SuDS resources

CIRIA guidance

This includes guidance (many of which are free to download) on SuDS, surface water management and green infrastructure.

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Other guidance

This section includes links to a variety of guidance documents related to SuDS and surface water management produced by different organisations.

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SuDS Manual

The frameworks and checklists have been produced as PDF documents. The checklists have also been produced as word documents to enable modification to suit your individual requirements.

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CIRIABEST

CIRIABEST is CIRIA's Benefits Estimation Tool for valuing the benefits of blue-green infrastructure. This includes SuDS and Natural Flood Management.
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Case studies

This includes a range of case studies demonstrating approaches to sustainable drainage. The detail varies, but many include photos and schematics.

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Fact sheets

These are technical fact sheets produced to help overcome challenges and exploit opportunities not yet sufficiently well covered in existing guidance.

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Briefings

Susdrain briefings are articles, updates and papers on topics related to sustainable drainage.

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Policy documents

This section provides information and links to a number of relevant policy and regulatory documents.

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Evidence

This provides evidence on the performance of SuDS schemes and/or components.

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Research

This provides an overview of related collaborative research that is being undertaken involving UK organisations.

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Presentations

The provides links to relevant presentations, in a mixture of PowerPoint and PDF formats for your use (and where appropriate modification).

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Gallery

This is a gallery providing a variety of related SuDS, suface water management and Water Sensitive Urban Design (WSUD) images for your use.

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Videos

This includes links to a number of related videos.

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Project information

This provides details of projects and proposals that CIRIA is delivering or developing in the area of SuDS, surface water management and local flood risk management.

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Newsletter

This an opportunity to register for susdrain's newsletter and view archived information.

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SuDS glossary

This provides a searchable glossary for SuDS and surface water management related terms.

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