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Surface Water Management

27th June 2012 — 09:00 to 16:00

Brunei Gallery, School of Oriental and African Studies, University of London

Direction, Policy and Practice

Aim

Thinking from across the world is helping to set out how surface water management fits into the broader context of water in the urban environment. The developing ideas envisage multiple benefits accruing from a wide variety of schemes and projects. This conference will also be rooted in demonstrating the practical delivery of projects from a wide variety of perspectives in these current challenging times and will also set out a clear direction of travel.

Objectives

  • To provide an overview of this fast developing idea from the emerging policy context to the realities of practical delivery
  • To demonstrate the multiple benefit and developments in scheme evaluation
  • To describe the emerging picture of risks posed by surface water flooding and the responses this is provoking
  • To understand the direction of Government policy and programmes
  • To consider urban diffuse pollution and how SuDs can play a part in mitigation
  • To understand the developing picture of Ofwat and water company responses, working with Local authorities and partnership
  • To look at community level response in terms of the developing practice
  • To provide an update on the SuDs Advisory Board idea and how this might work in practice
  • To test and be inspired by overseas examples providing an integrated view of water in the urban environment and the role of surface water management

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