East Suffolk Water Management Board

{{Short description|Water management board in Suffolk, England}}

East Suffolk Water Management Board (ESWMB) is a water management board in East Suffolk District, Suffolk, England. It was reconstituted from the East Suffolk Internal Drainage Board on 24 March 2023.{{cite web |title=History |url=https://www.wlma.org.uk/east-suffolk-idb/history/ |website=Water Management Alliance |publisher=Water Management Alliance |access-date=1 April 2024}}

East Suffolk Internal Drainage Board

The East Suffolk Drainage Board was established in 2008 in accordance with the Statutory Instrument East Suffolk Internal Drainage Board Order, 2008.{{cite web |title=East Suffolk IDB Order 2008|url=https://www.wlma.org.uk/uploads/East_Suffolk_IDB_Order_2008.pdf |website=wlma.org.uk |publisher=Water Management Alliance |access-date=1 October 2024}}

This order abolished the Internal Drainage Boards listed below and transferred the property and obligations of these organisations to the ESIDB

  • Alderton, Hollesley and Bawdsey Drainage Board, established 1922
  • River Blyth Internal Drainage Board, established 1934
  • River Deben Internal Drainage Board, established 2005 through the amalgamation of the River Deben (Lower) Internal Drainage Board and the River Deben (upper) Internal Drainage Board, themselves established in 1933.
  • Fromus, Alde and Thorpeness Internal Drainage Board, established 1936
  • River Gipping Internal Drainage Board, established 1933
  • Lower Alde Internal Drainage Board, established 2000
  • Minsmere Internal Drainage Board, established 1937
  • Upper Alde Internal Drainage Board, established 1936

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