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H 2 222
Su
sta
inab
le
Dra
ina
ge
S
ys
tem
s
(SU
DS
)
Sustainable Water M
anagem
ent
About U
s
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his
tory
of
H2O
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nsu
lt is a
short
on
e s
o f
ar,
follo
win
g
the econ
om
ic dow
ntu
rn w
hic
h affecte
d Ir
ela
nd in
2008
/2009,
the
princip
al
of
the
busin
ess,
To
ny
Ca
in,
found
him
self w
ith
out
em
plo
ym
en
t an
d d
ecid
ed t
o t
ake up t
he
challe
nge
of
se
ttin
g
up
his
ow
n
busin
ess
to
pro
vid
e
technic
al
ad
vic
e t
o b
usin
esses,
pu
blic
bodie
s a
nd p
rivate
in
div
iduals
alik
e o
n the follo
win
g:
• •••
Rain
wate
r H
arv
esti
ng
• •••
Sto
rm W
ate
r M
an
ag
em
en
t
• •••
Su
sta
inab
le D
rain
ag
e S
yste
ms (
SU
DS
)
• •••
Wate
r C
on
serv
ati
on
•
Fo
ul D
rain
ag
e D
esig
n
Ton
y is a
Civ
il E
ngin
eer
and h
as b
een
work
ing f
or
over
20
years
in
Local
Au
thorities
an
d
Private
E
ng
ine
ering
Consu
ltancie
s, m
ain
ly in th
e d
esig
n o
f sto
rm a
nd foul w
ate
r dra
inage
syste
ms
for
resid
en
tial
and
co
mm
erc
ial
dev
elo
pm
en
t and m
ajo
r ro
ad
p
roje
cts
in
th
e U
K and
Irela
nd
.
He h
as p
art
icula
r expe
rtis
e i
n t
he
desig
n o
f S
usta
ina
ble
D
rain
ag
e
Syste
ms
(SU
DS
) and
oth
er
sto
rm
wate
r m
anag
em
en
t fa
cili
ties a
nd h
as r
ecen
tly b
een n
om
inate
d for
inclu
sio
n
on
the
South
W
este
rn
Riv
er
Basin
D
istr
ict
Manag
em
en
t P
lan A
dvis
ory
Com
mitte
e c
ha
rged w
ith
the
imple
men
tatio
n o
f P
lan.
Ton
y i
s a
lso a
me
mber
of
the
man
agem
ent
com
mitte
e o
f
Co
rk E
nv
iro
nm
en
tal
Fo
rum
, a C
ork
ba
sed e
nvironm
enta
l gro
up
of
indiv
idual
volu
nte
ers
w
ho
hig
hlig
ht
and
work
to
ward
s e
nsuring s
usta
ina
ble
de
velo
pm
ent
in C
oun
ty C
ork
V
isit w
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.cef.
ie fo
r fu
rther
info
rmatio
n o
n th
eir a
ctivitie
s.
If y
ou w
ou
ld lik
e t
o k
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more
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erv
ices p
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ot
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onta
ct
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usin
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eta
ils o
n the b
ack o
f th
is lea
flet.
Our Services
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nsu
lt
can
pro
vid
e
a
ran
ge
of
technic
al
ad
vic
e
serv
ices
rela
ting
to
Susta
inable
D
rain
age
S
yste
ms
inclu
din
g:
• •••
Sit
e A
ssess
men
t
• •••
Feasib
ilit
y S
tud
ies,
• •••
Tech
nic
al D
es
ign
Se
rvic
es
,
• •••
Pro
cu
rem
en
t A
dvic
e a
nd
• •••
Pro
ject
Man
ag
em
en
t.
Contact Information
Tony Cain
Tony Cain
Tony Cain
Tony Cain
Senior Engineer
12 Griffin Close,
North M
onastery Road
Cork City
Cork
m: +
353 86
809
548
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H2 222
Sustainable Water M
anagem
ent
In r
ecen
t years
, w
ith the incre
ase in s
everity
and fre
quency
of
floodin
g e
vents
the a
ttitu
des o
f th
e P
ublic
. P
rivate
and
Go
vern
ment
Secto
rs
to
the
is
sue
of
sto
rm
wate
r m
anag
em
en
t ha
s im
pro
ve
d a
nd in
most re
gio
ns thro
ughou
t th
e c
ountr
y i
t is
esse
ntial
that
the u
se o
f S
UD
S i
s u
sed i
n
new
develo
pm
ent sites.
The
extr
em
e flo
odin
g e
vents
in Ire
land
over
the la
st num
ber
of
yea
rs h
ave b
rought
into
focus t
he i
ssue o
f sto
rm w
ate
r m
anag
em
en
t in
Ir
ela
nd
and
the
rece
ntly
pu
blis
hed
DoE
HL
G d
ocum
ent
“Th
e P
lannin
g S
yste
m a
nd F
lood R
isk
Manag
em
en
t” e
ncoura
ges a
nd p
rom
ote
s t
he u
se
of
SU
DS
in
all
new
develo
pm
ent site
s.
This
im
pro
ved f
ocus c
oup
led w
ith
th
e c
hange i
n c
limate
pattern
s h
as p
ut
new
dem
ands o
n tra
ditio
nal b
elo
w g
round
sto
rm w
ate
r d
rain
age
syste
ms
it
is
now
e
sse
ntial
to
red
uce
pea
k
flow
s
and
impro
ve t
he q
ualit
y o
f w
ate
r th
at
dis
charg
es t
o o
ur
rivers
and g
round
wate
r a
quifers
, In
this
resp
ect
the r
ole
of
SU
DS
has
gain
ed
a
gre
ate
r im
port
ance
in
the
desig
n
of
develo
pm
ent sites.
As p
art
of
an o
vera
ll im
ple
me
nta
tion o
f a S
urf
ace
Wate
r M
anag
em
en
t P
lan, S
UD
S s
yste
ms c
an
be u
sed
in iso
lation
or
as p
art
of
a m
anage
ment
train
to f
orm
flo
od
pre
ven
tion
and p
ollu
tion c
ontr
ol
and p
rovid
e a
n i
mpetu
s t
o i
mpro
vin
g
flood p
revention
and ‘gre
y w
ate
r’ r
euse.
SUDS: W
hat Are They?
SUDS: M
anagem
ent Train
SUDS: Attitudes to SUD
S
SUDS: Project Experience
This
susta
inable
appro
ach
to
sto
rm w
ate
r m
anag
em
en
t re
quires
eng
ine
ers
, scie
ntists
and
mode
llers
to
w
ork
to
geth
er
in a coord
ina
ted m
anner
to pro
vid
e in
novative
, susta
inable
so
lutions t
o c
lients
and r
equires a
clo
se lia
ison
with infr
astr
uctu
re,
build
ing,
environ
menta
l, landscap
e a
nd
oth
er
pro
fessio
nals
in
o
rder
to
pro
vid
e
ho
listic
and
econo
mic
solu
tio
ns to o
ur
clie
nts
.
Sta
ff a
t H
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-Consult h
ave e
xperience i
n t
he
desig
n a
nd
constr
uction
of
SU
DS
and
oth
er
dra
inage s
yste
ms o
n a
la
rge n
um
ber
of re
sid
ential a
nd c
om
merc
ial d
evelo
pm
ent in
Ir
ela
nd
and w
ere
als
o i
nvolv
ed i
n t
he d
esig
n o
f th
e s
torm
w
ate
r dra
inage s
yste
ms a
nd a
tte
nuation
syste
ms f
or
a €
1
Bill
ion p
rogra
m o
f ro
ad
constr
uction in
Ire
land.
We
can b
ring o
ur
exte
nsiv
e k
now
ledg
e a
nd e
xp
erience
to
com
plim
ent
oth
er
de
sig
n
pro
fessio
nal’s
skill
s,
inclu
din
g
Arc
hitects
, R
oads
En
gin
eers
, T
ow
n
Pla
nners
, E
nvironm
en
tal
Scie
ntists
and E
colo
gis
ts,
in o
ther
are
as o
f th
e
wate
r cycle
and
wate
r usage
such
as
gre
y-w
ate
r re
covery
, ra
inw
ate
r harv
esting,
wate
r usage
effic
iency,
flood
risk,
assessm
ent
and
pro
tection,
con
str
ucte
d
wetland
s s
yste
ms a
nd o
ther
SU
DS
measure
s.
The
m
ain
ben
efits
of
incorp
ora
ting
S
UD
S
into
a
develo
pm
ent site a
re:
•
Impro
ved
wate
r qua
lity,
am
enity
valu
e
and
enhanced b
io-d
ivers
ity in
the
re
ceiv
ing e
nvironm
ent
thro
ugh the u
se
of pon
ds a
nd w
etlan
ds;
•
Recharg
e o
f lo
cal gro
undw
ate
r aquife
rs;
•
Red
uced r
isk o
f do
wnstr
eam
flo
odin
g;
•
Impro
ved m
an
agem
ent of pollu
tion e
ve
nts
;
•
Imp
rove
d
de
velo
pm
ent
oppo
rtun
itie
s
in
are
as
where
the s
urf
ace
wate
r sew
er
syste
m m
ay a
lre
ady
be a
t capacity.
Su
sta
ina
ble
D
rain
ag
e S
ys
tem
s (S
UD
S)
are
m
easu
res,
whic
h w
hen
de
sig
ned i
nto
a d
evelo
pm
ent
site a
t th
e e
arly
sta
ges in t
he
desig
n p
rocess c
an r
educe
an
d m
inim
ise t
he
impacts
of
po
st-
develo
pm
en
t sto
rm
wate
r ru
noff,
w
ith
respe
ct to
qua
ntity
and q
ualit
y o
f ru
no
ff.
The
m
ain
aim
of
SU
DS
is
to
m
imic
th
e
natu
ral
runoff
chara
cte
ristics o
f a
site p
rior
to d
evelo
pm
ent
takin
g p
lace
and w
hen d
esig
ned
effe
ctively
in
conju
nction w
ith t
he
site
layout
ca
n m
axim
ise
am
enity a
reas f
or
the local popu
lation
and p
rovid
e b
io-d
ivers
ity o
pport
unitie
s for
wild
life
.
SU
DS
me
asure
s p
rim
arily
deal
with th
e m
ana
gem
ent
of
sto
rm w
ate
r ru
noff,
but
tho
ught
should
b
e giv
en to
th
e
supply
of w
ate
r to
a d
evelo
pm
ent site
as S
UD
S c
an a
lso b
e
used
to
supple
ment
pota
ble
w
ate
r supply
th
rough
th
e
incorp
ora
tion
of
rain
wate
r h
arv
esti
ng
m
easu
res
and
when i
ncorp
ora
ted i
n a
coord
inate
d m
anner
ca
n h
elp
to
reduce the c
onsum
ption o
f pota
ble
wa
ter.
The
main
featu
res o
f S
UD
S in
clu
de
the
follo
win
g m
easure
s:
•
Filt
er
Dra
ins,
•
Sw
ale
s,
•
Infiltra
tion \ D
ete
ntion B
asin
s,
•
Wet P
onds,
•
Con
str
ucte
d W
etlands,
•
Pe
rvio
us P
avem
ents
•
Gre
en
Roo
f
The
SU
DS
Managem
ent
Tra
in m
imic
s t
he n
atu
ral
runoff
chara
cte
ristics o
f th
e p
re-d
evelo
pm
en
t site b
y a
series o
f contr
ol m
easure
s:
•
Pre
ven
tio
n
–
Good
hou
sekeepin
g
measu
res
such
as
str
ee
t cle
anin
g
to
reduce
levels
o
f pollu
tion
bein
g
wa
shed
from
paved
su
rface
during r
ain
fall
•
So
urc
e C
on
tro
l – C
ontr
olli
ng r
uno
ff a
t sourc
e
(Ind
ivid
ual
build
ings)
thro
ugh
the
use
of
soakaw
ays
and
oth
er
infiltra
tion
me
thod
s
to
direct
runo
ff i
nto
gro
und r
educes t
he q
uantity
of
runoff
reachin
g
the
re
ceiv
ing
w
ate
rcours
e
or
sto
rm w
ate
r sew
er.
•
Sit
e
Co
ntr
ol
–
Con
tro
lling
runo
ff
from
a
site
thro
ugh
the
use
of
infiltra
tion
m
easure
s
or
dete
ntion m
easure
s w
ith a
con
trolle
d d
ischa
rge
to r
ed
uce the r
ate
at w
hic
h r
un
off is
dis
charg
ed
to
the r
eceiv
ing w
ate
rcours
e o
r sto
rm w
ate
r sew
er
•
Reg
ion
al
Co
ntr
ol
–
Con
trol
of
runoff
fro
m
a
num
be
r of
sites,
this
is t
yp
ically
th
rough t
he u
se
of la
rge d
ete
ntion a
reas o
r constr
ucte
d w
etlands
The
follo
win
g d
iagra
m i
ndic
ate
s t
he v
arious s
tages i
n t
he
SU
DS
Manage
ment T
rain
. Site Control
Regional Control
Discharge to Watercourse
Or G
roundw
ater
Discharge to Watercourse
Or G
roundw
ater
Conveyance
Conveyance
Source Control
Prevention
Discharge to Watercourse
Or G
roundw
ater
