Working with partners from The Water Taskforce, and funded by Defra, BITC and CLASP have been testing the concept that implementing SuDS on a school site could generate savings for a school, by reducing their hard-standing area and so their charges from their water supplier. 

Local businesses including Arup, Costain, MWH Global, Marshalls, United Utilities and partners Red Rose Forest and CLASP brought together the technical expertise, skills and personnel to test the concept between January and March 2016.

Working with two schools, the project team carried out detailed audits and SuDS interventions were identified that could divert or slow the flow of water into the sewer system, or reduce the amount of chargeable hard standing area. Using this information, a trial version of a simple, user-friendly tool has been developed to help schools identify if there may be a cost effective way to drop a chargeable surface water band.

The initial phase of this project is now complete, and the following resources are available to local authorities who attended an information workshop on 25th April 2016.  The resources below are beta/trial versions and must be taken in context, with the caveats as outlined in the workshop on the 25th April.  We would appreciate feedback at this stage, which can be sent to ailsa@claspinfo.org

Presentations from 25th April 2016

Overview of the project – BITC

School SUDS Audits – Red Rose Forest

Modelling Savings – CLASP

Trial Resources

Trial SUDS Audit Guide

Trial Ready Reckoner SUDS Model

Schools SUDS Audit Case Study – Chorlton High School

Schools SUDS Audit Case Study – Burnage Academy for Boys

Educational Materials

A range of educational materials have also been produced by partners in the project, for use in schools:

Video for use in schools (coming soon)

Lesson plan for KS 2/3 (coming soon)

Poster for use in schools (coming soon)