Retrofitting your home for flood resilience
Join this free online information session to find out more about the new Flood Resilient Guide to Retrofitting Your Home. This easy to follow guide has been developed by Melbourne Water for homeowners who have experienced flooding and want to reduce the impacts of future flood events. Through retrofitting, it’s possible to save costs in the long term by avoiding temporary relocation and repairs.
This webinar will help you:
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Understand what a flood resilient home is
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Find out the different approaches to retrofitting, including some examples of flood resilient homes
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Find out the issues relating to home insurance and flooding and what you need to discuss with your insurance agency
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Find out what steps you can take to prepare for flooding and how to find your local flood information
You will also:
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Have an opportunity to ask industry and government experts questions about retrofitting your home and preparing for flooding
Who will be presenting?
James Davidson, Principal Architect, JDA Co and co-author of the Flood Resilient Guide to Retrofitting Your Home
Tom Davies, Climate Change Special Advisor, Insurance Council of Australia
Sarah Stephen, Acting Community Resilience Coordinator, Victoria State Emergency Service
Who should come to this information session?
This session is designed for anyone with an interest in flood-resilient design, and especially people living in and around the Elster Creek Catchment in properties prone to flooding. If you live in the cities of Bayside, Glen Eira, Kingston or Port Phillip, your home may be in the flood-prone Elster Creek Catchment. This area has always been prone to flooding. Climate change and increasing urban development will add to these challenges, with more severe and frequent storms and more hard surfaces like roofs and roads generating more stormwater runoff.
Is your home in the Elster Creek Catchment flood zone?
“Special Building Overlays” in the planning scheme can be used as an indication of whether your property has a high flood risk. Enter your address to see if your property has a Special Building Overlay at http://mapshare.vic.gov.au/vicplan/. However, flooding is a complex issue and properties outside these areas may be liable to flooding now or in the future.
This free information session is brought you by Melbourne Water and the cities of Bayside, Glen Eira, Kingston and Port Phillip. It is part of a holistic approach to reducing flood risk in Elster Creek Catchment through the collaborative implementation of the Elster Creek Catchment Flood Management Plan.
Date
7:00pm - 8:30pm on Wednesday 19th May 2021
Location
Online
Online event access details will be provided by the event organiser
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