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Overview  SuDS schemes offer diverse benefits over   Multi-functional SuDS                                        Overview
      components can serve,
 conventional drainage.
      when dry, as significant
      community spaces.


 Surface flows minimise
 any chance of
 blockage




 Reduced risk of
 flooding over                                                                   Hydrocarbons are
 conventional drainage,                                                          remediated via
 as flows are held for                                                           biological processes.
 longer within SuDS                                                              Robust planting is
 features                                                                        required to manage this.

















 15                                                                                     Trees and plants           16

                                                                                        can benefit
                                                                                        greatly from
                                                                                        additional water
                                                                                        inputs,
                                                                                        particularly in
                                                                                        stressful urban
 River erosion can                                                                      situations.
 be reduced








 Components linked in series
 to trap silt and heavy
 pollution ‘at source’ before
 providing additional                                                       Recharge of
 treatment.                                                                 groundwater and
                             Habitat connections are                        aquifers via infiltration
                             made






 London Borough of Newham SuDS D & E Guide                                                    © 2020 McCloy Consulting & Robert Bray Associates  London Borough of Newham SuDS D & E Guide                                                    © 2020 McCloy Consulting & Robert Bray Associates
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