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Useful SuDS Resource Links
Compiled by Wendy Allen Oct 2024. These are just a few of the links I’ve found useful. Suggestions only, no responsibility taken for link content or content costs.
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UK Rain Garden Guide for small scale domestic retro-fit rain gardens - free download: www.raingardens.info
RHS – advice for gardeners: https://www.rhs.org.uk/gardening-for-the-environment/water
Slow The Flow Natural Flood Management in Calderdale: https://slowtheflow.net/you-can-slow-the-flow-at-home/
CIWEM: some excellent free webinars about the wider water industry www.ciwem.org/events
CIRIA www.ciria.org – UK industry best practice including C753 SuDS Manual, and training for industry professionals. Relevant publications for retrofit include: C768 Guidance on the construction of SuDS, C713 Retrofitting to Manage Surface Water, Using SuDS Close to Buildings, Health and Safety Principles for SuDS RP992
susdrain - www.susdrain.org. An excellent blog post here about how to best navigate the minefield of information on the website: https://www.susdrain.org/community/blog/new-to-suds/
A good place to start with new development SuDS: https://sudsguide.uk/
https://robertbrayassociates.co.uk award-winning landscape architects with excellent portfolio examples and public realm SuDS training
GLA SuDS by Sector Overview Guidance: Schools, Social Housing, Parks, Hospital, Commercial, Retail https://www.london.gov.uk/what-we-do/environment/climate-change/surface-water/suds-sector-guidance
Look up Sheffield’s Grey to Green scheme.
Nature based solutions - see University of Sheffield’s https://orda.shef.ac.uk/articles/report/Community_Engagement_for_Nature-Based_Solutions/21997478
Natural Flood Management: https://thefloodhub.co.uk/natural-flood-management-nfm-toolkit/
Guides from other countries are useful inspiration too: especially the US, Copenhagen, Denmark and Melbourne, Australia - rain gardens originated in the 1990s in Portland, Oregon, and this state has a wealth of US-specific guidance on https://extension.oregonstate.edu.