This blog describes the different separators available on the UK market and describes how and when each type can be used. You can read the Blog here; Separator selection
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In this blog, Jo Bradley considers the three design models that can be used in England for designing treatment schemes for urban runoff, and asks how they can be so different and if they are properly preventing pollution.Clicke here to read the blog: We have three methods to design water quality treatment schemes for urban
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We took advantage of a trip to Manchester to visit the excellent urban park at Mayfield in Manchester in May. We were lucky to have Paul Morris along from Civic Engineers who was able to tell us some of the detail of how the scheme was planned and delivered. It is an ambitious and
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Vent spews! Have you ever heard of them? I hadn’t! They are the little hairy things that stick out on the edge of new tyres and they result from the manufacturing process. They have no function in the use of the tyre. So, the National Highways report on Environmentally Optimal Tyres recommends that they be
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The Stormwater Shepherds team had a ‘Grand Day Out’ in March, meeting up with other friends and volunteers to pick rubbish off the King’s Mead Nature Reserve near Ware. The Nature Reserve is one of the largest water meadows in Hertfordshire; 265 different species of wildflower and 119 bird species have been recorded here and
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Our Director of Operations, Jo Bradley, was in Leeds recently for a meeting, and she was pleased to see some brand-new SuDS being delivered in the City centre. They were large devices and the contractors seemed to be taking care to deliver them well. Sadly, there were other developments very nearby that could have had
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In recent months I have visited SuDS around England, and they never look their best in the Winter when the vegetation has died back. But I have also noticed some SuDS devices that have had a big build-up of litter in amongst the vegetation. Some people try to tell us that the SuDS somehow ‘attract’
Take a few minutes to read our latest newsletter for our Supporters. Read the good news about pollution from highway runoff on Page 3!Autumn Newsletter for our Zero Pollution Supporters 2025
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Our Director of Operations, Jo Bradley, attended the Stormwater Europe 2025 event in Amsterdam in November and delivered a presentation about pollution from highway runoff. She was also lucky enough to have some time to look around the city at their sustainable drainage installations. There were two installations that stood out as exemplary SuDS that
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The River Guardians Summit was organised by Lawyers for Nature at an idyllic sheep farm in Berkshire. The gathering was convened to celebrate the groups and communities who care deeply for their local rivers, often with little recognition or resources and aimed to share their stories, challenges, and successes in protecting the waterways they love.
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