Association of SuDS Authorities

Street SuDS - Technical Design for Highways Part 1
2021-11-17 09:30 - 12:30 (Europe/London) | Virtual Event
This hands-on session is specifically tailored for highway designers and engineers 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 as two separate half day mornings – on 17th & 25th November 2021, from 9.30 – 12.30. Please scroll down to book a place for Part 2.
Please note this event is limited to London borough and TfL officers only.

Day 1 Agenda (17th November): Site Analysis
09:30 Introduction, Bob Bray
10:00 Design brief for feasibility, Judith Puckmay
10:30 Essential Hydraulics and Discharge Hierarchy,
Anthony McCloy
11:00 Break
11:10 SuDS Components for the Highway, Bob Bray
11:40 Worked example: Evaluating a site
12:10 Summary
12:30 Close

ASA Conference - Surface water drainage now and in the future
2021-11-16 14:00 - 16:30 | Virtual Event
If you wish to attend, please RSVP to admin@suds-authority.org.uk A holding calendar invite will then be sent to you within a few days. Further detailed information and a registration link will then follow.

CIWEM Urban Drainage Group Annual General Meeting 2021
2021-11-11 12:30 - 13:00 | Virtual Event
Notice is hereby given that the Annual General Meeting of the CIWEM Urban Drainage Group is scheduled to be held on Thursday 11 November 2021 a12:30 pm GMT via Zoom.
The Annual General Meeting is open to CIWEM Urban Drainage Group members. When you register you will be asked a compulsory question about your grade of membership, as only CIWEM group members are entitled to vote at the AGM.
This webinar will be hosted on the Zoom platform and will be recorded. Please note that registrations will close 24 hours before the event starts. If you have not registered before that time, unfortunately we cannot add you to the event. You will receive an email with joining instructions after you have successfully registered for the webinar and the registration has been approved by our team. If you have any questions about your booking or would like to cancel your attendance, please contact barbara.woods@ciwem.org.
Please make sure you add this event to your calendar, all you need to do is copy the body text of the joining instruction email, go to your Calendar, create a new calendar appointment, set the start and end date and time, paste the text and click the “Save & Close” button.
For queries about the AGM, please contact the chair, Kieran Downey at Kieran.Downey@scottishwater.co.uk or the honorary secretary, Ian Lang at Ian.Lang@atkinsglobal.com.

LIEM: Natural Flood Management - an urban perspective
2021-11-10 18:00 - 19:00 | Virtual Event
Natural Flood Management (NFM) involves slowing the flow of water from rural headwater streams to reduce flood risk in downstream urban areas. But how natural is ‘natural’ flood management’ and is there a place for it in urban green spaces? This talk will explore the scientific basis behind NFM and highlight some of the challenges of introducing ’natural’ to the urban water environment, with reference to recent case studies. The talk should be of interested to landscape architects, ecologists and flood risk management professionals involved in the management of urban green spaces.

Greening London's Flood Risk Management Assets, Webinar
2021-11-10 13:00 - 14:00 | Virtual Event
Delivering flood risk management assets, like all other infrastructure, is going through a paradigm shift to ensure provision intrinsically supports the sustainability agenda – net zero, circular economy, net gain and social value. This talk looks, via the lens of activity on the Thames, at how current practice is changing its shape to deliver sustainably. From:

strategy level approaches of using asset management, which echoes the premise of the architecture of the built environment – ‘the greenest building [flood risk management asset] is the one you already have’
through, programme alignment that delivers to net zero and circular economy ambitions and targets, and
and operational techniques such as Integrated Green Grey Infrastructure, and Estuary Edges approaches that deliver to net gain, and that are increasingly enabling social value benefits.

ICE - Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS) in Yorkshire, online
2021-11-09 12:00 - 13:00 | Virtual Event
Landscape architects 2B Landscape Consultancy Ltd have extensive experience spanning over 30 years in Landscape Design, Assessment and Visualisation, with a special interest in Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS).
SuDS design teams will be familiar with the four pillars of SuDS; quantity, quality, amenity and biodiversity, but often find their clients asking – “but isn’t it going to cost more?”
When 2B was asked to provide a planting plan for an already designed drainage system, they worked with the quantity surveyor to demonstrate that a landscape-based SuDS scheme would have saved 1.5% on the construction budget, had landscape architects been involved in time.
Join us for this knowledge sharing event to find out how early engagement with landscape architects on drainage design can reduce scheme costs and deliver on the four pillars of SuDS.
The webinar will explore how reducing costs can be achieved alongside the four pillars of SuDS by:
Reducing the need for underground tanks and pipework.
Using site earthworks to construct the landscaped SuDS.
Avoiding costs associated with connections by using natural drainage pathways.
Following a recap on good SuDS principles generally, 2B will walk through the proposed landscaped SuDS Design for the University of Hull student accommodation case study, including the detail of where cost savings were identified compared to conventional drainage design.
Yorkshire Water will provide a brief overview of the 2020 Sewerage Sector Guidance as it relates to adoptable SuDS, and detail the types of landscaped SuDS that can be presented for adoption locally.

Urban Drainage Group Annual Conference & Expo 2021
2021-11-09 09:30 - 2021-11-11 15:00 | Virtual Event
CIWEM’s Urban Drainage Group continues its long tradition of hosting its annual conference in the autumn as the culmination of a year of highly regarded virtual events across the whole industry, attracting speakers and delegates both nationally and internationally.
With the upcoming COP26 Climate Change Conference in Glasgow this Autumn and the continuing development of Drainage and Wastewater Management Plans in mind, our theme centres around our response to quantifying and more importantly managing Climate Change and adapting our solutions to be both resilient and meet Net Zero challenges related to urban drainage management.
This autumn we are again hosting a virtual technical conference, building on the success of last year and our attendance at the recent CIWEM Flood & Coast event, we will be providing an experience as closely matched to our traditional physical event as possible.
We recognise how our community values getting together and sharing its ideas on best practice, innovation and partnership working in urban drainage and will be delivering a packed agenda of CPD-accredited panel sessions, technical papers, panel discussion, and, returning this year, workshops. In addition, we will be hosting a virtual exhibition to enable our sponsors and delegates to interact and share the experience.
We are pleased to announce that this year’s conference will take place on the Hopin platform. The platform is designed to feel like an in-person event — not only will delegates be able to interact with speakers through the live Q&A and sessions but with fellow delegates, too. As a delegate you will be able to take part in group work, share your views through the chat, take part in speed-networking and arrange meetings with fellow delegates. We hope you will enjoy this new platform but most importantly, we hope you enjoy the content.
The conference will include the award of the WaPUG Prize 2021.

Floodex 2021
2021-11-09 09:00 - 2021-11-10 17:00 | ExCel, London, Royal Victoria Dock, 1 Western Gateway, Royal Docks, London, E16 1XL, United Kingdom
9 & 10 November 2021
ExCel, London
FLOODEX UK is the trade event for the flood risk, sustainable drainage, and water level management sector. This leading sector event is organised in partnership with ADA.
Alongside the trade show and seminars ADA will be hosting a FLOODEX Networking Dinner.

Drainage and Wastewater Management Plans that deliver multiple benefits
2021-11-02 10:00 - 12:00 | Virtual Event
This webinar will discuss how organisations, including CaBA partnerships, can work together with water companies to develop effective DWMPs that provide multiple benefits including for local communities and are resilient to future pressures including climate change.
Hosted by the CaBA Urban Working Group >> Book now

How do we incorporate climate change in flood risk management: a UK perspective
2021-10-20 13:00 - 14:30 | Virtual Event
Join us for the 3rd instillation of the CIWEM South Western Branch’s webinars focused on COP26 with the Met Office. Presentations will focus on the important and evolving role of flood forecasting on mitigating climate change in a global context.
Details of the Met Office climate and weather forecast service throughout the World and involvement with developing climate change mitigation measures will be explained with the following three presentations:
Lizzie Kendon: “New estimates of short-duration precipitation extremes from UKCP Local (2.2km): implications for flood risk in a changing climate”;
Mike Vaughan: “Considerations of climate change in real time flood forecasting”;
Clare Waller: “Incorporating climate change in flood risk modelling and land use planning”.
A Question and Answer session will follow the presentations.

Focus On 1D urban modelling with Flood Modeller Webinar
2021-10-13 12:00 - 12:30 | Virtual Event
During this 30-minute live webinar, Dr Bob Potter, Development Manager for Flood Modeller, will focus on the 1D urban solver new build capabilities within Flood Modeller 5.1.
This event is open to members and non-members of CIWEM. If you have any queries about this talk, please contact:
Marion Neale | Jacobs | Marketing Executive – Flood Modeller marion.neale@jacobs.com

Street SuDS: An Introduction
2021-10-13 09:30 - 12:00 | Virtual Event
This introductory session will explore the multiple benefits of delivering water sensitive design solutions for public realm projects large and small.
Please note this event is limited to London borough and TfL officers only.
Agenda
09.30 Welcome, Paul Dodd, UDL

Introduction, Bob Bray, Robert Bray Associates
How do SuDS work, Judith Puckmayr, Robert Bray Associates
SuDS components, Anthony McCloy, McCloy Consulting

11.00 Break

Integrating SuDS into streets, Judith Puckmayr, Robert Bray Associates
Summary, Bob Bray, Robert Bray Associates

12.00 Wrap up & Close

Property Flood Resilience Semiar - Digital Series
2021-10-12 12:00 - 13:00 | Virtual Event
The CIWEM Central Southern Branch Annual Seminar for 2021 will explore the topic of property flood resilience (PFR). Over three lunchtime sessions, a diverse variety of panellists will give their perspectives on the key challenges facing the flood resilience sector as it seeks to deliver PFR schemes across the country.
All three 1-hour sessions will comprise of short presentations from a range of speakers followed by a facilitated discussion of key issues by an industry expert.
You can register for the whole series by clicking the registration button below.
If you have registered previously for the event, you will have received an email with joining instructions. If you have any questions, please contact Barbara Woods at barbara.woods@ciwem.org.

Adapting to change using blue-green infrastructure
2021-10-06 09:15 - 13:15 | Virtual Event
Members £45.00 + VAT Non-Members £95.00 + VAT
The UN’s Intergovernmental Panel on Climate Change (IPCC) latest report ‘Climate Change 2021 The Physical Science Basis’ signalled ‘code red for humanity’ and states that ‘Climate change is already affecting every inhabited region across the globe …’.
We know that mitigation of climate change through reducing carbon emissions is urgent. More urgency also needs to be placed on adaptation in order to protect our communities and habitats from the impacts already occurring, while we strive toward net zero. This was the key message of The Climate Change Committee’s (CCC) report ‘Progress in adapting to climate change: 2021 Report to Parliament’ which noted that ‘…additional changes in the UK’s climate to 2050 are largely insensitive to the pathway of global greenhouse gas (GHG) emissions over coming decades’ and that ‘The gap between future levels of risk and planned adaptation has widened in the last 5 years’. Blue-green infrastructure was credited as being a key adaptation measure to generate a range of benefits both for human health and wildlife.
Our 2020 conference ‘Delivering and monitoring blue-green infrastructure’ emphasised the need to mainstream the implementation of blue-green infrastructure. This year the urgency of this message is never more apparent. The impacts of COVID-19 have demonstrated how major threats can disrupt lives, and the messages from the IPCC and CCC emphasise the need to act now to be prepared for further change: goal 2 of COP26 is to ‘urgently adapt to protect communities and natural habitats’.
This CIRIA conference will explore how engagement, evaluation, management implementation and connecting blue-green infrastructure can unlock its multiple benefits as we strive to urgently adapt to the impacts of climate change on our communities and habitats.

Accelerate your modelling with Flood Modeller GPU Webinar
2021-09-29 12:00 - 12:30 | Virtual Event
During this 30-minute live webinar, Aristotelis Liakatas and Kostas Papadopoulos, Software Developers for Flood Modeller, will showcase Flood Modeller’s new 2D GPU solver. You will learn how you can use it to harnesses the power of modern graphics processing unit (GPU) hardware to provide 2D modelling results fast.
This event is open to members and non-members of CIWEM.

Net Zero in Practice: meet ICE's new Carbon Champions Webinar
2021-09-16 12:15 - 15:15 | Virtual Event
ICE’s Carbon Champions initiative aims to celebrate individuals and their teams who are committed to achieving net zero. Applicants are invited to submit examples of their own carbon reduction activities, giving details of their project and the quantified carbon saving that has been achieved, or is projected/expected following a decision which is now embedded into a strategy or design.
We would now like to celebrate our first ICE Carbon Champions, and introduce them in this event. They will discuss how they saved carbon on their projects, and inspire others to do the same. This event will be hosted by ICE President Rachel Skinner, and we will also hear from the Chair of the ICE Carbon Champions Review Panel, Lara Young.

Urban Drainage Group new member's group: Career stories Part 3
2021-09-15 18:00 - 19:00 | Virtual Event
The final webinar in the CIWEM Urban Drainage Early Career digital series hosted by the CIWEM Urban Drainage Group new members’ group.
Each webinar will showcase a different career profile within FCERM and related industries. Members will reveal why they followed their chosen profession path, discuss their most career defining moments and share case studies of projects they have undertaken.
The speaker for this session will be Nicci Russell Managing Director at Waterwise- leading the Environmental Modelling business.

Environment Agency : Achieving net zero webinar
2021-09-15 17:00 - 18:30 | Virtual Event
As an operator and a regulator, the Environment Agency has a leading role in helping the country get to net zero by 2050, a commitment the UK government set out in law in 2019. The Environment Agency, including their supply chain has set a challenging target of reaching net zero by 2030, as outlined in their Reaching Net Zero Strategy published earlier this year.
This event will showcase the latest thinking from the Environment Agency on making this ambition a reality. The session will be led by senior individuals within the organisation, discussing the roadmap to net zero, some of the latest innovations helping to accelerate the transition to low carbon construction and operations and an example of delivery in practice from a major project recently completed on the Kent coastline.

Sustainable Water Management Focus Group Meeting
2021-09-09 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.

Day in the Life: Effects of Live Storm modeling on a Utilities Operations
2021-08-31 17:00 - 19:00 | Virtual Event

Flooding & Stormwater Management In Malaysia
2021-08-10 12:00 - 13:30

Early Careers Network/Presentation Sessions
2021-08-10 12:00 - 13:00 | Virtual Event

Bricks & Water Building Resilience
2021-08-05 13:00 - 17:00 | Virtual Event
This webinar will showcase the work of cross party think tank, Policy Connect, and showcase the findings of their report, Bricks and Water: Building Resilience for England’s Homes.

Spotlight Session with Sarah Bentley
2021-07-29 12:00 - 13:15 | Virtual Event
Following British Water’s Liaison Meeting and the Thames Water Supplier Summit, we are delighted to announce our Spotlight Session with Sarah Bentley, CEO, Thames Water. Thames Water’s Supplier Summit led to a tactical change in Thames’ approach to engaging with the supply chain and brought their Commercial; Research, Development & Innovation (RD&I); and Engineering teams together. Register now to learn more about Thames’ future strategy and how you can work more closely with Thames on future projects.

Explore Engineering - Winchester Waterways Walk
2021-07-22 15:45 - 18:30 | Winchester Durngate, North Walls, Winchester, SO23 8DW, United Kingdom
Winchester, King Alfred’s capital of Wessex, is a beautiful cathedral City, but also has a complicated river system with various interlinked branches of the River Itchen flowing through, and under the City.
Following serious flooding in 2014 a scheme was built last year to help to manage flooding by control of the river upstream in an and allow flooding in the Nature reserve at Winnall Moors, a SSSI.
The schemes involved creation of a high-risk reservoir in the city centre that is designed not to be an obvious flood defence.
The walk will allow you to see the new construction, but also the nature reserve at Winnall Moors.
Covid-19 restrictions: we will abide by Government guidance in place at the time of this event or postpone the event to a new date if necessary. Arrangements will be clarified in advance for those people signed up to the event.
Meet at the Durngate Car-park ( North Walls, Winchester SO23 8DW) at 15:45 for a 16:00 start and it is about 1 mile around the new works, but we will also walk around the Nature Reserve and to City Mill, which as an important part of the scheme making a total of about 4 miles. The scheme was a co-operation between the City Council, County Council and the Environment Agency.
The total length of walk is about 4 miles. The walk is expected to finish about 18:30pm. No specific arrangements have been made for refreshments afterwards, but there are a variety for pubs and restaurants in the City Centre.
This event has been organised by the ICE retired members group, but all grades of membership, guests and partners are welcome at this event. If you would like more information about the visit please contact Tim Kermode (tim@tk-coastal.co.uk) Attendance will count towards CPD.
Numbers will be limited to 20 people so please book through the ICE system. There is no charge for this event.

CIWEM Annual General Meeting 2021
2021-07-22 15:00 - 17:00 | Virtual Event
Notice is hereby given that the Annual General Meeting of The Chartered Institution of Water and Environmental Management is scheduled to be held on Thursday, 22 July 2021 at 15:00 (BST) via webinar.
All members of CIWEM are invited to attend and to participate in the proceedings at the AGM. Only individual (referred to as “corporate”) members present, who are neither suspended from membership nor more than three months in arrears with their subscription, are entitled to vote and to be recognised for the purpose of determining whether a quorum is present.

2021 susdrain SuDS Champion Awards
2021-07-15 15:00 - 17:00 | Virtual Event
Discover who will be the 2021 SuDS Champion Awards as we recognise those who inspire, inform and influence SuDS delivery

Drainage Design Implementation Series: Design Construction Guidance (DCG) Impact One Year On
2021-07-15 13:00 - 14:00 | Virtual Event

The Development of the London Storage Reservoir System - an historical view, webinar
2021-07-12 18:00 - 19:30 | Virtual Event
The Development of the London Storage Reservoir System – an historical view, webinar

Lunch and Learn – Planning
2021-06-29 12:00 - 13:00 | Virtual Event
Please join us for a Lunch & Learn on Planning. If there is a particular topic you would like to be covered please email us.
Speakers – TBC.
Joining instructions – ASA members please email admin@suds-authority.org.uk
