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Useful Sustainable Water management links Available from the bookshop Designing for exceedance in urban drainage - good practice (C635) Sustainable water management in land-use planning (C630) Water KPIs and benchmarks for offices and hotels (C657) Rainwater and greywater use in buildings – best practice guidance (C539) Rainwater and greywater use in buildings. Decision making for conservation (PR080) Rainwater and greywater in buildings: project report and case studies (X104) Buildings that save water (SP160) Model agreements for rainwater and greywater use systems (C626) Drainage of development sites X108 Urban drainage (X153) Newsletters and articles Sustainable Drainage News February 2008 Sustainable water management in the Spring '06 edition of Evolution Downloadable guidance KPIs for water use in hotels (W010) KPIs for water use in offices (W011) Sustainable water management in schools (W012) Flood risk assessment tool (2004) Drainage of development sites - a guide (X108, 2004) Designing for exceedance in urban drainage – good practice (C635, May 2006) Other web pages SUDS Building greener

Sustainable water management

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Where does the flow go?

What do you do when there is too much water in your drains? How can you reduce impact on the surrounding areas from extreme flooding events? This CIRIA study is a comprehensive guide to the problems of drainage exceedance and how to minimise their impacts.'

Further information

Water management and land use guide

Good water management is essential too secure a sustainable future for our towns and cities. Sustainable water management in land-use planning (C630) CIRIA's latest guide for planners, local authorities, water companies and developers is the result of a research project carried out by HR Wallingford, Strategic Land Planning Consultants and WRc. The book covers technical guidance, case studies and a series of checklists for land use planning.

KPI guidance

Find out how your office or hotel is doing at saving water, are you excessive or exemplars of best practice? These downloads and accompanying book will enable you to find out and take remedial action. CIRIA has just published a set of key performance indicators for hotels and offices the complete set comprises of two free web downloads and a publication:
Key Performance Indicators for water use in hotels (W010)
Key Performance Indicators for water use in offices (W011)
Water key performance indicators and benchmarks for offices and hotels (C657)

Current research

Building Greener (RP714)

 

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