Applications of SuDS Techniques in Harvesting Stormwater for Landscape Irrigation Purposes: Issues and Considerations

Abstract

While urbanization and increasing population has put much pressure on natural drainage channels and resulted in increase in looding, there is increased pressure on available water resources due to climate change, reduction in frequency of rainfall events and drought. The emergence of a sustainable drainage system (SuDS), also known as best management practice (BMP) and low impact development (LID), has changed the management strategy of drainage from conventional to sustainable. SuDS techniques seek to deliver the three cardinal paradigms of sustainable drainage: quantity, quality and amenity and as such, they can ofer an additional beneit for applications such as landscape irrigation. Most SuDS techniques have the potential for water storage with minimal or no modiications required. This chapter, while covering the capabilities of SuDS systems, explores SuDS devices such as pervious pavements equipped with excess storage capacity, cisterns and tanks harvesting roofwater, iniltration systems aimed at supporting the growth of urban plants and green roofs with the potential to store water in order to maintain water demanding planting scheme even during dry periods. It also covers systems where SuDS is the main driver to device installation and address issues and considerations surrounding applications of such systems in water harvesting for irrigation.

Exploring Psychological and Aesthetic Approaches of Bio-Retention Facilities in the Urban Open Space

“…The new concepts of a Sustainable Urban Drainage System, Best Management Practices, and Low Impact Development have already altered the management methodologies of drainage systems from conventional applications [3]. Similar to Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems, Low Impact…”

Assessment of Blue and Green Infrastructure Solutions in Shaping Urban Public Spaces—Spatial and Functional, Environmental, and Social Aspects

“…Many new concepts such as the Sustainable Urban Drainage System (SUDS) [17], stormwater Best Management Practices (BMPs) [18], Blue and Green Infrastructure (BGI) [19,20], Water Sensitive Urban Design (WSUD) [21], and Low Impact Development (LID) [22] have already altered the management methodologies of drainage systems from more conventional applications [18,23,24]. The implementation of all available Nature Based Solutions (NBSs) at the planning stage is crucial for contemporary urban development [25][26][27][28].…”

“…The third group, consisting of the least valuable BGI solutions for shaping sustainable urban public spaces included 6 BGI solutions (31.58%). Half of these are underground solutions; structural tree root cells obtained a significant number of points (17), infiltration boxes received an average number of points (14), and underground water reservoirs received the lowest score among all analyzed BGI solutions (only 11 points). The blue roofs also obtained 17 points.…”

Principles of Designing Water Elements in Urban Public Spaces

“…There and in New Zealand, the Low Impact Development system has been used (since the 1990s) [45]. In Great Britain, the Sustainable Urban Drainage System (SUDS) [46] has been used since the 1980s. The existing typologies representing the types of water objects used in contemporary design of public spaces are insufficient and require deepening, hence the main goals of the presented study [47][48][49].…”