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Let's make drought a hotter topic

Jo Bradley knows good SuDS. And she can’t help but wonder, as we wrestle more frequent droughts, why can’t we make water saving sexy?

Let's make drought a hotter topic

Jo Bradley knows good SuDS. And she can’t help but wonder, as we wrestle more frequent droughts, why can’t we make water saving sexy?

Microplastics - let's all work to tackle these pollutants

Jo Bradley knows good SuDS. And she can’t help but wonder why we pass the buck when we can all do small things to prevent microplastics entering our environment

CIWEM Urban Drainage Group Annual Conference 2022

CIWEM’s Urban Drainage Group continues it long traditional of hosting its annual conference in the autumn as the culmination of a year of highly regarded virtual events across the whole industry, attracting speakers and delegates both nationally and internationally.

SuDS or duds: spot the difference

In a world with nature in crisis, Jo Bradley, director of UK operations at Stormwater Shepherds wonders why don’t we design sustainable drainage systems (SuDS) that create habitats for wildlife.

SuDS - singing in the drain

Jo Bradley knows good SuDS, and she wonders whether we could design swales, soakaways and raingardens as safe spaces for kids to get wet and muddy and mucky?

Wanted: all-singing, all-dancing SuDS skills

Jo Bradley knows good SuDS. And she can’t help but wonder; when SuDS become mandatory next year in England, who will deliver it all?

SuDS in the City: The ticking time-bomb threatening SuDS

Jo Bradley knows good SuDS. And she can’t help but wonder; with so many people having a view on SuDS, how the heck can we take all of them into account – and should we?

Urban Drainage Group Virtual Annual Conference and Expo 2021

CIWEM’s Urban Drainage Group continues it long traditional of hosting its annual conference in the autumn as the culmination of a year of highly regarded virtual events across the whole industry, attracting speakers and delegates both nationally and internationally.

Climate change and future extremes of water | Digital seminar series

The CIWEM Central Southern branch are hosting their annual seminar conference as a digital series over 3 days in 2023. This year's series will look at the association of climate change impacts on future extremes. Part of the CIWEM Climate Adaption & Resilience digital series.

SuDS: A Focus on Water Quality | WEBINAR

A lunchtime webinar on SuDS and water quality. Hosted by the CIWEM Metropolitan branch. Part of the CIWEM Nature-based Solutions and Environmental Quality and Pollution series.

Highway Runoff and the Water Environment: A Stormwater Shepherds-CIWEM launch | WEBINAR

Launch of the CIWEM and Stormwater Shepherds' report on highway runoff and the water environment. Part of the CIWEM Environmental Quality and Pollution series.

Out now: The Environment Women's Takeover, March 2023

Welcome to the fourth women’s takeover issue of The Environment magazine – again, packed with brilliant and inspiring stories about and by scientists, thinkers, practitioners and campaigners who just happen to be women, all working towards a greener, cleaner and safer world.

Drastic plastic: the epidemic in our waterways | IN-PERSON

An in-person event hosted by the IEMA North Western and CIWEM North Western & North Wales branch looking at the issues of microplastic pollution in our rivers. Part of the CIWEM Environmental Quality and Pollution series.

Out now: The Environment Spring issue 2024

The Spring issue of The Environment magazine is about innovation. We explore the viability of carbon capture and storage, go green pioneering in Iceland, see how CIWEM is championing a fresh water future and examine the plight of the mighty Lough Neagh.

Highway runoff pollution: The toxic cocktail no-one wants to tackle

While sewage and intensive farming pollution steal the media headlines, an eco-toxic cocktail of hydrocarbons, metals and plastics runs off our roads into rivers and streams when it rains. Stormwater Shepherds and CIWEM have been pulling together the evidence.