Welcome to the SuDS Wales Website
Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS) are designed to reduce the potential impact of new and existing developments with respect to surface water drainage discharges.
The idea behind SUDS is to try to replicate natural systems that use cost effective solutions with low environmental impact to drain away dirty and surface water run-off through collection, storage, and cleaning before allowing it to be released slowly back into the environment, such as into water courses. This is to counter the effects of conventional drainage systems that often allow for flooding, pollution of the environment – with the resultant harm to wildlife – and contamination of groundwater sources used to provide drinking water.
Types of Suds
Each time we develop or redevelop sites we must look at the opportunities that rainfall and surface water could provide rather than judging it as a problem to be removed. Find out the about the types of SuDS systems available.
Education & Advice
Find out about why you should be building SuDS, types of SuDS, materials, planning guidance and more in our Education & Advice section.
Latest News
North Wales SuDS Forum
December 5th, 2011
North Wales Sustainable Drainage FORUM The North Wales Forum was launched in September 2005 with support from local authorities (Wrexham, Denbighshire, Conwy, Gwynedd, Flintshire, Isle of Anglesey and Powys), Environment Agency Wales, Welsh Government, Dwr Cymru Welsh Water and the Home Builders Federation. Our aim is to provide stakeholders with the opportunity to discuss [...]
Rainwater Harvesting in Wales
December 5th, 2011
Rainwater harvesting in Wales – Ty Cambria case study New rain gauge increases efficiency Why use rainwater harvesting ? Harvested rainwater can be used, in place of drinking water, to flush toilets. It also reduces pressure on combined sewers and can help prevent localised flooding and pollution when implemented at a larger scale. How efficient [...]
