title: Runoff infiltration, a desktop case study.
abstract: The use of sustainable drainage systems (SuDS) or best management practice is becoming increasingly common. However, rather than adopting the preferred 'treatment train' implementation, many developments opt for end-of-pipe control ponds. This paper discusses the use of SUDS in series to form treatment trains and compares their potential performance and effectiveness with end-of-pipe solutions. Land-use, site and catchment characteristics have been used alongside up-to-date guidance, Infoworks CS and MUSIC to determine whole-life-costs, land-take, water quality and quantity for different SuDS combinations. The results presented show that the use of a treatment train allows approaches differing from the traditional use of single SuDS, either source or 'end-of-pipe', to be proposed to treat and attenuate runoff. The outcome is a more flexible solution where the footprint allocated to SUDS, costs and water quality can be managed differently to fully meet stakeholder objectives.
authors: School of the Built Environment, Heriot-Watt University, Edinburgh EH14 4AS, UK. bastiennicolas@hotmail.com
authors: N R P
authors: NR
authors: Bastien
authors: S
authors: S
authors: Arthur
authors: S G
authors: SG
authors: Wallis
authors: M
authors: M
authors: Scholz
mesh_terms: D004323:Drainage, Sanitary / Q000191:economics; D055868:Floods; D012308:Risk Management; D012606:Scotland; D014876:Water Pollution / Q000517:prevention & control*; D014881:Water Supply