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8.5.2 Aspects of Health and Safety in SuDS

A number of risks associated with SuDS can This issue is considered in greater detail in
be identified: the Detail Design section but the general
approach to ‘Health and Safety by Design’ is
1. the risk of drowning Outline Design
that all parts of a SuDS design should be fully
2. slip and trip hazard accessible to people, with each element of

the design considered from the health and
3. risk of disease
safety perspective.
4. risk of toxicity
The design of the water edge to ponds,
5. infrastructure issues – aircraft (bird wetlands and basins is a good example of
strikes), highways, sewers etc. where the design allows a person to walk into
and out of the feature safely in the design
sequence;

A flat dry bench at the edge of the structure:
a gentle slope, max 1:3 down to the water: a
wet bench at permanent water level: another
gentle slope into the water and another
underwater level bench before deeper water.

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