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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…
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…