River diverted to reduce flood risk Environment Agency ‘Northumbrian Water and the Environment Agency began the £7 million joint flood reduction scheme in October 2014. The Brunton Park scheme will reduce the risk of flooding to more than 100 properties in Mitford Gardens, Princes Close, Fairway Close, Princes Road, Waterbury Road and Clayworth Road. Diverting […]
Whatever the eventual outcome of their activities it has been encouraging to see the Water professions collaborating to try and make progress on SuDS in the Housing and Planning Bill. Given the scale and costs of major storm and flood events and well as the ‘routine’ nature of flash flooding Government should be doing much […]
Two articles, Copenhagen’s plan and how the EU is working through Water & the Urban agenda The Source ‘Copenhagen City Council signed off on its master plan for cloudburst management in November to be gradually implemented over the next 20 years. Jonathan Andrews explains what the US$1.4 billion plan entails and whether it can become […]
The planner: The administration has launched a long-term water strategy for Northern Ireland, which highlights the need for planning authorities to “prevent inappropriate development in high flood-risk areas and ensure that future development does not increase flood risk”. The strategy, which covers the period up to 2040, also said that planning authorities should encourage measures […]
Susdrain and Hydro International both produce interesting newsletters on SuDS; sign up here. Five Update items 1. Life with SuDS – a view from a Lead Local Flood Authority (LLFA) susdrain David Edwards Blog: It has nearly been a year since the government included SuDS for major new developments in the National Planning Policy Framework. […]
Flood Loss Avoidance Benefits of Green Infrastructure for Stormwater Management This modeling study estimates the flood loss avoidance benefits from application of small storm retention practices for new development and redevelopment nationwide. Twenty HUC8 watersheds were modeled in areas where significant growth is expected between 2020 and 2040, using the FEMA Hazus model and national-scale […]
Water Briefing ‘The Department for Food Environment and Rural Affairs (Defra) has now formally issued new charging guidance to Ofwat since it was laid in Parliament for consideration on 9 November 2015. The Guidance to the water sector regulator establishes the policy framework within which Ofwat sets charging rules for the water industry. Its purpose […]
SuDS Manual (C753) is released The UK’s most comprehensive SuDS guidance is released to support uptake, manage floods and create better places and spaces. As the UK moves into winter, potentially a time of greater flood risk as seen during the 2013-2014 winter, CIRIA has launched the most comprehensive industry SuDS guidance available in the […]