Coventry University and UWTC (Urban Water Technology Centre) at the University of Abertay Dundee in conjunction with several other partners - Academic and Professional - were successful in gaining EPSRC (Engineering and Physical Sciences Research Council) funding to form a national network which will help academics and practitioners communicate effectively about SUDS on various issues:

• best management practices
• design-code refinements
• development of design procedures
• monitoring programmes
• lessons learned from existing SUDS schemes

The network has a wide remit including:

• co-ordinating meetings
• organising field visits
• establishing a web-based resource for practitioners to use and refer to

Are you interested in becoming a member of SUDSnet?

• You would receive information about meetings that SUDSnet organise
• You could benefit from the shared knowledge and experiences of practitioners and academics throughout the UK
• The network will provide an excellent opportunity for collaboration and development of better research proposals

Why do we need more members?

• We have already been able to prove to EPSRC that a wide variety of people are interested in this Network and that there is a need for a more coherent approach to SUDS in the UK . However, the more members we have, from as broad a range of backgrounds and disciplines as possible, the more effective and informative the network will be.

If you are interested in becoming a member of the Network and benefiting from the collaborations and communication it will provide please contact the SUDSnet co-ordinators ( sudsnet@abertay.ac.uk ) - web: ( http://sudsnet.abertay.ac.uk )




SUDSnet Principal Investigators: John Davies ( Coventry ) and Chris Jefferies (Abertay)
Research Coordinator: Rebecca Wade (Abertay )
Also: Sue Charlesworth ( Coventry )


As of June 2007 SUDSnet has almost 400 registered members, Approx. 70% of these are practitioners and 30% are researchers and students at Academic Institutions