What Does a Floodplain Manager Do

The Floodplain Administrator is responsible for implementing the community’s local floodplain ordinance and ensuring that the community is complying with minimum NFIP standards and enforcing any locally imposed higher standards: 1.

Why is floodplain management important?

Natural floodplains provide flood risk reduction benefits by slowing runoff and storing flood water. They also provide other benefits of considerable economic, social, and environmental value that are often overlooked when local land-use decisions are made.

What is a flood management plan?

Floodplain management plans provide the framework for coordinating the development of flood works on a whole-of-valley basis. Historically, the management of rural floodplains relied on localised floodplain management plans under Part 8 of the Water Act 1912.