Association of Drainage Authorities
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| Abbreviation | ADA |
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| Formation | 1927 |
| Type | Membership organisation |
| Headquarters | Surbiton, Surrey & Louth, Lincolnshire |
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Region served
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United Kingdom |
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Membership
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Internal drainage boards, Environment Agency regional flood defence committees, Northern Ireland Rivers Agency, local authorities, consultants, contractors and suppliers |
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Key people
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| Affiliations | EUWMA |
| Website | www |
The Association of Drainage Authorities (ADA) is a membership body for organisations involved in water level management within the United Kingdom.
The Association's members are
Associate members of ADA include local authorities, consultants, contractors and suppliers.
The main activities of ADA involve a wide range of work for and on behalf of its members including facilitating the exchange of ideas and promoting discussions to solving common problems and/or introduction of new approaches to members' work.
ADA responds to consultations from the Government, either on behalf of members or by facilitating individual member responses. It represents the interests of Drainage Authorities and other members nationally and locally, for example in relation to Bills in Parliament, other legislative measures, and local public inquiries. ADA acts collaboratively with other appropriate bodies or institutions to pursue the Association's objectives including linking to Europe through ADA's membership of EUWMA, (European Union of Water Management Associations).
ADA obtains and disseminates information on matters of importance and interest to members, and provides assistance on technical and administrative problems. ADA organises exhibitions and demonstrations such as for the benefit of members, maintains a website and publishes the quarterly ADA Gazette.
Catchment 08 on Wednesday 17th and Thursday 18 September 2008 was the first in a new biennial series of Catchment exhibitions set up by ADA for the flood management industry. It was held at the East of England Showground, Peterborough.
ADA has been regularly organising exhibitions of supplies and machinery used by the flood risk management industry since the 1970s when the first ADA Demonstration was held on the bank of the Vernatt’s Drain near Spalding in Lincolnshire.
A review of internal drainage boards (IDBs) was announced in June 2005 by Defra. ADA has been involved throughout the review process representing its IDB members. It is one of four organisations which have a permanent position on the IDB Review Project Board which drew together a detailed implementation plan for IDBs. As part of the process ADA produced a response to Defra's sub-catchment plans for IDBs entitled Moving Forwards with Defra's 'Rationale for Proposed Sub-catchment Internal Drainage Boards'
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