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There are several different types of flooding.The first thing you’ll need to do is make sure you’re able to contact the right people to help you.
Contact the right organisation for help
You’ll need to contact the right organisation for help during different flooding types.
Contact your authority for flooding on roads, small rivers and streams
You should contact your local authority to report flooding on roads or blocked drains or grates on highways.
Your local authority will also help you with:
- Groundwater flooding
- Flooding in streams, brooks and small rivers
Contact Natural Resource Wales for major river flooding
Natural Resource Wales will be able to help you if you are at risk of flooding due to rising river levels.
You should report major river flooding to Natural Resource Wales.
Contact us about sewer flooding or flooding due to burst pipes
You should contact us immediately if you experience flooding from sewers.
If the flooding is due to heavy rain we may need to wait for the flood water to subside before we can investigate.
You should also contact your insurer so they can give you help and advice.
How to identify sewer flooding
To make sure you report flooding to the right organisation, you’ll need to know what to look for.
Because we can only help you with sewer flooding, here’s how you can identify sewer flooding.
Wastewater flooding will contain toilet paper and human waste
It’s not something you ever want to see, but if you notice sewer debris such as toilet paper or poo in the flood water then it’s most likely be a sewer flooding incident.
If you see water and debris coming from under a manhole cover, this is likely to be sewer flooding.
Contact your insurer
After you’ve contacted the right organisation for help, you should get in touch with your insurer to let them know what’s happened. They can:
- Arrange a professional clean up
- Replace anything that’s damaged
- Arrange alternative accommodation