A EPSRC and industry/regulator funded £2.5M project has is now underway as part of the Sustainable Urban Environment initiative.

The aim of WaND (Water Cycle Management for New Developments) is to support the delivery of integrated, sustainable water management for new developments by provision of tools and guidelines for project design, implementation and management.

The project will be co-ordinated by Professor David Butler and his group at Imperial College London, and will include substantial input from the universities of Bradford, Cranfield, Leeds, Sheffield and Wales (Aberystwyth) plus CEH, HR Wallingford and WRc.

Work packages will focus on technical aspects of the water cycle (water supply, wastewater collection, storm drainage and SUDS). The SUDS work will be led by HRWallingford, CEH Wallingford and the Pennine Water group. In addition, there will also be work packages dealing with social, planning, economic and health issues.

The project will concentrate on the management of the water cycle as delivered at the local level in new developments. This will include work focussing on sustaianble drainage, designed to build on and complement other on-going projects. A number of case study sites, at various states of completion, will be studied. Offers of suitable sites for study are gratefully received.

The project began formally on 1st April 2003 and will last for 4 years.

For more details, please contact Prof Butler.