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    • Managing floodplains

      We support councils and communities to help reduce flood risk.

    • Floodplain Management Program

      We partner with local government to manage flood risk and build community resilience through the Floodplain Management Program.

    • Floodplain management grants

      The NSW Government's floodplain management grants support local government to manage flood risk.

    • Flood Recovery and Resilience Grant Program

      The Flood Recovery and Resilience Grant Program will offer technical and financial support through this program to eligible local government areas to manage flood risk.

    • Flood Risk Management Manual

      The Flood Risk Management Manual and the Flood Prone Land Policy guide local councils in managing flood risk to their communities.

    • Flood risk management toolkit

      The flood risk management toolkit provides extra support for councils to understand and manage flood risk to their communities.

    • NSW flood data portal

      The NSW flood data portal makes it easy for government agencies and partner organisations to share key flood information.

    • Rural floodplain planning

      Find out how we help create better planning processes for rural floodplains.

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