Sustainable drainage - refining the approach
The water industry and other stakeholders continue to work together to support the implementation of Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems (SUDS), but a number of issues remain to be resolved.
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Information, guidance & standards
Check for a plumbing and drainage misconnection
Guidance on how to check a property for a plumbing and drainage misconnection.
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Have your say on the future of drainage, wastewater and environmental water quality in your area
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Sustainable drainage
… Sustainable drainage Sustainable drainage Helping reduce pollution and flood risk from … this is through the use of structures called 'sustainable drainage systems' also known as SUDs. SUDs are structures …
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Plumbing and drainage misconnections
… Plumbing and drainage misconnections Plumbing and drainage misconnections Misconnections pollute rivers and … they are the responsibility of your water company. The drainage has been like this for years - why has this problem …
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Developing and Trialling Wastewater Resilience Metrics
Water UK, on behalf of the 21st Century Drainage Programme, commissioned Atkins to develop and trial wastewater resilience metrics, with a view towards their potential use as common performance commitments at price reviews.
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Flushable products
Water companies have practical concerns about the suitability of disposing of many of these so-called 'flushable products' into public and private drainage and sewerage networks rather than as municipal solid waste.
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DWMP engagement
During the summer of 2021, the Environment Agency worked in collaboration with Water UK and Ofwat to look at Risk Management Authority contributions towards the production of DWMPs.
Several examples of best practice were identified and these have been brought together in the DWMP engagement case studies summary.
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Concerns around pharmaceuticals in the environment
Water UK is leading the debate in Europe on options available to address the growing concerns about the prevalence of pharmaceuticals. At present, we believe it is not practical to set formal regulatory standards for pharmaceutical residues in water (either for raw water or tap water) until further research on costs and benefits, supported by robust science, becomes available.