	PVFF: Flood Warden guidelines
	PVFF: How does vegetation growth in a narrow river impact the river depth?
	PVFF: Tips for community river maintenance
	EA guide on practical watercourse maintenance
	EA Owning a Watercourse (replaced "Living on the Edge")
	EA Asset Management Data and Information
	EA Environmental Permits
	EA Programme of flood schemes
	WBC Section 19 Report - 2024 Flooding
	WBC Flooding: Be Prepared
	WBC Flood Risk Management
	WBC Sandbag Policy
	Flood Mary's top tips to reduce flood impacts
	Government flooding health guidance and advice
	Thames Water's map showing storm overflow activity from sewage treatment sites

As well as a dedicated PVFF Flood Map that contains map layers from various sources and map layers that are specific to the Pang Valley, we now also provide a National Flood Map, showing many layers for all of Great Britain (or to the extent that the map layer providers provide their data).

To get involved, please email us. We can introduce you to your local flood warden or you might want to come to a meeting to share your ideas.

To join as a member of the PVFF and to be invited to our meetings or to alter your membership details, please use our online membership form.

Join Us:	Online membership form
Email:	pangvalleyfloodforum@gmail.com

PVFF Chair:	Kay Lacey
PVFF Vice Chair:	Piers Allison
Tech Subgroup Chair:	Brian Connorton