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“Twenty-seven percent of land use is gardens in Lambeth. We want people to disconnect downpipes. We want people to put rain gardens in their front gardens. We've done de-pave projects. We gone in and taken out 40% of hard-standing on people's front gardens. We are running a workshop for 30 residents for installing small green roofs on sheds.”
Water Reuse
David Schofield, Associate Director of Hydro Consultancy, emphasised that integrated water management, such as that offered by the new SWiM initiative, could also help businesses to achieve significant costs through surface water disconnection and storing and reusing rainwater instead.
In conclusion, Alex Stephenson, Chair of the British Water SuDS Focus Group and Director of Hydro’s UK Stormwater Division reminded panellists of the requirements of the European Water Framework Directive for water quality which demanded acceleration in progress, especially in treating polluted surface water runoff. Hearts and Minds
“The really encouraging thing for me in the last two or three years is the number of projects. There are some really good case studies, some really good surface water management schemes with nice natural features, sometimes needing proprietary devices to deliver them.”
It is possible to change hearts and minds, he said: “We’ve all become habitual recyclers and how many of us would have thought 15, 20 years ago, that you could go for a drink in the pub without us stinking of cigarettes. It is possible to change people's attitudes and that’s what we are trying to do.”
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