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Sustainable Drainage Systems:
Above ground
attenuation
Thomas Geoghegan
Agenda
Background on Sustainable Drainage Systems (SUDS)
Selecting the best SUDS option
Above ground attenuation options
Case Study
Why choose above ground attenuation systems?
Questions
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Background on SUDS
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Background on SUDS
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• Drainage Design in the past has been simply using a rational method size pipes to ensure water is removed as quickly as possible
• Sustainable Drainage Systems: is a concept that includes long term environmental and social factors in
decisions about drainage.
• In rural areas 80% of rivers are below ground status
• Most pollution comes from:
- Underperforming small treatment plants
- Overloaded communal septic tanks
- Clusters of single unit septic tanks
- Farmyard runoff
• Over the past decade Ireland & the UK have been developing a more sustainable approach
Selecting the best SUDS option
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Selecting the best SUDS option
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When selecting Sustainable drainage systems it important to consider Quality, Quantity Amenity Equally
Selecting the best SUDS option
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• There is no correct way in choosing the best SUDS option but these factors must be adhered to:
- Design techniques to meet design criteria
- There is no single correct solution: selection could result from
external factors
- The sustainable drainage system should be in accordance with
the original drainage system
- Decision must be on a wider context and not purely technical
Above ground attenuation options
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Basins and ponds Filter strips & swales
Above ground attenuation options
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Basins and ponds Basins are areas for storage of surface runoff & are free from water under dry
weather flow conditions. These include:
- Flood plains
- Detention basins
- Extended detention basins
Ponds contain water in dry weather and are designed to hold more when it
rains. They include:
- Attenuation ponds
- Flood storage reservoirs
- Lagoons
- Retention Ponds
- Wetlands
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Basins and pondsBasins and ponds store water at the ground surface as:
- Temporary flooding
- Flood plains
- Permanent ponds
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Basins and pondsQuantity
They store floodwater and release it slowly once the risk of flooding is over
Quality
Treat:
- Settlement of solids in still water
- Conditions and promotes settlement
- Adsorption by vegetation of soil
Amenity
Offer:
- Sports and recreation
- Wet ponds are great to store water for reuse
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Filters strips & swalesFilter strips and swales are vegetated surface features that drain water evenly
off impermeable areas. Swales are long shallow channels whilst filter strips
are gently sloping areas of ground.
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Filter strips & swalesThey work by imitating natural drainage patterns by allowing rainwater through
vegetation, slowing and filtering the flow.
Quantity
Swales & filter drains are designed for:
- Conveyance systems
- Infiltrations
- Reduce drained impermeable areas
Quality
Swales and filters remove polluting in the solids through filtration and
sedimentation
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Filter strips & swalesAmenity
Swales and filters trips are often interpreted into surrounding land use
Examples are:
- Public open space
- Road verges
- Grass and flowers can be planted for wildlife
Case Study
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Matchborough School
Case Study
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Location:
Redditch, Worcestershire, England
Description:
A school development was designed with conventional drainage that flowed to
a pump station from where it was pumped to a sewer
During construction one playground area could not be drained by gravity to the
pumping station.
Main suds used:
Swales
Detention basins
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• The suds scheme was implemented & removed the need for the station
• Now follows the contour of the site and drains downhill to a ipsley stream
Initial proposal Sustainable drainage outline proposal
Case Study
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Swales collect overland flows from: - Adjacent site - Runoff from car park
- Playgrounds - Hence providing source of control
The retention basins drain the main driveway that is connected to a
constructed wetland (pond) which also takes runoff from the roof.
Car park Inlet
Case Study
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Benefits
The suds system has brought a valuable amenity and teaching resource for the
school
Why choose above ground attenuation systems?
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- Installed and maintained at a lower cost compared to more traditional
systems of drainage
- Problems can be observed and dealt with as they arise(swales)
- Can be incorporated into any terrain
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Any Questions?