http://www.legislation.gov.uk/ukpga/2010/29/section/1Flood and Water Management Act 2010An Act to make provision about water, including provision about the management of risks in connection with flooding and coastal erosion.texttext/xmlenStatute Law Database2025-12-18Expert Participation2025-12-15 Part 111“Flood” includes any case where land not normally covered by water becomes covered by water.2It does not matter for the purpose of subsection (1) whether a flood is caused by—aheavy rainfall,ba river overflowing or its banks being breached,ca dam overflowing or being breached,dtidal waters,egroundwater, oreanything else (including any combination of factors).3But “flood” does not include—aa flood from any part of a sewerage system, unless wholly or partly caused by an increase in the volume of rainwater (including snow and other precipitation) entering or otherwise affecting the system, orba flood caused by a burst water main (within the meaning given by section 219 of the Water Industry Act 1991).4“Coastal erosion” means the erosion of the coast of any part of England or Wales.S. 1 in force at 1.9.2010 for specified purposes by S.I. 2010/2169, art. 3(2)(a)S. 1 in force at 1.10.2010 in so far as not already in force by S.I. 2010/2169, art. 4, Sch.Ss. 1-3 applied by 2005 c. 5, s. 86B(4) (as inserted (with effect in accordance with Sch. 5 para. 9 of the amending Act) by Finance Act 2015 (c. 11), Sch. 5 para. 1)