Contingency Plans Crucial in Flood Risk Management

Timely and effective flood mitigation strategies help in saving precious lives and minimizing material loss, director of the National Water and Wastewater Engineering Company of Iran (Abfa) said
“Floods, the deadliest, costliest and most common form of natural disaster, are not always easy to predict. This means all contingencies must be in place at all times,” Qassem Taqizadeh Khamesi was quoted as saying by ILNA.
Taking specific measures namely building dams (if necessary), developing watershed management techniques and river dredging are among key strategies not to tag floods as “unexpected events” anymore, he said.
Despite the fact that dams, seawalls, floodgates and levees are important in containing floodwaters, these cannot always deliver as they have their own problems and constraints, but “we still need them,” he added.