FloodAI




We are working with six communities (Hepscott, Ovingham, Riding Mill, Stocksfield, Haltwhistle, and Acomb), where we aim to enhance the flood resilience of community members through prototyping an innovative flood prediction service. To build a robust system, we are working with technical experts, engineers, responders, flood wardens and local communities, and employing cutting edge technologies, including Artificial Intelligence (AI) and ‘Smart’ sensors.


Six pilot communities across Northumberland.


We aim to help decision-making in preparing, responding and recovering from flood events by enabling communities to make better decisions on response strategies. Being involved with the project means you can help shape the future of flood warning services, you can share your experience with flooding, test the prototype solution and you can help increase the awareness on flood resilience in your local area.


FloodAI aims to:

  • Provide flood predictions to isolated fast-responding catchments using the latest artificial intelligence and machine learning models.
  • Enable communities and responders to make informed decisions
  • Optimize control structures and flood assets
  • Provide a prototype for national implementation
  • Inform the future development of flood risk warning services across England


Resilience is about ….

“good honest communication with at risk areas”

“knowing when and where flooding is likely, enabling a quick and appropriate response to mitigate the worst effects when flooding happens”

– Northumberland flood wardens


The FloodAI project is delivered in partnership with Northumberland County Council, Arup, Northumbira University, Isle Utilities and the Environment Agency.

  • Northumbria University is leading on the wireless sensor network and AI model development work packages.

  • Isle Utilities is leading the innovation governance looking into the adoption and current national mechanisms.

  • Arup is leading the data development, operational framework, and user research, which investigates community needs, challenges, and opportunities to define the problem statement.


How our project is testing innovation

FloodAI is being developed with features to make it attractive to future adopters (i.e., those who will own and operate the system) and end-users (i.e., those who will receive the flood predictions or warnings). These features include transparent AI, predictions with sufficient warning and information for local stakeholders to act, and a wireless sensor network with optimized power consumption.

Visit the programme evaluation page to find out more.

How to get involved

If you would like to find out more about our project, please email us at floodai@northumberland.gov(External link).uk




Sign up https://forms.office.com/e/pBuLjfUb2w(External link)




We are working with six communities (Hepscott, Ovingham, Riding Mill, Stocksfield, Haltwhistle, and Acomb), where we aim to enhance the flood resilience of community members through prototyping an innovative flood prediction service. To build a robust system, we are working with technical experts, engineers, responders, flood wardens and local communities, and employing cutting edge technologies, including Artificial Intelligence (AI) and ‘Smart’ sensors.


Six pilot communities across Northumberland.


We aim to help decision-making in preparing, responding and recovering from flood events by enabling communities to make better decisions on response strategies. Being involved with the project means you can help shape the future of flood warning services, you can share your experience with flooding, test the prototype solution and you can help increase the awareness on flood resilience in your local area.


FloodAI aims to:

  • Provide flood predictions to isolated fast-responding catchments using the latest artificial intelligence and machine learning models.
  • Enable communities and responders to make informed decisions
  • Optimize control structures and flood assets
  • Provide a prototype for national implementation
  • Inform the future development of flood risk warning services across England


Resilience is about ….

“good honest communication with at risk areas”

“knowing when and where flooding is likely, enabling a quick and appropriate response to mitigate the worst effects when flooding happens”

– Northumberland flood wardens


The FloodAI project is delivered in partnership with Northumberland County Council, Arup, Northumbira University, Isle Utilities and the Environment Agency.

  • Northumbria University is leading on the wireless sensor network and AI model development work packages.

  • Isle Utilities is leading the innovation governance looking into the adoption and current national mechanisms.

  • Arup is leading the data development, operational framework, and user research, which investigates community needs, challenges, and opportunities to define the problem statement.


How our project is testing innovation

FloodAI is being developed with features to make it attractive to future adopters (i.e., those who will own and operate the system) and end-users (i.e., those who will receive the flood predictions or warnings). These features include transparent AI, predictions with sufficient warning and information for local stakeholders to act, and a wireless sensor network with optimized power consumption.

Visit the programme evaluation page to find out more.

How to get involved

If you would like to find out more about our project, please email us at floodai@northumberland.gov(External link).uk




Sign up https://forms.office.com/e/pBuLjfUb2w(External link)

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