Combined Sewer Overflows: impacts, mitigation solutions and European perspective
Emanuele Quaranta, European Commission Joint Research Centre, Italy Alberto Pistocchi, European Commission Joint Research Centre, Italy If you would like … Read more
Policy
Combined Sewer Overflows (CSO) and Natural Flood Management (NFM)
What are CSOs and why a problem? Combined Sewer Overflows (CSO) occur when our ‘combined sewer’ system mixes surface water … Read more
Schedule 3 of the FAWMA
Guest blog by Andrew Johnson, a civil engineer with specialism in Flood Risk, Drainage Strategy and Civils Design. Andy is … Read more
SuDS barriers removed by new sewers guidance
What’s so interesting about changes to sewers? Sounds dull, doesn’t it… but bear with us… within some new sewerage guidance, … Read more
Slow The Flow Community Led Natural Flood Management Conference – March 2019
Over two days, nearly 100 people from around the UK descended onto our beautiful town of Hebden Bridge in the … Read more
Initial Appraisal of Hydrograph and Leaky Dams at Hardscastle Crags, 16th March 2019
After the recent deluge, it would appear that the 340+ leaky dams built in Hardcastle Crags have done their job, … Read more
Species list for Hebden Bridge Town Hall Courtyard Rain Garden
See more information on the Hebden Bridge Town Hall – Courtyard Rain Garden Planters here. Acer palmatum ‘Katsura’ Japanese maple … Read more
Rural NFM Case Study: Flood alleviation at Oldroyd, Todmorden, Upper Calder Valley
Case Study 1: Flood alleviation at Oldroyd, Todmorden, Upper Calder Valley On Boxing Day 2015 the hamlet of Oldroyd (OS 3949 4241) which comprises a street of … Read more
Environment Agency: Working with natural processes to reduce flood risk
The environment agency published a series of evidence based reports on working with natural processes to reduce flood risk. Look … Read more
Why does slowing the flow work?
Watch this video for a simple explanation, care of our partners at the Environment Agency.https://www.youtube.com/embed/21YAP8RF_sw