Simple flow control product expands options for SuDS on new developments
Hydro International is launching the Hydro-Brake® Agile flow control, which marks "a significant new opportunity for highly-efficient surface water attenuation with the lowest-possible flood...
Sponsored content: Valves contract awarded for flood defence scheme in Arbroath
Pump manufacturer T-T Pumps has delivered hinged-flap valves for one of the largest flood protection schemes ever undertaken in the UK, the £12 million...
Automating approvals: Drainage design validation system launched in Scotland
A new digital platform is said to substantially accelerate the speed at which housing developers gain required approvals, and "has the potential to revolutionise...
Graphene gateway
The coastal flood defence gates were coated with Applied Graphene Materials' new graphene enhanced Genable CX-based anti-corrosion primer.
SEPA has surface water in its sights
The take-up of flood hazard mapping by SEPA will provide a clearer indication of surface water (also known as pluvial) flood risk in Scotland, says the agency.
Sponsored Content: Nuclear reactor drains un-blocked
Drainage engineers from Lanes Group have used new pipe cleaning technology to solve persistent drain blockage problems at a nuclear power station.
Drainage surveys support Dover Western Docks Revival development
Drainage engineers from Lanes Group plc have been carrying out detailed CCTV camera surveys around the Port of Dover as part of the flagship...
Overtopping event scheduled for 2018 in Cumbria
Water management firm HR Wallingford is organising an event called Protections 2018, the 3rd International Conference on Protection against Overtopping, which is taking place...
Leakage summit returns in June
The Global Leakage Summit returns for its 10th year in June 2019, when it will attempt to bring together the most innovative and successful...
EA publishes data, case studies and evidence about the role of natural flood management...
On 31 October the Environment Agency published data, case studies and evidence about the role of natural flood management in reducing flood risk. Working...
Water experts urge Lords to fight for flood resilient homes in affordable houses debate
Leading civil engineers, environmental scientists, water experts, water companies and architects have appealed to the Lords to ensure the incoming housing law protects new...
Measures to reduce harm from storm overflows now law
Measures to reduce sewage discharges from storm overflows became a legal requirement on 29 March, as part of "an ambitious agenda to build back...
Manchester group uses trees and green infrastructure to combat flooding and pollution
City of Trees - a group attempting to coordinate stakeholders and community groups across Greater Manchester for the purposes of restoring woodland - says...
Leeds flood alleviation scheme wins large project award
Phase 1 of the Leeds Flood Alleviation Scheme has scooped the Large Project of the Year award at this year’s NEC awards in London
LiDAR mapping helps create flood alleviation model for Yorkshire Water
Detailed terrain maps created from aerial surveys using lasers are being used to help improve flood prevention and management across Yorkshire.
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Climate change is affecting the way Europe floods, experts warn
Climate change is disrupting the rhythms of spring growing and river flooding across Europe, which could pose new problems for biodiversity and food security...
What causes extreme flooding? German study weighs contributors
According to a recent study by researchers at the Helmholtz Centre for Environmental Research (abbreviated as "UFZ"), the more flood-driving factors there are, the...
Cloudbursts: What can we learn from Copenhagen?
Luke Strickland and Stuart Divall of Ramboll UK review some of the flood mitigation measures implemented in the Danish capital since its cataclysmic flood...
Local authority SuDS demand prompts UK production deal, says supplier
Increasing Local Authority planning requirements for compliant Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS) in major developments is boosting demand for water quality treatment components, says supplier...
Sponsored Content: Global health and safety standard for drainage expert
National drainage and wastewater specialist Lanes Group has achieved ISO 45001, the world's first global ISO standard for occupational health and safety.
