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
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
Getting the balance right for river pollution
Our UK Director of Operations recently posted her thoughts on LinkedIn about the imbalance of investment in pollution control. Here is her post: I wanted
27/03/2024
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
Bringing the topic of highway pollution out into the open
Stormwater Shepherds UK were really pleased to be featured in a BBC Article about pollution from road runoff in the UK today. Our Director of
02/02/2024