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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…