SUDS offer an alternative approach to drainage in developed areas.

Sustainable drainage is a concept that includes long term environmental and social factors in decisions about drainage. It takes account of the quantity and quality of runoff, and the amenity value of surface water in the urban environment.

Many existing urban drainage systems can cause problems of flooding, pollution or damage to the environment and are not proving to be sustainable.

The Gridforce Sustainable Drainage System meets the Building Regulations on Drainage and Waste Disposal for England and have been modified to introduce a surface water drainage hierarchy, with infiltration on-site as the preferred disposal option. It’s a Sustainable Drainage System that also encourages excess water to flow naturally into a watercourse and then connection to a sewer.

SUDS include tried-and-tested techniques that are already being implemented on a range of projects in England and Wales and elsewhere. They incorporate cost effective techniques that are applicable to a wide range of schemes, from small developments to major residential, leisure, commercial or industrial operations with large areas of hard standing and roof.

By using products incorporating the Sustainable Drainage System criteria can help to reduce flood situations and in addition, help to protect ground water quality. In response to the increasing demands on the construction industry to become SUDS compliant, Gridforce can now offer a number of ground reinforcement products and storm water collection devices.