River or sea flooding support

Main rivers

The Environment Agency manages flood risk on main rivers in Kent. They also regulate reservoir safety and provide flood risk warnings. Call the Environment Agency incident hotline on 0800 80 70 60 to report flooding from a main river or the sea.

Sign up for flood warnings

Non-main rivers, streams and ditches

Rivers, streams and ditches that are not main rivers are the responsibility of the landowner to maintain. Read about landowners' responsibilities for the maintenance of rivers, streams and ditches (PDF, 48.6 KB).

If there is a problem with a river, stream, ditch or drain contact us. Or report it to the internal drainage board:

• Upper and Lower Medway Internal Drainage Board
• River Stour (Kent) Internal Drainage Board
• Romney Marshes Area Internal Drainage Board.

For a map of all internal drainage boards, visit the ADA website.