Surface water flooding : sustainable drainage to the ground
Dearden, Rachel; Price, Simon. 2010 Surface water flooding : sustainable drainage to the ground. Energy and environmental management, 46. 1, pp.
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Abstract/Summary
During the exceptional rainfall events of summer 2007, floods inundated 7,300 businesses and 48,000 homes across the UK (PITT Review) with estimated costs of £3.2 billion. A review of the causes and consequences of these events (PITT review) identified that extreme rainfall and overwhelmed drainage systems led to surface water being a primary cause of flooding. This type of flooding is particularly problematic in urban areas where rapid run-off from impermeable surfaces (roofs, pavements), exceeds the drainage capacity of that area leading to flooding in locations that are difficult to predict. The impacts are not restricted to water volume; the quality of water in receiving watercourses can also be compromised by pollutants entrained in run-off water and sewage contamination derived from Combined Sewer Overflow surcharging.
| Item Type: | Publication - Article |
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| Programmes: | BGS Programmes 2010 > Groundwater Science |
| Additional Information. Not used in RCUK Gateway to Research.: | Article can also be downloaded from URL above |
| Additional Keywords: | GroundwaterBGS, Groundwater, Surface water interaction |
| NORA Subject Terms: | Earth Sciences |
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| Date made live: | 16 Sep 2010 11:18 +0 (UTC) |
| URI: | https://nora.nerc.ac.uk/id/eprint/11089 |
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