Groundwater Flood Warning Service - Update
Sep 24, 2026 · 36 min · 10 segments
The Groundwater Flood Warning service was launched in 2024 by Project Groundwater. It was created in partnership with…
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Sep 24, 2026 · 36 min · 10 segments
The Groundwater Flood Warning service was launched in 2024 by Project Groundwater. It was created in partnership with…
Guy WilcoxGuest
Tom TriggGuestHelenHostIf funding wasn't a problem, if it was in your hands, what would you want to happen to this? What would need to change? Where would it go? What would you do with it?
A personal feeling is that a little bit more education, even further education about what groundwater flooding is, why the surface and below the ground, how different, how porous the rock is, and why do chalk areas flood more and- That sort of thing would be useful.
For those people who are really interested, it would be nice to expand some functions for those so that they can see trends of flooding over the past and how that trend is changing as we move through global warming and climate change, what's happening.
The relationship between surface water flooding and groundwater flooding, there's obviously a relationship there, right? You get more rainfall, you get more surface water flooding, will then build up gradually and silently below the surface, and then when it comes to if your groundwater's higher, then there's more likely of it breaching the surface, and then it's surface water flooding.
It seems as if the two topics are treated almost independently by a lot of people in the industry.
There's, like, people talking about groundwater flooding, and then, then people talking about surface water flooding.
But as a community member, if we're completely user-centric, it would be really useful to have it all in one portal and to have the ultimate flooding application or website.
Why separate them? One, if they're related in the physical world, and, and two, for a user, surely both are really important.
It is funny, isn't it? 'Cause when you sort of come into this from the very beginning, like for me, first stepping into the world of flooding, to me it was all flooding.
And then you realize it isn't.
It's all different types of flooding, and there are reasons and, you know, that insight is really useful.
It's really...
It's interesting to dig into.
But then when you boil it back down again, you're right.
At the end of the day, the person who this is affecting, yes, there are subtleties that, that make a difference, but actually connecting that back up, you know, th- those silos don't make any difference to, to a resident, do they? When they just need to be ready and be prepared.
What about you, Tom? What's your vision? [laughs]
One of the things that's come up quite consistently across this and other projects that we've done involving flooding is how tailored the action plan information is in telling community members what to actually do in certain situations.
At the moment, on the platform, that is just static content across all of the community.
So w- no matter what community you're in, you're gonna get instructions on what to do at each alert level.
If funding wasn't a problem, if it was in your hands, what would you want to happen to this? What would need to change? Where would it go? What would you do with it?
A personal feeling is that a little bit more education, even further education about what groundwater flooding is, why the surface and below the ground, how different, how porous the rock is, and why do chalk areas flood more and- That sort of thing would be useful.
For those people who are really interested, it would be nice to expand some functions for those so that they can see trends of flooding over the past and how that trend is changing as we move through global warming and climate change, what's happening.
The relationship between surface water flooding and groundwater flooding, there's obviously a relationship there, right? You get more rainfall, you get more surface water flooding, will then build up gradually and silently below the surface, and then when it comes to if your groundwater's higher, then there's more likely of it breaching the surface, and then it's surface water flooding.
It seems as if the two topics are treated almost independently by a lot of people in the industry.
There's, like, people talking about groundwater flooding, and then, then people talking about surface water flooding.
But as a community member, if we're completely user-centric, it would be really useful to have it all in one portal and to have the ultimate flooding application or website.
Why separate them? One, if they're related in the physical world, and, and two, for a user, surely both are really important.
It is funny, isn't it? 'Cause when you sort of come into this from the very beginning, like for me, first stepping into the world of flooding, to me it was all flooding.
And then you realize it isn't.
It's all different types of flooding, and there are reasons and, you know, that insight is really useful.
It's really...
It's interesting to dig into.
But then when you boil it back down again, you're right.
At the end of the day, the person who this is affecting, yes, there are subtleties that, that make a difference, but actually connecting that back up, you know, th- those silos don't make any difference to, to a resident, do they? When they just need to be ready and be prepared.
What about you, Tom? What's your vision? [laughs]
One of the things that's come up quite consistently across this and other projects that we've done involving flooding is how tailored the action plan information is in telling community members what to actually do in certain situations.
At the moment, on the platform, that is just static content across all of the community.
So w- no matter what community you're in, you're gonna get instructions on what to do at each alert level.
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