The East Suffolk Drainage Board was established in 2008 in accordance with the Statutory Instrument East Suffolk Internal Drainage Board Order, 2008.[2]
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