Jessica Green has spent the last 7 years working within the water industry in hydraulic modelling, incident management and flood risk. Having studied Water Engineering at Sheffield University and now Flood Risk and Coastal Management at Lancaster University alongside her full time role at Yorkshire Water, she is responsible for engaging and supporting with lead local flood authorities within Yorkshire to reduce flood risk within the region. Jessica is currently the lead for Yorkshire Water on the DIG Project: DEFRA Innovation Resilience Project and works alongside colleagues supporting the latest flood risk partnership in Yorkshire “ConnectedByWater”.