The sustainable management of surface water at the building scale: preliminary results of case studies in the UK and Spain

Charlesworth, Susanne M.; Perales‐Momparler, Sara; Lashford, Craig; Warwick, Frank

doi:10.2166/aqua.2013.051

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“…The case study presented here is based in Coventry, in the West Midlands, UK, specifically the Canley Regeneration Zone (CRZ), situated about 6 km southwest of Coventry city centre, and covering just over 123 ha, some of which is brownfield (for further site details, see [11,16]). Outline planning permission has been granted for 700 new dwellings in total, new community services and open space improvements [17].…”

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“…Thus in England, the SuDS National Standards [14] indicate that runoff from a 1 in 100-years rainfall event must not exceed greenfield runoff rates, with a critical storm duration of 6 h. Using a UK drainage industry standard flood modelling product [15], the software MicroDrainage ® [11], modelled the storm attenuation potential of various SuDS management trains using a small part of the Canley Regeneration Zone (CRZ) in Coventry, West Midlands: Prior Deram Park. The resulting hydrographs showed that peak flow and time to peak were both reduced in comparison with a pipe-based system, rainfall response increased and total volume of runoff decreased by 20% [16].…”

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“…SuDS are said to be multiple benefit and flexible in Table 1. Overview of Sustainable Drainage (SuDS) device groupings ( [3,11]). …”

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Decision-Making and Sustainable Drainage: Design and Scale

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Sustainable Drainage (SuDS) improves water quality, reduces runoff water quantity, increases amenity and biodiversity benefits, and can also mitigate and adapt to climate change. However, an optimal solution has to be designed to be fit for purpose. Most research concentrates on individual devices, but the focus of this paper is on a full management train, showing the scale-related decision-making process in its design with reference to the city of Coventry, a local government authority in central England. It illustrates this with a large scale site-specific model which identifies the SuDS devices suitable for the area and also at the smaller scale, in order to achieve greenfield runoff rates. A method to create a series of maps using geographical information is shown, to indicate feasible locations for SuDS devices across the local government authority area. Applying the larger scale maps, a management train was designed for a smaller-scale regeneration site using MicroDrainage ® software to control runoff at greenfield rates. The generated maps were constructed to provide initial guidance to local government on suitable SuDS at individual sites in a planning area. At all scales, the decision about which device to select was complex and influenced by a range of factors, with slightly different problems encountered. There was overall agreement between large and small scale models.

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“…Perales-Momparler et al (2013), in Annex 6, describes the different activities that took place in the frame of the first EU funded project that facilitated the uptake of the SuDS approach in Benaguasil (www.aquavalproject.eu). More technical aspects of the experiments (activity 6 of the wheel), consisting of the construction and monitoring of SuDS showcases in the Valencian region, can be found in Perales-Momparler et al (2014), in Annex 2; Charlesworth et al (2013), in Annex 3; Perales-Momparler et al (with editor), in Annex 4; and Millán-Romero et al (2013) in Annex 5. The principal aspects are summarized in this section.…”

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“…promoting sustainable urban drainage systems (SuDS) have been developed and implemented in many cities in the last 20-30 years (Marsalek and Chocat, 2002;Novotny et al, 2010), although only a limited acceptance can be found around the Mediterranean (Castro- Charlesworth et al, 2013;Chouli et al, 2007;Perales-Momparler and Valls-Benavides, 2013), where there is a need to create showcases to demonstrate the feasibility and suitability of new solutions in the long term .…”

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A regenerative urban stormwater management methodology. The role of SuDS construction and monitoring in the transition of a Mediterranean city.

Momparler¹,

Sara²

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A regenerative urban stormwater management methodology. The role of SuDS construction and monitoring in the transition of a Mediterranean city. "Don't go through life, grow through life" Eric ButterworthA regenerative urban stormwater management methodology. The role of SuDS construction and monitoring in the transition of a Mediterranean city. ACKNOWLEDGEMENTSI would like to dedicate this thesis to my husband, Iñaki, for his unconditional support, at home and abroad.I am grateful to my thesis directors, Dr. Joaquín Andreu and Dr. Ignacio Andrés, for their guidance throughout the process. My special thanks to the latter, for all the fun moments we have enjoyed in between the hard work.A special mention of professor Chris Jefferies, to whom I am thankful for the orientation he has provided all along my career, both at the academic and the professional levels. Thanks also to Dr. Sue Charlesworth, for all that I learned during my stay at Coventry University.A warm gratitude to Susan Dodson, for her friendship and the time she has dedicated to improving the English grammar of my publications.And a special thanks to my parents, Carmen and Antonio; to my "new" parents, Maria and Roberto; and to Amparo, for transmitting their energy and believing in me.Last, but not least, a special mention to my offspring Pablo and Ana, who are happily accompanying me in the last part of this project.A regenerative urban stormwater management methodology. The role of SuDS construction and monitoring in the transition of a Mediterranean city. ABSTRACTUnder the well-known slogan 'think global, act local', cities in the 21 st century face the enormous challenge of catalyzing, intensifying and accelerating sustainable urban transformations. Without losing a holistic view, the methodology presented in this thesis places the focus on 'resource management and climate mitigation and adaptation', in particular in urban stormwater management, proposing processes that can bring about the required change, shaped by the place-based approach of the regenerative sustainability paradigm.Building upon literature and practice that supports a flexible approach to stormwater management in urban environments that mimic natural processes and predevelopment hydrology (Sustainable Drainage Systems, SuDS) as one way to, amongst others, help to prevent and adapt to climate change, the thesis highlights the relevance of the connection to the place for adoption of best practices that conduct towards a regenerative system. Hence, it incorporates this connection to the place to the SuDS representation, naming it the SuDS 'landed rocket'.The proposed methodology includes a conceptual framework, specific method and tools, that allows for the understanding and the characterization of the current situation of a urban stormwater system in a process that guides future actions to move towards the desired regenerative urban built environment concept, with a place-based holistic view.This methodology has been applied to Benaguasil, a Mediterranean city, where stormwater ma...

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