Southern Water has completed a driveway upgrade scheme in an Isle of Wight village to replace paved surfaces for porous surfaces to protect homes and local drainage from deluges of surface water following heavy rain.

Anglian Water’s Rob Kelly, who is currently on secondment into the Norfolk Strategic Flooding Alliance as Water Management Director, explains what really happens to the water system during periods of heavy rainfall and the power a multi-agency approach can have on effective water management.

United Utilities is working with housing developers to boost sustainable drainage levels. The first two SuDS systems adopted by United Utilities were built by Story Homes at developments in Carlisle and Wetheral, followed by a third system developed by Wrenman Strategic Land in Lancaster.

A small village in Lancashire is now part of the UK’s biggest hi-tech drainage community thanks to United Utilities.

Dŵr Cymru Welsh Water has launched a 10 week consultation as part of the development of its long-term drainage and wastewater management plan.

Welsh Water, the only not-for-profit water company in England and Wales, has been working with Cheshire West and Chester Council (CWAC) on the completion of its new forward-thinking surface water drainage system to support the regeneration of the area and to ensure the drainage system is more resilient to cope with the effects of climate change.

Southern Water is conducting a significant surface water drainage survey across the whole of Thanet to help it target areas where significant quantities of rainwater get into the sewer system – contributing to the company’s current reliance on the storm overflow system.

The Welsh Assembly has launched a newconsultation on its proposed interim non-statutory standards for Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS) in Wales.