Micro Drainage’s WinDes® suite has been evolving in line with earlier events, such as Carlisle, Boscastle and York, to provide the necessary technical assistance for engineers to model surface water flooding. This was recognised in the Review itself:

“Micro Drainage...have been working with West Berkshire County Council since the summer 2007 floods to produce a 3-D computer flood model for Thatcham as a method of testing the model’s capabilities. The model utilised the latest runoff model and data of the July 2007 rainfall to identify the main flood flow paths, depths, velocities and sinks. It also identifies which elements of the drainage system are critical. This model has helped West Berkshire County Council to establish the current level of protection, test proposed mitigation measures, establish appropriate drainage maintenance and structural improvement regimes and inform their emergency procedures and responses (2008:49).”