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19Jun
New SuDS Award honours the legacy of Dr Louise WalkerThis year, susdrain introduced a very special award in memory of a much‑missed colleague.
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19Jun
Meet the 2025 susdrain SuDS Awards Champions!The 2025 susdrain SuDS Champions Awards wrapped up in Bristol on 18 June, meet our winners.
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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.
