With the anticipated changes to the Non-Statutory Technical Standards, more emphasis on water quality within SuDS and surface water disposal is likely to occur. Please join us for a webinar where water quality principles, how to evaluate and other aspects will be discussed. Speakers – TBC. Joining instructions – ASA members please email admin@suds-authority.org.uk
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With the anticipated changes to the Non-Statutory Technical Standards, please join us for a Webinar on water quality and biodiversity. We will explore these topics in more details and discuss how these could impact LLFAs when reviewing planning applications. Speakers – TBC. Joining instructions – ASA members please email admin@suds-authority.org.uk
Blue-green infrastructure provides many benefits, from climate change adaptation and mitigation to health and wellbeing and biodiversity. At the fourth and final webinar in the Blue-Green Infrastructure series, ICE East Midlands Regional Chair, Ben McGrath, Nanco Dolman, Royal HaskoningDHV, and Dr Emily O'Donnell, University of Nottingham, will be joined by ICE President, Rachel Skinner. The…
Land and Water Management for Food Security: The Broad Picture Recent estimates of food demand, based on median projections of growth, call for a 50% increase in the global demand figure. Linearly proportional increases in the allocation of land and water resources towards increased food production are not realistic given the trends in competing uses…
Low impact development (LID) modeling is an innovative approach to stormwater management that, when executed correctly, can result in significant environmental and economic benefits. As utilities have begun to prioritize green infrastructure techniques, successful LID modeling has come into high demand. In this Water Talk, we'll be taking a deeper dive into some of the…
The Landscape Institute Yorkshire & Humber Branch will hold its Annual General Meeting at 18.45 on 8th June online. Registration will be open from 18.30 - please arrive in plenty of time in order to register your attendance. The AGM will proceed an address by LI president Jane Findlay and Vice President Carolin Gohler, which…
This Sustainable Water Management Focus Group Meeting 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…
About the webinar The environmental challenge facing the world has never been greater. Alongside progress towards net zero carbon, businesses need to find more efficient ways to manage and use resources and to build resilience to the extreme weather brought by climate change. The COVID-19 pandemic has changed how we use our workplaces. As a…
Natural flood management (NFM) methods are not totally new, but are growing in importance as a means of providing protection for people’s homes, property, land and business whilst working closely with nature and the environment. The Environment Agency have been seeking to develop and spread the use of NFM techniques alongside the more traditional “hard…