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
Category: News
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
Retrofitting SuDS in dense urban areas
Jo Bradley, our Director of Operations, has written a short blog, setting out her thoughts about the application of SuDS in very dense city-scapes: Retrofitting
22/04/2024
What do horses, golf courses, graveyards and playing fields have in common?
At Stormwater Shepherds UK, we have been considering sources of pollution in urban areas recently, with a particular focus on sources of nutrient pollution. Horses
04/03/2024
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
Getting help from the experts when it comes to plant selection for SuDS
The selection of plants for SuDS devices is a tricky thing. The plants need to be able to cope with getting ‘wet feet’ in Winter.
18/12/2023