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Overview of SUDS research at the Urban Pollution Research Centre and Flood Hazard Research Centre, Middlesex University. DayWater : EU FP5; Sustainable stormwater management (2002-2005) SWITCH : EU FP6; Integrated urban water management (2006-2010)
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Overview of SUDS research at the Urban Pollution Research Centre and Flood Hazard Research Centre, Middlesex University • DayWater: EU FP5; Sustainable stormwater management (2002-2005) • SWITCH: EU FP6; Integrated urban water management (2006-2010) • Heathrow and Jersey Airport: BAA; Management of airport runoff (2003-2006) • COST 636: EU ESF; Fate of xenobiotics in the urban water cycle (2005-2007) • CROCUS: NERC/ESRC; Urban river restoration in potentially contaminated settings seminar series (2005-2007)
EU FP5 DayWater: Adaptive Decision Support Systems (ADSS) for Sustainable Stormwater Management • Decision support tools (e.g. MCA), information sources (e.g. urban dynamics) and databases (e.g. case studies) • A multi criteria analysis decision-support tool • A conceptual approach for predicting the behaviour of stormwater priority pollutants • BMP catalogue • ADSS available on-line at www.daywater.cz
EU FP6 SWITCH: Sustainable Water management Improves Tomorrow’s Cities’ Health • Technological options for stormwater control under conditions of uncertainty • Increasing urbanisation, climate change scenarios and changing socio-economic factors • Alternative hybrid and retrofit technological approaches • Risk assessment of proposed strategies • Decision-making processes for effective stormwater management • Current stormwater strategies in relation to planning procedures, supporting legislation and political initiatives • Decision-making processes and modes of communication • Multi-benefit catchment scale stormwater management strategies • Best management practice principles for stormwater management
Heathrow and Jersey Airports: Management of Airport Runoff • Aeration ponds, subsurface-flow wetland and floating wetland systems for removal of aircraft de-icing fluids • Field studies to monitor treatment performances of each component in relation to BOD removal • Laboratory work to simulate processes in ponds and wetlands • Assess impact of other airport runoff constituents on biodegradation processes
EU ESF COST 636: Fate of xenobiotics in the urban water cycle • Main objectives • Assess the role of xenobiotics in the urban water cycle • Develop strategies for minimizing their impact on humans and ecosystems • Working groups • Identification, sources and fluxes • Methods for treatment • Impact assessment • Analytical issues
NERC/ESRC CROCUS: Channel RestOration in Contaminated Urban Settings • Restored rivers as culture, Kingston University, 19-20 January 2006 • Restored rivers as engineered components of urban lifestyles, Cranfield University, 05/06 • River Restoration and public health (i) Problems and issues, University of Aberystwyth, date: TBC • River restoration and public health (ii) Methodologies and tools, Venue and date TBC • Policy and governance of restored rivers, Venue and date TBC • Communicating and managing risk in urban river settings, Queen Mary, University of London, 10/07.