New Civil Engineer and Wavin white paper: Adopting a new approach

Sustainable drainage systems (SuDS) can now be adopted sewers but what opportunities and challenges does this bring?

It is more than two years since Wavin and New Civil Engineer brought you the previous report in their series of white papers on sustainable drainage systems. Yet while so much has changed in the world since 2019,progress on the use of SuDS in England has been frustratingly slow.

Construction research body Ciria states that sustainable drainage has the potential to reduce flood risk and pollution while increasing amenity and developing habitat to encourage biodiversity. It is hard to find an organisation that actively opposes the use of properly designed and thought out SuDS.

But there have been many developments over last few years, such as the Code of Adoption and Design and Construction Guide which came into force on 1 April 2020, which will accelerate change in the industry.

Our latest white paper which looks at the impact these new documents have had one year on from launch and the challenges the sector still needs to overcome to make SuDS a mainstream solution. The white paper includes interviews with industry experts and analysis of the state of the sector and what this will mean for your flood management strategy.