SuDS from Amsterdam
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.
03/11/2025
Category: Stormwater
Motorway drainage in England – what needs to change?
The primary function of motorway drainage is to get water off the carriageway quickly so that the risk of accidents is minimised. That’s fair enough.
13/08/2024
Is it ever OK to discharge highway runoff to ground?
As we start to deliver more SuDS for highways in the UK, and the pace of that delivery is picking up, we need to think
28/06/2024
Helping Citizen Scientists to measure pollution from highway runoff
Download the guide for Citizen Scientists here: Investigating pollution from road runoff across your catchment v4 I have often complained that the Environment Agency and
06/06/2024
A Fresh Water Future Launch
On January 10th 2024, CIWEM launched their document ‘A Fresh Water Future’ at a well-attended event at the House of Commons. The document sets out
10/01/2024
Bioretention zones in Sheffield
SuDS practitioners in England are generally familiar with the Sheffield Grey-to-Green retrofit SuDS scheme which is an excellent example of what can be done in
29/05/2022
The Impact of Stormwater – Car Emissions
Car emissions are not limited to exhaust fumes that contribute to air pollution. They can also leak automotive fluid and release heavy metals that can
25/04/2022
The Impact of Stormwater – Chemicals
Commercial chemicals, particularly those designed to kill weeds and bugs often don’t discriminate. Finding their way into our water networks through absorption and runoff, they
25/04/2022
The Impact of Stormwater – Plastic Pollution
8 million tonnes of plastic pollution enter our waterways and oceans each year, and stormwater conveys approximately 80% of this plastic waste. At this current rate
25/04/2022
The Impact of Stormwater – Organic Matter
Heavy rains can pick up leaves, grass clippings, animal droppings, and other seemingly harmless decaying organic matter and push into our waterways through the stormwater
25/04/2022