Surface Water Management key elements of SuDS delivery that will deliver the best and most practical outcomes. As was pointed out during the Lords debate, SuDS are not usually more costly than conventional alternatives, especially when pragmatic and practical designs are achieved, by selecting from a full toolbox of components, both natural and proprietary. Equally, SuDS delivery must focus rigorously on provision of robust through-life maintenance and servicing schedules that will ensure ongoing adoption and support of the local communities where they are installed. If we end up with poorly maintained or unadopted schemes, SuDS uptake will most definitely be compromised.
We do, at least, have in place a wealth of technical standards and guidance across the UK, and a growing body of best practice experience. This latest skirmish at the heart of our Government system only serves to demonstrate the responsibility of us all as professionals to keep the debate alive and kicking.
Engineering Nature’s Way is currently conducting its own survey of professionals to assess their impressions of uptake of SuDS in the UK, so it will be interesting to see how professionals ‘on the ground’ are seeing the progress of implementation. For more information on the survey see page 33 or visit www.engineeringnaturesway.co.uk.
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