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05Aug
Join us at ESS Expo, NEC BirminghamOn 17-18 September 2025, we’ll be at the Water, Wastewater & Environmental Monitoring Expo.
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16Jul
New CIRIA guidance empowers communities to reduce local flood riskWe’ve released new free guidance to help communities and Risk Management Authorities work together to maintain local flood risk infrastructure.
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10Jul
SuDS Champions Awards 2025 photo galleryThe 2025 susdrain SuDS Champions Awards wrapped up in Bristol on 18 June, shining a spotlight on the people and projects making real change through s...
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08Jul
Reflections on a SuDS JourneyJacqueline Diaz-Nieto, Associate SuDS Engineer, Environmental Protection Group, Dr Louise Walker Award for Outstanding Contribution to SuDS Winner 20...
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Unpave the Way Garden
The Unpave the Way Garden at RHS Tatton 2024 promoted SuDS, permeable paving, and rainwater harvesting to combat urban flooding issues.
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Using SuDS to reduce nitrogen in surface water runoff (C815F) (FREE)
2023. This new guidance is intended for those developments affected by nutrient neutrality rulings. It outlines the design criteria for a good SuDS scheme that can maximise the opportunity to capture and remove nitrogen. It also describes the difficulties of capturing nitrogen, as it is present in different forms, and the many different processes to do so.
