Association of SuDS Authorities

SuDS Awards 2022
2022-09-27 14:00 - 16:00 (Europe/London) | Virtual Event
Our third bi-annual susdrain SuDS Awards 2022 celebrated outstanding projects across the UK. Join us to hear the winners discuss their projects in more detail.

Background
Since 2018, susdrain has been celebrating outstanding SuDS projects and recognising SuDS Champions who are instrumental in delivering exceptional SuDS. The Awards provide a platform to share the good practice, multi-beneficial SuDS, and recognise high-quality planning, design, construction and maintenance of sustainable drainage.Congratulations to all of this year’s susdrain SuDS Award winners and susdrain SuDS Champions!
During the awards ceremony, the finalists showcased key elements of their schemes. This two-part webinar series provides a unique opportunity to get the inside track on the winning projects with in-depth case studies presented by the teams involved. Join us to learn more about their SuDS initiatives.
This first webinar will showcase the following winning projects about which the judges commented:
Early Housing Scheme Not Yet Developed Winner 2022
Fourfields, Cheshunt submitted by Refolo Landscape Architects

This is telling the story of SuDS within the design and cleverly reduces the consented drainage from 5l/s to 2.5 l/s.

Overall Winner 2022 and Catchment-based Solutions Winner 2022
Moore Brook Green Link submitted by London Borough of Enfield

Really good range of features in dense urban context.
Range of issues to balance providing attractive new healthy environments.
We need more of this!

Click here to discover which award-winning SuDS projects will be featured in the final webinar on 11 October 2022.
Why attend

Gain more insight into award-winning SuDS delivery including the design philosophy and process.
Understand what constitutes a successful SuDS scheme from replicable case studies.
Discover how SuDS professionals are rising to the challenge of delivering SuDS and attractive places.
Earn valuable CPD.

Who should attend

Engineering consultants
Architects and designers
Developers
Urban designers
Landscape architects
Local planning authority SuDS approvers
Members of lead local flood authorities
Drainage engineers
Highway engineers
Water companies
Tier 1 and 2 contractors
Professional bodies
Local community groups involved in SuDS
Anyone with an interest in SuDS

When
Tuesday 27 September 2022
14:00 – 16:00
Programme
14:00 – Welcome and introduction
14:10 – Early Housing Scheme Not Yet Developed Winner 2022
Fourfields, Cheshunt
Cristina Refolo, Director, Refolo Landscape Architects
14:30 – Overall Winner 2022 and Catchment-based Solutions Winner 2022
Moore Brook Green Link
Jamie Kukadia, Senior Engineer, Watercourses Team, Enfield Council
14:50 – susdrain SuDS Awards 2022 winner’s case study
15:10 – susdrain SuDS Champion 2022 update
15:30 – Interactive discussion and Q&A
15:55 – Closing remarks
Fees
susdrain partners and supporters Free to attend
CIRIA members Free to attend
Non-members Free to attend
Booking
Please sign in or create an account to register online for this event.
If you are experiencing issues registering online, please complete and return the booking form to James Nguyen.
Alternatively please contact us on 07933 181 765 or email our Customer Services team.
Joining instructions will be sent 10 days before the event. The link to attend the webinar is strictly personal and should not be shared.
Notice for new bookings from EU/EEA customers only.
CIRIA is currently unable to directly process your transaction if you are purchasing from the EU/EEA region. If you wish to book onto this event please email your request to enquiries@ciria.org and we will respond in the first instance.
Terms and Conditions
Click here for details of our terms and conditions that will apply.
Personal data is gathered in accordance with CIRIA’s privacy policy.
Further information
For further information on CIRIA membership and other services, please contact:
Telephone: 07933 181 765
Email: enquiries@ciria.org
Web: www.ciria.org

Bioretention Research & Practise - Outcomes & impacts of 3 year collaboration research project (Urban Green DaMS)
2022-09-19 12:30 - 18:00 | CIRIA, Griffin Court, 15 Long Lane, London, Warwickshire, EC1A 9PN, United Kingdom
This free event, hosted by The University of Sheffield and Newcastle University, will provide insight into the outcomes and impacts of a three-year collaborative research project (Urban Green DaMS) to improve design parameters for biofilters/raingardens.

Limited places to in-person event
Places are limited and will be allocated on a first-come, first-served basis. If you are unable to register online, please email Susan Richards to be added to the wait list. We reserve the right to limit the number of registrations per company.The session will be recorded and made available to anyone unable to attend in person. Please register for the ‘seminar recording’ to be notified when this is available.
Background
Drainage/flood protection engineers need to be able to quantify how SuDS devices respond to rainfall events – including the extreme events that are responsible for flooding – to effectively use SuDS for stormwater management purposes.
Biofilters (also known as raingardens) manage runoff from catchments typically ten times larger than their own plan area and provide filtration of pollutants associated with road runoff.ly
The ’Urban Green DaMS’ project collected data from a combination of full-scale test beds (lysimeters) at Newcastle University and column tests at The University of Sheffield. The data will help understand and quantify the influence of design parameters (growing media composition, planting selection and outlet control configuration) on the rainfall retention (ET rates) and runoff detention performance (K values and outlet controls) of lined biofilter systems.
Findings of the three-year EPSRC-funded collaborative research project will be summarised by the researchers and use of the data within modelling for rainwater management will be discussed.
SuDS practitioners will talk about the impact of this work on design, implementation, regulatory targets, and guidance including incorporation into the forthcoming update of CIRIA’s The SuDS Manual (C753F). They will also provide an overview of important ongoing retrofit SuDS projects.
Sponsorship opportunities
For more information about sponsorship opportunities, please contact Louise Walker.
Why attend

Learn how different types of vegetation and outlet controls impact surface water retention and detention in raingardens.
Understand the impact of evapotranspiration and hydraulic conductivity on raingarden performance.
Discover how new data on raingarden performance can be included in the most commonly used modelling tools.
Participate in discussions on appropriate regulatory targets for surface water management.
Hear about the planned approach to update to The SuDS Manual (C753F) and incorporate knowledge from the latest research and practice..
Gain insight into the evolution of retrofit SuDS from practitioners involved in large-scale projects.
Earn valuable CPD.

Who should attend
Lead Local Flood Authorities, Local authority planners, Local authority highways teams, Regeneration and redevelopment specialists, Urban designers, Engineering consultants, Landscape architects, Sewerage undertakers, Environmental regulators, Researchers, SuDS designers, Environmental organisations, susdrain partners and supporters.
When
Monday 19 September 2022
12:30 – 18:00
Programme
12:30 Welcome lunch
13:30 Welcome and introduction
Professor Virginia Stovin, Professor of Green Infrastructure for
Stormwater Management, The University of Sheffield
13:45 Effects of different vegetation and outlet controls on retention and detention
within biofilters – lysimeter findings
Dr Daniel Green, Research Associate: Sustainable Drainage,
Newcastle University
14:00 – Effect of different vegetation on evapotranspiration rates and hydraulic
conductivity within biofilters – column test findings
Dr Simon De-Ville, Research Associate, The University of Sheffield
14:15 – Reflections on bioretention modelling
Dr Simon De-Ville, Research Associate, The University of Sheffield
14:30 – Modelling SuDS with Autodesk InfoDrainage
Daniel Yardley, Product Engineer, Autodesk
14:45 – Interactive discussion and Q&A
15:00 – Networking break
15:30 – Stormwater management metrics: how do we quantify stormwater
management performance and what should our regulatory targets be?
Professor Virginia Stovin, Professor of Green Infrastructure for
Stormwater Management, The University of Sheffield
15:45 – Updates to the CIRIA SuDS Manual
Bridget Woods-Ballard, Technical Director, HR Wallingford
16:00 – – SuDS Design and Implementation – 20 years on
Zac Tudor, Associate Landscape Architect, Arup
16:15 – Severn Trent Water’s Mansfield retrofitting programme
John Brewington, Regional Development Manager, Severn Trent Water
16:30 – Interactive discussion and Q&A
16:55 – Closing remarks
17:00 – Networking drinks

Fees
susdrain partners and supporters Free to attend
CIRIA members Free to attend
Non-members Free to attendBooking
Please sign in or create an account to register online for this event.
If you are experiencing issues registering online, please complete and return the booking form to Susan Richards.
Alternatively please contact us on 07933 181 765 or email our Customer Services team.
Confirmation emails will be sent 10 days before the event.
Notice for new bookings from EU/EEA customers only
CIRIA is currently unable to directly process your transaction if you are purchasing from the EU/EEA region. If you wish to book onto this event please email your request to enquiries@ciria.org and we will respond in the first instance.
Terms and Conditions
Click here for details of our terms and conditions that will apply.
Personal data is gathered in accordance with CIRIA’s privacy policy.
Further information
For further information on CIRIA membership and other services, please contact:
Telephone: 07933 181 765
Email: enquiries@ciria.org
Web: www.ciria.org

Sustainable Water Management Focus Group
2022-09-08 10:00 - 12:00, 2022-03-03 10:00 - 12:00 | Virtual Event
This Focus Group has been formed to provide manufacturers/suppliers with a route through which to monitor and lobby in relation to, the development of SUDS Regulations and to promote engineered SUDS components within the overall design and application of SUDS.
The Focus Group works with the environmental regulators to develop and publish guidance information and to disseminate the information to planners, developers, and regulators.

Opening Lecture - 14th Brunel International Lecture
2022-08-26 08:00 - 17:00 | One Great George Street, One Great George Street, London, SW1P 3AA, United Kingdom
ICE, together with the International Coalition for Sustainable Infrastructure (ICSI), invite you to the opening lecture of our 14th Brunel International Lecture series. Building on previous series, resilience and sustainability in infrastructure development will remain the main theme of the 2022-24 programme.
The individual lectures will focus on:

Challenges
Opportunities
Engineering solutions and;
Best practice examples specific to each region.

The opening lecture in London will provide a global perspective, with a special focus on resilient cities, and the importance of climate equity and support for cities in emerging economies.
The wider series will shine a spotlight on equitable, sustainable, and resilient infrastructure challenges around the world and showcase what engineers globally are doing to help address that challenge.
Mitigation and adaptation efforts are both necessary for tackling climate change impacts, however the latter is often overshadowed by the former. It is important to tackle climate change impacts that are felt now, whilst preparing for the future with resilient infrastructure.
The lectures will provide a platform for dialogue with high-profile leaders across the globe, while focusing on practical engineering issues in tackling climate change at the local level.
The opening lecture will feature a keynote address (speaker to be announced soon), and an interactive panel discussion moderated by ICE President Ed McCann. The expert line-up includes:

Dr Mark Pelling, Professor of Risk and Disaster Reduction at UCL
Dr Vicky Hutchinson, Practice Director, Environment for UK & Europe at Atkins Global.

Save the date: Join us for the next leg of the Brunel International Lecture Series: Africa – 17 November 2022

Pollution of our Waters Webinar
2022-05-25 14:30 - 16:00 | Virtual Event
Hosted by Castle Debates and the CIWEM South Eastern branch
Event description
The CIWEM South Eastern branch are delighted to join the Castle Debates for a discussion on the state of our rivers and other waterways.
The most common sources of pollution of our waters in the UK are:
a) sewage from domestic and industrial processes;
b) agricultural effluent, e.g. from use of pesticides and fertilisers;
c) oil pollution, e.g. spillage and loss from storage facilities;
d) radioactive waste, e.g. industrial, medical and domestic sources;
e) fly tipping in rivers; and
f) marine pollution from waste dumping and waste washed from land e.g. plastics.
The Debate will describe the issues in detail and discuss the various remedies to improve the quality of these wetland habitats.
Part of the CIWEM Pollution digital series.

Highlights of the Ignition Project Webinar
2022-05-25 11:00 - 12:00 | Virtual Event
Since 2019, the IGNITION project has explored how Greater Manchester can accelerate the delivery of urban nature-based solutions to build a climate resilient city-region. Supported by the Urban Innovations Actions Fund, the project brought together twelve partners from local government, universities, NGOs and business to develop pathways to accelerate public-private investment nature-based solutions.
One strand of the project focused on collaborative investment approaches to tackling urban surface water flooding by:

Identifying hotspots for multi-partner investment in urban SuDS retrofit
Piloting the development of an urban SuDS neighbourhood including:

Developing conceptual SuDS deisgns
Modelling potential benefits to receiving sewer networks and surface water flood risk
Estimate of likely scheme costs
Building a multi-partner business case

Testing a replicable methodology for the adaptation of sewer models to represent SuDS.

This webinar will present an overview of the IGNITION project and then provide a deep dive into the SuDS neighbourhood pilot focusing on the planning, modelling and impact evaluation of retrofit SuDS neighbourhood in Walkden, Salford.
Programme
11:00 Welcome and introduction
Dr Louise Walker, Senior Research Manager, CIRIA
11:05 IGNITION: Accelerating the delivery of urban nature-based solutions in Greater Manchester
Matt Ellis, Climate Resilience Lead, Environment Agency
Rachel Morrison, Senior Nature Based Solutions Advisor, Greater Manchester Combined Authority
11:15 Retrofit SuDS: planning, conceptual design and cost estimation
Phil Williams, Technical Director, The Environmental Protection Group
11:40 SuDS retrofit modelling methods and outcomes
Bridget Woods Ballard, Principal Engineer, HR Wallingford
12:05 Interactive discussion and Q&A
12:25 Closing remarks
Fees CIRIA members: Free to attend Non-members: Free to attend

ASA National Conference
2022-05-24 09:00 - 16:00 | Horizon Leeds, 3rd Floor, 2 Brewery Wharf, Kendall Street, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS10 1JR, United Kingdom
ASA members entitled to 1 free space with additional guest(s) @ £50, Non ASA LLFAs £75, all others £150
Find out more here!

Hydrometic Monitoring for the EA Flood Warning Expansion Project
2022-05-11 12:30 - 13:30 | Birmingham
Hosted by the CIWEM Rivers & Coastal Group
Event description
The Environment Agency’s Flood Warning Expansion Project (FWEP) aims to deliver flood warnings to all properties at high risk of fluvial flooding in England. To achieve this, the FWEP monitoring team has significantly increased the capability of the Environment Agency to warn and inform the public of flooding. As part of this programme there have been nearly 200 hydrometric monitoring sites installed in 18 months to help provide flood warnings to almost ten thousand properties at high risk of flooding.
Members of the FWEP project team will present how they devised a low cost, small footprint, low carbon, adaptable, risk reduced solution that will potentially change the future of hydrometric monitoring within the Environment Agency.
This webinar is open to all and no previous hydrometric or flood warning knowledge is required to attend this presentation.

Part of the CIWEM Flood Resilience digital series.

The National Flood Management Manual Launch Webinar
2022-05-10 14:00 - 16:00 | Virtual Event
The natural flood management manual (C802) covers the delivery of NFM from problem identification through conception, funding, design, construction, inspection, maintenance, adaptive management to end-of-life considerations. It is primarily concerned with the ‘where?’ and ‘how?’ of NFM delivery, rather than ‘why?’ It aims to provide confidence in NFM delivery and ensure the best outcomes, recognising that innovation in this area is constantly emerging.
The manual is intended for use in the UK and is tailored to the geographical settings and conditions of the country, although it draws on advice and case studies from elsewhere and could be of assistance for overseas projects.
The manual covers NFM measures to reduce the risk of flooding from surface water and rivers. It does not include coastal NFM to reduce the risk of tidal or coastal flooding, guidance for which is available elsewhere.
Detailed technical advice is given on four key measures which are considered challenging to deliver and with less detailed information already available. Other measures are covered in one-page summaries with signposts to other guidance.
This webinar will introduce the manual and provide an overview of its aim, scope and content.
Programme
Click here to view the full programme with session outlines.
14:00 Welcome and introduction
Martin Janes, Managing Director, RRC
14:05 The importance of working with nature right now
Denise Bower, Group Executive Board Member, Climate and Sustainability,
Mott MacDonald
14:15 Overview of The natural flood management manual
Lead Author: Emma Wren, Technical Principal – Nature Based Solutions
Mott MacDonald
Importance of The natural flood management manual
14:35 The user’s perspective
David Johnson, Technical Director, The Rivers Trust
14:55 Break
15:05 The regulator’s perspective (i)
Phil Foxley, Programme Manager, Flood and Coastal Risk Management
Directorate, Environment Agency
15:15 The regulator’s perspective (ii)
Heather Forbes, Senior Policy Officer, National Flooding Partnerships,
Scottish Environment Protection Agency
15:30 The asset owner’s perspective
15:45 Interactive discussion and Q&A
16:00 Closing remarks

ICE - CIWEM Yorkshire & Humber Flooding Conference
2022-05-04 10:00 - 17:00 | The Met Hotel, King Street, Leeds, West Yorkshire, LS1 2HQ, United Kingdom
The regions of Yorkshire and Humber face a wide range of challenges in reducing flood risk in the future and particularly with the additional challenges associated with climate change, including increasing rainfall and run-off, as well as sea level rise in the coastal and estuarine regions. The main aim of this inaugural conference is to bring together all the key stakeholders engaged in flood risk management, in the regions, to discuss a range of solutions to reduce flood risk, enhance resilience and adapt for future climate change impacts.
The conference will be opened by a leading national figure in the field, engaged in flooding issues key to the regions, followed by presentations on projects from a range of stakeholders, including representatives from: the Environment Agency, Yorkshire Water, consulting engineering companies and the National Trust. Broad topics to be covered include: policy, digital innovation in flood risk management, resilient infrastructure and NFM (Natural Flood Management), asset management and optimising for net-zero carbon.
The conference will end with a Panel Question and Answer session, with senior representatives from key organisations and institutions responding to questions from delegates. It is planned that this conference will become an annual event, focusing on delivering the best solutions for residents and business communities within the region to reduce the impacts of flooding in the future, with more resilient solutions and adapted for climate change.

Full fee paying delegate £150
Full fee – early registration (before August 14) £125
Government Agencies, Local Authorities £100
Exhibition space (including three delegates) £750
Students £50

09:00 – 09:40

Registration, Coffee & Exhibition Viewing

09:40 – 09:45

Welcome

09:45 – 10:15

Session 1: Policy

10:15 – 10:55

Session 2: Asset Management and Net-Zero Carbon

10:55 – 11:20

Coffee & Exhibition

11:20 – 12:45

Session 3: Resilient Infrastructure (including NFM)

12:45 – 13:45

Lunch & Exhibition Viewing

13:45 – 14:50

Session 4: Digital Innovation in Flood Risk Management

14:50 – 15:15

Tea & Exhibition Viewing

15:15 – 15:55

Session 5: Panel Question Time

15:55 – 16:00

Event closes

Net Zero Together - How the water industry can measure, manage & mitigate carbon.
2022-05-03 18:30 - 21:30 | Virtual Event
Hosted by Water New Zealand and the CIWEM Aotearoa | New Zealand branch
Event description
Please note that this event will start at 5:30 pm New Zealand Time | 6:30 am BST.
CIWEM and Water New Zealand are delighted to be able to share a fascinating session detailing how Auckland Council’s Healthy Waters department intend to take actions to meet the commitment outlined in Te Tāruke-ā-Tāwhiri (Auckland’s Climate Plan) for Auckland to halve its emissions by 2030 and reach net zero by 2050.
With a population that continues to grow and a climate which has changed rapidly over the last decade, the water cycle has been directly impacted and faces further instances of drought, more extreme weather events, rising sea levels and increased coastal flooding unless greenhouse gas emissions are dramatically reduced.
This webinar will provide an overview of how Healthy Waters are approaching carbon reduction through innovative means to build and operate a low carbon water system.
Our speakers will share the journey so far and seek to inspire us all to go further and faster to meet Auckland’s goal of being net zero:
5:30 pm | Session Intro and Challenges | Liam Foster and Jon Rix
5:35 pm | A LGNZ view on decarbonisation | Mark McKeag
5:40 pm | What role do carbon portals and tools play? | Jonny Breen
6:05 pm | Healthy Waters Zero Carbon Team: an active approach to carbon reduction | Konrad Heinemann and Leigh Steckler
6:35 pm | Q&A | facilitated by Jon Rix
7:00 pm | Summary and introduction to optional discussion session | Liam Foster
7:05 pm | Optional Discussion Forum – seeking to share ideas to the aspirations shared by Healthy Waters and determining how CIWEM and the industry can support moving forward.
7:30 pm | event close

Part of the CIWEM Climate Emergency Adaption & Resilience digital series.

River Water Quality & Storm Overflows - Systems approach to maximise improvement
2022-05-03 15:00 - 16:30 | Virtual Event
Hosted by CIWEM
Event description
Sewage pollution from storm overflows in sewers has become a headline environmental and social water quality issue. A wide range of factors influence how frequently they spill. And a wide range of actions are needed to reduce that frequency. By looking beyond the obvious, we can maximise the benefits of actions and make them as cost-effective to deliver as possible.
As Defra is consulting on its Storm Overflows Discharge Reduction Plan, CIWEM is launching the findings of stakeholder research and systems mapping to highlight where action should be taken to get the best outcomes in reducing pollution from storm overflows.
This webinar will present why we need to look beyond just water companies to achieve lasting improvements on sewage pollution and set out the findings and recommendations of CIWEM’s work. This consulted a wide range of water professionals, NGOs and local and national government, agencies and regulators and involved systems-thinking and mapping specialists from Imperial College London to understand the system of pressures on sewerage infrastructure.
The findings set out where additional action – tapping into related areas of activity, investment and policy – can supplement the measures set out by Government to tackle the issue, and get more bang for our buck.
With speakers from CIWEM, Imperial College London, The Rivers Trust and Stantec this 90-minute event will explore what we need to do and who needs to act, how that can give us not just cleaner, healthier rivers but greener, more climate resilient places to live, how long it might realistically take and how much it might cost.

Part of the CIWEM Pollution digital series.

Engineering Dynamism back into Rivers Webinar
2022-04-25 19:30 - 21:00 | Virtual Event
We are currently in a flood rich period in the UK and traditionally attention is focussed on direct protection to communities at risk. More recently it has been realised that opportunities to ameliorate flood impact also exist outside of at-risk towns and cities.
These forms of Natural Flood Management have received considerable attention of late and this talk will review the recent approaches to better managing our rivers and their floodplains to control flood peaks and importantly to restore the natural sediment balance in river systems that sees gravels stored in the catchments above flood risk areas rather than accumulating in urban flood relief schemes as it does at present.
We present data from several systems in the North of England where, through the reestablishment of natural river and floodplain processes, large volumes of sediment are now being locked up across floodplain areas reducing the flux of material heading downstream. We also discuss the added value that these types of schemes bring in terms of biodiversity gains and climate change mitigation through the rejuvenation of functional wetlands and consequent carbon capture.

Northumbrian Water Liason Meeting - UK Forum Liaison Meeting - Virtual
2022-04-12 11:00 - 12:45 | Virtual Event
UK Forum Liaison Meetings are held with major players in the sector. These include meetings with water company representatives where an overview of the water company’s structure is provided as well as an update on their capital delivery and asset management programme, procurement processes and much more. This Liaison Meeting is with Northumbrian Water.
Members are invited to submit questions, in advance of the meeting, regardless of whether they can attend as they will take priority on the day. The deadline for pre-submitted questions is Friday 8 April 12.00pm.

Property Flood Resilience Q&A Webinar
2022-04-07 12:00 - 13:00 | Virtual Event
Join the CIWEM Central Southern Branch for a live panel Q&A session of Property Flood Resilience.
During the successful Central Southern Branch Annual Seminar, which took place in October 2021, a large number of questions were asked but sadly there was not enough time to answer them all! The panel are therefore gathering again for an hour live Q&A. This is a new style of session for the branch, so don’t miss out!
The panel discussion will be chaired by Alastair Chisolm (CIWEM). After an introduction from Anya Fisher and Alex Lane of the CIWEM Central Southern branch) there will be a session for each of the three topics covered in the original seminar series, which are:
1. Strategy to Delivery
Alastair Moseley (H20 WEM)
Katherine Greig (FloodRe)
Anne Chataigne (FloodRe)
Beverly Adams (Marsh)
2. Customer Perspectives on PFR
Phil Foxley (Environment Agency)
Bev Adams (Marsh)
David Kelly (Marsh)
Mary Dhonau (MaryDhonauAssociates)
3. PFR Delivery Challenges
Alan Ryan (North Northamptonshire Council)
Matt Tandy (AECOM)
Simon Crowther (Flood Protection Solutions)

Attenuation using SuDS online
2022-03-22 18:00 - 19:30 | Virtual Event
Speaker, Mike Mowen, will talk about the use of SuDS, using the construction of an industrial unit for AGB at the Orion Business Park in Dublin to illustrate the issue.
Points covered will include:

Re-zoning from greenfield site to industrial usage
The management of storm water run-off by using attenuation methods
Planning matters
The Rational Method, as laid out in SuDS Manual, and its limitations
Masterplan requirements for the overall industrial estate and implications

We aim to ensure that our events and venues are accessible to all. If you have particular needs please let us know and we’ll always do our best to accommodate.
This event is organised and hosted by ICE Merseyside branch.

Mike Mowen is a Chartered Civil and Structural Engineer with experience in the UK and abroad, currently working in the rail industry.

Urban Drainage Group Training Day 2022
2022-03-16 09:30 - 2022-03-17 15:00 | Virtual Event
How do we design urban drainage to be resilient and manage the risk of exceedance?
This year’s CIWEM UDG training day will be held over two days, 16-17 March. The topic we will be covering is exceedance: as engineers, environmentalists, planners and policy makers, how do we design and adapt our assets to cope with extremes in weather?
This challenge is one that needs to tackled in collaboration, with risk management authorities working with other organisations and stakeholders. It potentially involves those directly impacted, so that they can help to protect themselves.
Our packed programme will include CPD-accredited interactive sessions, technical paper presentations, panel discussions, practical sessions and speed networking.
Spaces are limited and are available on a first come, first serve basis. Registration will close at midnight on 10th March.
The cost to attend both days is £60, sponsorship packages are available at £900 (including local taxes, where applicable).
For sponsorship enquiries, please email ciwemevents@syonmedia.com
For group bookings, please email events@ciwem.org

The British Water how to Guide: Applying the CIRIA SuDS Manual (C753)
2022-03-10 13:00 - 14:00 | Virtual Event
In partnership with British Water, we are proud to host a webinar following the release of the Sustainable Water Management Focus Group’s new publication “How to Guide: Applying the CIRIA SuDS Manual (C753) Simple Index Approach to Proprietary/Manufactured Stormwater Treatment Devices”.
The guide is intended to help designers and specifiers to interpret results from the main recognised UK and international test methods or verification programmes at the time of publication and apply these to the Simple Index Approach (SIA) as defined within Chapter 26 of The SuDS Manual (C753).
The webinar will provide an overview of the aim, objectives, purpose and use of the guide and special panel Q&A with the authors of the guide.

David Smoker, ACO
Daniel Jarman, Hydro International
Jessica Jefferys, Innovyze
Jo Bradley, SDS and Stormwater Shepherds

If you’re interested but not able to attend this live webinar, register and we’ll send you a link to the recording!

Street SuDS: Technical Designfor Highways (Part 2)
2022-03-10 09:30 - 12:30 | Virtual Event
This hands-on session is specifically tailored for highway designers and eng ineers to provide you with a more detailed understanding of how to design SuDS from start to finish within highways schemes.
This event will take place on two separate half-day mornings – on 02nd and 10th March 2022, from 9.30 – 12.00. Spaces are limited and the event will not be recorded so please only book if you can attend both morning events live. Scroll up to book onto the other event of this two-part training.
This event is aimed at designers. If you are looking for an introduction to SuDS please book onto our ‘Street SuDS: An Introduction’ event on 18th Jan 2022.

Agenda
09:30 Designing for effective Maintenance, Bob Bray (Robert Bray Associates)
10:00 The use of permeable surfaces, Judith Puckmayr (Robert Bray Associates)
10:30 Inlets, outlets and flow control, Anthony McCloy (McCloy Consulting)
11:00 Break
11:10 Choosing, locating and sizing SuDS components, Judith Puckmayr (Robert Bray Associates)
11:40 Worked example: Developing a SuDS Concept
12:10 Our solutions, Bob Bray (Robert Bray Associates)
12:30 Close

Vernon Harcourt Lecture - 2022 Flood risk management - a just transition to a climate resilient future
2022-03-08 18:00 - 19:50 | One Great George Street, One Great George Street, London, SW1P 3AA, United Kingdom
Join us at this year’s Vernon Harcourt lecture, which will be delivered by Sally Sudworth, global head of sustainability and climate change at Mott MacDonald.
As it stands, entire economies still revolve around fossil fuels, with people around the world relying on them for not just their livelihoods but also their way of life. Making the switch to a sustainable way of living won’t happen overnight, but green infrastructure can play a huge part in creating a cleaner, greener, healthier world.
As we look forward to COP27 for climate and COP15 for biodiversity, the debate about whether COP26 was a success continues. We, as engineers, are a community of professionals that is uniquely placed to do something positive. This is as exciting and rewarding as it is demanding.
We must safeguard the globe’s precious resources, creating balanced outcomes against the UN Sustainable Development Goals. We have a duty to ensure, to the best of our ability, that the infrastructure we deliver for our clients will be resilient to the impacts of climate change from wildfires, drought, extremes of temperature (freezing conditions to heat domes) to flooding. But resilience is just part of it, we also have need to factor in carbon reduction, making a conscious effort to reduce the amount we are locking in, both in construction and operation.
Are we doing enough? Come along, join the discussion in person, and better understand your role in making a difference.

Learning from the Natural Flood Management Programme
2022-03-07 12:00 - 13:15 | Virtual Event
Although there had been a handful of small, innovative NFM projects in the past, the UK government’s natural flood management programme was introduced to understand more fully how nature-based solutions can be used at a large scale as part of the toolbox to reduce flood risk and improve habitats.
This webinar will provide an overview of the programme and the next steps in the journey to mainstreaming nature-based solutions. It will cover the different terminology around natural flood management, the interventions used, how the programme was managed, as well as the lessons learnt and how these can be incorporated into future projects.
This talk is open to all, particularly those with an interest in flood and coastal risk management.
Part of the CIWEM Flood Resilience digital series.

An evening technical meeting: Living with water in Belfast
2022-02-10 18:00 - 19:00 | Virtual Event
This joint webinar brought to you by the CIWEM Northern Ireland branch and the Institute of Water NI will provide an overview of the LWWP, Belfast Strategic Drainage Infrastructure Plan that was published in November 2021.
Our speakers will explore the key challenges that must be overcome to protect against flooding whilst enhancing the environment and providing increased capacity for economic growth.
Details of how the development of the scope of the projects is coming along will be covered, focusing on the procurement and delivery of larger projects and the mitigations being deployed due to constraints to development through lack of capacity.
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Beyond the Asset: Catchment system opportunities
2022-02-10 10:30 - 11:30 | Virtual Event
Brought to you by CIWEM Tyne & Humber branch and Stantec, this first webinar in a two-part series will explore catchment system opportunities, with the second focusing on solutions.
Catchment investigation is a significant part of developing water and wastewater solutions. The Government has defined over 100 major water catchments in England and has identified a significant shortfall in the catchment spending required to meet policy objectives. Catchment management represents a new way of working.
Historically, water companies have relied on predictable and visible treatment or engineering solutions. This is because delivering these is in their control. But catchment management schemes are more uncertain. They often rely on partnerships, new skills and changing the behaviours of individuals and organisations within water catchments, alongside new ways of predicting and monitoring success.
If adopting catchment management approaches enables a company to meet its legal water quality standards at a reduced cost its customers will benefit from lower bills. The environment also benefits from improvements in sustainability and biodiversity.
Bringing together key practitioners in this field from Northumbrian Water, Promar International and Stantec, we will discuss some of the key challenges in identifying and investigating catchment system opportunities. These include opportunity mapping, working with multiple stakeholders, dealing with fair share concepts and how to evidence the performance of catchment measures.

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Urban reforestation as effective climate change mitigation
2022-01-25 11:00 - 12:00 | Virtual Event
Wide-ranging presentation covering urban tree planting, sustainable drainage systems and green wall planting specifically designed to not only help adapt to climate change but to create safer, cleaner, and healthier towns and cities for future generations.
Species choice, best practice planting methods and incorporation of sustainable drainage systems open new possibilities that will enhance our towns and cities, making them resilient, future-proofed, and simply more pleasant.
Urban biodiversity will also be covered in this session – a matter of concern to many local authorities who desire to re-wild our towns, bringing in flora and fauna that may have flourished in the past, but have been reduced by the removal of natural habitat.
Learning outcomes:

Understanding different tree planting methodologies, and how effective they are
Importance of retro-fitting SuDS systems which are multi-functional to make urban areas resilient
Alternative ways to green screen vertical walls, and the advantages to the built environment

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The John Mitchell Lecture 2022: Thinking conceptually about groundwater problems
2022-01-18 17:00 - 18:30 | Virtual Event
Many excavations and tunnels experience problems and instability caused by uncontrolled groundwater inflows or pressures. Groundwater control measures are used to overcome these problems and create stable and workably dry conditions below groundwater level.
A key challenge for designers is that the performance of the various techniques is strongly influenced by the hydrogeological conditions at a site. Furthermore, the available ground investigation data may have gaps or be subject to considerable uncertainty regarding key parameters such as permeability or hydraulic boundary conditions. This means that there are some groundwater problems where analysis involves so many assumptions and uncertainties that the design outcomes are of little practical value.
This lecture will discuss how thinking conceptually about groundwater problems can be of great benefit when developing of groundwater control schemes, and that a robust conceptual model helps reduce the risk of designs being developed using inappropriate techniques. Examples will be given of cases where conceptual understanding of groundwater conditions proved vital in developing practical engineering solutions.
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Introduction to Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems (SuDS)
2022-01-18 | Virtual Event
This introductory session will explore the multiple benefits of delivering water sensitive design solutions for public realm projects large and small.
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Resilience Planning in the Water Industry
2021-12-09 18:00 - 19:00 | Virtual Event
A key component of resilience planning is the creation and maintenance of detailed planning and the provision of adequate training to guide those tasked with responding to events that threaten to and sometimes disrupt the key activities that are essential to the operation of any organisation.
This short presentation will look at this component from a water industry perspective but many of the topics explored have application across most if not all organisations, especially as the challenges of the current climate emergency deepen.

Evaluating climate change impacts using Flood Modeller
2021-12-01 12:00 - 12:30 | Virtual Event
Join Adam Parkes, Head of Discipline for Hydrology at Jacobs, to learn how Flood Modeller enables you to confidently understand flood risk and develop optimal solutions to manage the impacts of climate change.

How climate change affects multiple sources of flooding (rain, rivers, coastal)
Requirements for considering climate change in the UK
Uncertainty in estimates of climate change
How to include climate change in your modelling
How to analyse and present your results

Sustainable Water Management Focus Group - Members only
2021-12-01 10:00 - 12:00 | Virtual Event
