News

  • October 30 2013 -
    Welcome to the new RainGain website!

    by Rosa Vicari / École des Ponts ParisTech RainGain has a new website! We have refreshed it with a new design, a new organisation of its contents and new functions. A carousel of images showcases the four pilot cities of the project, and the...

  • October 23 2013 -
    RainGain met the Local Authorities from France, UK, Belgium and The Netherlands

    by Rosa Vicari / École des Ponts ParisTech On the 23rd October at the Mac/Val Museum (Vitry-sur-Seine, France), the RainGain partners gathered together and met the representatives from Local Authorities to foster an exchange on local experien...

  • July 31 2013 -
    RainGain's researchers visited three schools of the Paris Region

    Text and photos by Rosa Vicari / École des Ponts ParisTech The RainGain project has been presented in three secondary schools of Paris Region: Jean Perrin Secondary School (Vitry-sur-Seine) on 14th June, Lucie Faure School (Paris) on 18th&nbs...

  • July 31 2013 -
    RainGain at the International Precipitation Conference

    by Rosa Vicari / École des Ponts ParisTech The 11th International Precipitation Conference, organised by Hydrology and Quantitative Water Group and Royal Netherlands Meteorological Insitute (KNMI) in Ede-Wageningen (The Netherlands),&nbs...

  • July 30 2013 -
    National Observers Groups have met in Aartselaar, London, Paris and The Hague

    by Rosa Vicari / École des Ponts ParisTech   National observers are local stakeholders that are in interested in the results of the project and in getting involved in RainGain’s implementation and dissemination. RainGain NOG m...

  • June 21 2013 -
    An exceptional thunderstorm measured drop by drop at École des Ponts ParisTech

    by Rosa Vicari / École des Ponts ParisTech On Wednesday afternoon, violent storms hit the Paris Region. Between 5 p.m. and 8 p.m., the Fire brigade of Paris received 6,462 calls related to the storms, a number t...

  • May 30 2013 -
    Festival de l'Oh : RainGain meets hundreds of inhabitants of the Paris region

    by Rosa Vicari / École des Ponts ParisTech Every spring, the Marne and the Seine river sides become very lively during Festival de l'Oh!, a great event dedicated to water in all its forms that takes place in Val-de-Marne (France) since 20...

  • February 08 2013 -
    16th April: next UK National Observers Group meeting

    The RainGain National Observers Group (NOG) meeting meeting will provide an opportunity to learn more about the project (including progress to date and future activities), to discuss key aspects of pluvial flood management, and find out about oppor...

  • March 28 2012 -
    29th February - UK NOG meeting

        TThe first UK National Observers Group Meeting took place on 29th February 2012 at WSP House, London. Over 40 people attended, including specialists, practitioners, academics and local and central government policy-makers. More ...