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About Us

Connected by Water is an alliance between seven organisations across South Yorkshire. We’ve come together to help our people and places become resilient to the impacts of climate change, which include heavy rainfall and flooding.

Our relationship with our rivers and waterways is complex. They bring great benefits to our wellbeing and nature. But as we experience more extreme weather, they can also put our homes, businesses and lives at risk.

Working in partnership, we’re taking action to reduce the devastating effects of flooding.

We’re united by our vulnerability to flooding in South Yorkshire. Through Connected by Water, we’re united in our response.

Our History

2019

One of the wettest autumns on record.
Flooding in November devastated South Yorkshire communities, affecting 1,500 homes and businesses.

2021

We began gathering views from people and organisations to help us shape our plans.

2022

We launched our action plan with a range of ambitious and long-term actions to meet the challenges of climate change now and in the future.

2024

We created this website to help you stay informed and safe and to find out more about our work.

Working Together

Collaboration is key to achieving our vision of resilient and adapted people and places in South Yorkshire.

We’re an alliance between the South Yorkshire Mayoral Combined Authority, Barnsley Metropolitan Borough Council, City of Doncaster Council, Rotherham Metropolitan Borough Council, Sheffield City Council, Yorkshire Water and the Environment Agency.

We’re here to manage water and help our communities adapt to the changing climate, prepare for flooding – and recover swiftly when it happens. To do that, we need to combine the skills and experience of all kinds of businesses, organisations and perspectives.

Flooding and the changing climate affect everyone. We want to work with and involve many more in a collective effort to increase our resilience to flooding and climate change. This includes organisations, academics and experts, communities, businesses, farmers, landowners and schools across the region.

Did you know?

We aim to better protect 25,000 homes, businesses and significant infrastructure in South Yorkshire

What We're Doing

Raising awareness about flood risk is just one part of what we do. Behind the scenes, we’re working on all kinds of projects to adapt to climate change, maintain our defences and reduce the impact of flooding.

Discover our work across South Yorkshire in our interactive map and dive in deeper with our case studies.