Reservoirs: owner and operator requirements

Document Status

Current

Supplement

Civil & Structural Supplement

Abstract

Provides guidance on the owner and operator requirements for managing reservoirs. Covers: building or modifying a reservoir; registering a reservoir; appointing a panel engineer - when and how; reservoir safety; preparing a reservoir flood plan and flood map; preparing an inspection pack; and reporting an incident.

History

Last updated: 23 February 2024 - Added 'the roles of inspecting engineer, construction engineer and supervising engineer at your reservoir should be carried out by different people'. Sourced from: https://www.gov.uk/guidance/reservoirs-owner-and-operator-requirements and converted to pdf. Whilst we endeavour to capture all updates it is subject to receiving alerts from the publisher and there may be formatting or punctuation changes applied to the html version that do not affect the text. Document type: guidance. First published: 17 June 2014. Published in conjunction with the Environment Agency.

Subjects

• Civil engineering, infrastructure and public utilities
• Public health/water engineering
• Reservoirs/dams

Publisher History

The Department for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs is a UK Government department. They are committed to tackling climate change by reducing greenhouse gas emissions, and work to secure a healthy, resilient, productive and diverse natural environment. This work has formerly been carried out by the Department of the Environment, Transport and the Regions, the Ministry of Agriculture, Fisheries and Food and the Department of the Environment.