The Environment Agency is urging local authorities to purchase BSI approved flood products

02/02/2010

DEFRA estimates that one in six homes in England and Wales are already at risk of flooding - and this is likely to increase over the coming decades as a result of global warming.

The department has a £5m property-level flood protection grant scheme designed to help households in high flood-risk areas purchase BSI approved flood protection products such as Floodguards.

The Environment Agency is urging local authorities receiving this grant money to ensure that products they purchase to protect people and property are tested and bear the BSI Kitemark, a recognised symbol of trust.