Water, Urban Design and Engineering - Urban Design Group

Well designed water management infrastructure can greatly add to the quality of life and development value, as well as provide an enhanced habitat for wildlife. But there are also challenges:

• In some areas, development is being restricted by nutrient overload,

• In other areas, development is held back by a lack of water supply. It can take a decade or more to build a new reservoir.

• Pollution of watercourses caused by combined sewer overflows and increased run-off and greater effluent volumes has become a national scandal.

• Climate change will lead to more severe extremes, including substantially increased pluvial and fluvial flooding, making the design of attenuation schemes of vital importance in new development.

This webinar explores the latest developments in sustainable water management so that both engineers and designers can work together to produce optimal plans and designs for new development.