CIRIA SuDS Bitesize - a series of short blogposts helping you to quickly digest some of the most important nuggets of information from the CIRIA SuDS Manual 2015.


"Using SuDS for the sustainable management of surface water runoff can support:
 

• the management of flood risk through the control of both flow rates and volumes

• the preservation and support of habitats and biodiversity through the control of flows (and contaminants) to protect ecology and morphology
   
• the creation of sustainable habitats through the use of vegetated SuDS
   
• the prudent use of water resources through the implementation of rainwater harvesting systems
   
• the preservation of water resources through the protection of ground and surface water quality
   
• the sustainable use of natural resources through the minimisation of their use in SuDS design
   
• the reduction of embodied and operational carbon in drainage systems within manufacture and through the reduced use of pumping."

Keeping water on the surface can also provide financial savings; take a look at our blog post 'Reducing costs with the five pillars of SuDS'!



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By Bill Blackledge CMLI
member of LI Technical Committee