Delivering Resilience: The Comrie Flood Protection Scheme | WEBINAR

Hosted by the CIWEM Scottish branch

Event description

CIWEM invites you to a compelling webinar spotlighting the Comrie Flood Protection Scheme — a transformative infrastructure project designed to safeguard one of Scotland’s most flood-vulnerable communities.

Located at the confluence of the River Earn, River Lednock, and Water of Ruchill, Comrie has endured repeated flood events over the decades. This £27 million scheme, jointly funded by the Scottish Government and Perth & Kinross Council, is set to protect 189 homes and businesses from future flooding, delivering a robust standard of protection against a 1-in-200-year flood event — with additional freeboard to account for climate uncertainties and wave action1.

This session will delve into the technical and strategic aspects of the scheme’s development, including:

• The engineering behind flood walls and embankments
• Integration with surface water management planning
• Community engagement and statutory approvals
• Climate resilience and long-term risk reduction

Whether you're an engineer, environmental manager, or policy advisor, this webinar offers rich insights into the delivery of large-scale flood infrastructure in a rural setting — and the collaborative effort required to make it happen.

Part of the CIWEM Flood Resilience and Adaption series.

Who should attend this webinar

This webinar is aimed at:

• Engineers.
• Environmental managers.
• Policy Advisors
• Those involved in community engagement about flood schemes.

Why should you attend this webinar

• Hear about the collaborative work undertaken to deliver this major infrastructure project to safeguard vulnerable communities from flooding and to make them more resilient to climate change.
• Share knowledge and experience with others in the profession and maintain your CPD.
• Opportunity to network with a wide range of professionals from across the public and private sector.

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Booking and joining information

This event is open to members and non-members of CIWEM. The webinar is hosted on the Zoom platform and will be recorded.

Please register your place by clicking on the registration button. Non-members who have not registered for the CIWEM system can create an account on the booking page in order to reserve their place. This should not take more than two minutes.

If you have any questions about your booking or would like to cancel your attendance, please contact barbara.woods@ciwem.org.

Please note that registrations will close at 09:00 on the day of the event. If you have not registered before that time, unfortunately we cannot add you to the event.

If you have any queries about this talk, please contact Dr Rick Haynes at RHaynes@pkc.gov.uk.