New Year’s Day flooding in Walton le Dale – where did the water come from?
Some of the residents of Victoria Road and London Road in Walton le Dale, near Preston, had a horrible start to the New Year as
01/01/2025
Category: News
It’s been a busy year, but has Stormwater Shepherds UK made any difference to stormwater management?
In the last three months there have been scores of meetings and events to discuss many aspects of water management across the UK. And at
30/11/2024
The fallen leaves are beautiful, but is there a pollution risk lurking in amongst the Autumn colours?
It’s that time of year again, when the weather turns cooler, the evenings close in and the leaves fall off the trees in our towns
02/11/2024
500 tonnes of contaminated sediment into the River Douglas every year
Stormwater Shepherds UK worked with the Catchment Based Approach team and the River Douglas Catchment Partnership to convene an event in Wigan in Lancashire in
16/10/2024
Rats in SuDS – do you love them or hate them?
During the summer, our Director of Operations has visited a lot of SuDS devices across the UK. It is always a treat to see SuDS
15/09/2024
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
Bold, new report on pollution from highway runoff to raise awareness of the problem and possible solutions
Download the document using this link: Highway runoff and the water environment report combined LR Stormwater Shepherds UK has worked with CIWEM to publish a
08/05/2024
How do we use research to change Policy?
Stormwater Shepherds UK has been sampling pollution from road runoff for over a year now. The results of analysis of those samples are shocking and
03/05/2024
