Environment Food and Rural Affairs written question – answered at on 6 July 2011.
To ask the Secretary of State for Environment, Food and Rural Affairs what definition is used to define (a) a bund or (b) a reservoir for flood defence purposes; and if she will make a statement.
Neither of these terms has a legal definition, but for practical purposes the following definitions are commonly used:
(a) a flood defence bund is an embankment designed to prevent flood water flowing from a watercourse and flooding adjacent land;
(b) a flood storage reservoir is a structure or area designed to store water from a watercourse for a period of time to reduce the risk of flooding downstream. This water is later released when the risk of flooding has receded.
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