Local authorities
Deliver measurable flood risk reduction; faster, smarter, and with less strain on your team
Supporting local authorities in design and delivery of rainwater capture projects that reduce flood risk, increase storage capacity and generate clear, repeatable outcomes
Local authorities are under pressure to deliver more with less:
- Reduced budgets and resource constraints
- Complex governance, procurement, and approval processes
- Long timelines of large-scale infrastructure projects
- Increasing demand to demonstrate measurable impact
Flood risk remains a key political and operational priority, often measured by:
- Number of properties at reduced flood risk
- Volume of water removed from the system
Slow moving infrastructure projects holding you back?
Our rainwater management projects focus the right solution, in the right location that maximise impact by:
- Storing and slowing water at the source
- Reducing pressure on drainage systems
- Delivering measurable outcomes, quickly
Retrofitting rainwater capture devices like water butts and rainplanters are:
- Lower cost
- Lower risk
- Faster to deploy
- Easy to scale
And bring other important benefits like biodiversity and amenity.
Reduce flood risk in your community
With fewer planning constraints, faster approvals, strong community engagement opportunities and ability to make visible impact.
- Property level
- Schools
- Community spaces
Working with local residents
Property level interventions like water butts and rain planters capture and store water directly at source, slowing the flow of water into drainage systems. They're fast to install, low cost and can be deployed at scale. Making them a practical way to deliver measurable reductions in runoff, all whilst involving residents.
Build awareness and behaviour change, deliver education alongside infrastructure and create positive PR with local engagement.
What Makes Our Approach Different?
We don't add pressure to your team - we remove it.
We work autonomously, understanding what's needed and delivering without constant input or oversight.
No one wants a fully diary of meetings, or to be concerned when your delivery partner goes silent.
You also don't want to be constantly chasing for updates.
We make complex data simple and usable
Providing clear insights on:
- Roof capture potential
- Storage volumes
- Cost benefit analysis of interventions
- System impact
We don't do overly technical reports - just the information you need to make decisions and demonstrate outcomes
From Planning to Delivery
- Identify opportunities
- Design and recommendations
- Deliver & support implementation
- Measure & evidence impact
Know exactly where to invest for maximum impact
We deep dive into your challenges and pair this with our modelling process to identify the best solution for the location. You can target limited budgets where drainage pressure is greatest, with confidence that every intervention counts.
Built for the Way Local Authorities Work
Our approach is designed to fit with your systems:
- Work alongside existing governance structures
- Suitable for smaller budgets and phased delivery
- Avoids unnecessary planning and procurement delays where possible
- Enables faster wins whilst larger projects progress
Don't just take our word for it
"It's been a pleasure to work with Our Rainwater - their passion for helping the community to improve rainwater capture is fantastic to see. As we all work towards improving our response to the climate crisis, it's important that organisations like Our Rainwater work closely with residents to put in place some really simple and effective methods. Working with schools means that the youngest members of communities get to influence their parents into also doing their bit."
Cllr Lesley Boniface, Seaford West & Bishopstone