Shafferdigmanpresentation

Delivering & valuing the multiple
benefits of SuDS
Paul Shaffer, CIRIA & Chris Digman, MWH
Elvetham Heath, Hampshire

This presentation
1. SuDS – What and why
2. Overview of SuDS Manual
3. Key messages from the
SuDS Manual
4. Overview of BeST
5. BeST in practice
CIRIA
• Founded 1960
• Independent / collaborative
approach
• Member-based, around 500
corporate members
• Focus on performance
improvement
• Cross sector / inter disciplinary
Why bother
Flooding – people Water quality of urban Connecting with

and property watercourses water (on the surface)
Legislation and Support growth – Liveability – quality of

planning population & economy life
How do we change
Sustainable Drainage Systems objectives manage the

impacts from development on the quantity and quality of
runoff and are environmentally beneficial.
 Manage flood risk
 Manage diffuse
pollution
 Provide amenity
 Enhance biodiversity
www.ciria.org | www.susdrain.org
SuDS components
What can SuDS deliver?
Increase
Limit flows property value Enhance
entering system biodiversity
Improve thermal
Provide comfort
education
Help manage
air quality
Provide amenity
and recreation
Enhance
quality of urban
space
Improve health
and wellbeing
Maximise Manage
network capacity Improve flood risk
water quality
Why bother?
• Review and use evidence

and experience
• Support evolving legislation
• Support those involved in
SuDS delivery
• Encourage practitioners to
maximise SuDS benefits
• Support the delivery of cost-
effective SuDS schemes
• To inspire and support
change
Aims of the manual
 Technical leadership
 Motivational
 Supportive
 Interdisciplinary
 Comprehensive
 Inspirational
Who is the SuDS manual for?
 Disciplines
 Drainage and flood risk management engineers
 Landscape architects
 Planners
 Urban designers and architects
 Ecologists
 Organisations
 Local authorities
 Environmental regulators
 Highways and road authorities
 Sewerage undertakers
 Site owners and developers
 Drainage and landscape contractors
 Proprietary drainage and other product
manufacturers
Structure of the SuDS manual
SuDS Manual contents
Principles
Process Planning
Criteria
Design
Engagement
Methods
Overcoming
challenges Detailed Planning
Construction
component Processes
Costs and design
benefits Objectives
Programming
Maintenance
Materials
Submissions Waste
Method
Inlets and management
statements
outlets
Activities
Landscape
Frequencies
Specifications
Maintenance
plans
The key principle
Surface water runoff should be

managed for maximum benefit
What is good SuDS design?
SuDS design criteria
Water quantity
• Use surface water runoff as a resource
• Support the management of flood risk in the receiving catchment • Flood risk
• Protect morphology and ecology in receiving surface waters • Water resources
• Preserve and protect natural hydrological systems on the site
• Drain the site effectively • Protecting water
• Manage on-site flood risk bodies
• Design system flexibility/adaptability to cope with future change
Water quality
• Support the management of water quality in the receiving surface waters and groundwaters • WQ protection
• Design system resilience to cope with future change
Amenity
• Maximise multi-functionality
• Enhance visual character • Urban living
• Deliver safe surface water management systems • Quality of life
• Support development resilience/adaptability to future change
• Maximise legibility
• Climate resilience
• Support community environmental learning
Biodiversity
• Support and protect natural local habitats and species • Ecological diversity
• Contribute to the delivery of local biodiversity objectives
• Contribute to habitat connectivity • Resilience
• Create diverse, self-sustaining and resilient ecosystems • Value
Delivery mechanisms
Water quantity Water quality Amenity Biodiversity
• Rainwater harvesting • Pollution prevention • Integrate in the • Plant species and

• Runoff flow rate • Interception landscape diversity
control • Treatment • Urban design with • Habitat connectivity
• Runoff volume control • Soil protection and water • Local biodiversity
• Runoff frequency remediation • Urban space multi- objectives
control • Waste management functionality
• Designing for
exceedance
What does the manual look like?
What will the manual look like?
Component design
Thanks to the funders for the
Manual
The benefits of BeST
Benefits of SuDS Tool
Evaluating the benefits unlocks
the potential for…
 Fairer comparisons
 Better decision making
 Meeting funding
requirements
 Enabling conversations
 Delivering SuDS
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Some tools
exist but…..
Overall aim of BeST
“The overall aim of this proposal is to collate and

evaluate potential methodologies for assessing
the benefits of SuDS, develop approaches
accepted by relevant stakeholders and using
available data develop a tool to estimate the
multiple benefits of SuDS”.
BeST: Benefits of SuDS Tool
• Collation of evidence (values)
• Structured assessment
approach
• Considers confidence
• Support practitioners to
qualify and quantify
(monetise) benefits
• Compare drainage options
• Provision of detailed audit
trail
Wide range of benefits
Triple bottom line
Benefit category Monetised?
Air quality 
Social Financial Amenity 
Biodiversity and ecology 
Building temperature 
Carbon reduction & sequestration 
Crime 
Environmental Economic growth 
Education 
Enabling development /
Ecosystem Services Flexible infrastructure tbc
Flooding 
Groundwater recharge 
Health 
Supporting Provisioning Pumping wastewater 
Rainwater harvesting 
Regulating Cultural Recreation 
Tourism 
Traffic calming 
Treating wastewater 
Water quality  26
BeST has a suite of outputs
Tools Support
W045c
W045a
Technical
Evaluation
guidance
W045b W045d
Comparison User manual
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Applying BeST – Retrofit Case Study
Methodical approach to
assessing benefits starts with
screening
Project Screening
HOME SuDS Used
inputs questions
Work sheets
to fill in
Double
Values Benefits / Potential
counting
library impacts stakeholders
check For
information
Yearly Values Summary of Summary Comparison Fill in & for

library outputs Results ESS tool information
Methodical approach to
assessing benefits starts with
screening
Project Screening
HOME SuDS Used
inputs questions
Work sheets
to fill in
Double
counting
check For
information

Consistent approach to complete
the benefits/impacts
Project Screening
HOME SuDS Used
inputs questions
Work sheets
to fill in
Double
counting
check For
information

Tool collates the results and
generates graphs
Project Screening
HOME SuDS Used
inputs questions
Work sheets
to fill in
Double
counting
check For
information

Comparison of costs and benefits
using the comparison tool
Project Screening
HOME SuDS Used
inputs questions
Work sheets
to fill in
Double
counting
check For
information

Thanks to our funders for BeST
Delivering and valuing SuDS
Comprehensive guidance on:

• How to plan
• How to design
• How to evaluate performance
• How to value the benefit
…….will support practitioners and stakeholders to

build SuDS and reap the benefits in the future
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Visit susdrain
To download the SuDS manual:

http://www.ciria.org/Memberships/The_SuDs_Man
ual_C753_Chapters.aspx
To download BeST:
http://www.susdrain.org/resources/best.html
Contact us @:
[email protected]
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Delivering & valuing the multiple

Elvetham Heath, Hampshire

2. Overview of SuDS Manual

3. Key messages from the

Flooding – people Water quality of urban Connecting with

Legislation and Support growth – Liveability – quality of

Sustainable Drainage Systems objectives manage the

• Review and use evidence

Surface water runoff should be

Water quantity Water quality Amenity Biodiversity

• Rainwater harvesting • Pollution prevention • Integrate in the • Plant species and

Benefits of SuDS Tool

“The overall aim of this proposal is to collate and

Yearly Values Summary of Summary Comparison Fill in & for

Yearly Values Summary of Summary Comparison Fill in & for

Yearly Values Summary of Summary Comparison Fill in & for

Yearly Values Summary of Summary Comparison Fill in & for

Yearly Values Summary of Summary Comparison Fill in & for

Comprehensive guidance on:

…….will support practitioners and stakeholders to

To download the SuDS manual:

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