Urban Green DaMS (Design and Modelling of SuDS)
Lead Research Organisation:
Newcastle University
Department Name: Sch of Engineering
Abstract
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Publications
Walsh Claire
(2019)
Towards a full-scale green infrastructure demonstration facility
in EGU General Assembly Conference Abstracts
Walsh CL
(2018)
Putting green infrastructure to the test for urban catchments
in Water Industry Journal
Peng Z
(2023)
Visualisation of clogging in green infrastructure growing media
in Urban Water Journal
McClean F
(2020)
Implications of Using Global Digital Elevation Models for Flood Risk Analysis in Cities
in Water Resources Research
Green D
(2021)
Green infrastructure: The future of urban flood risk management?
in WIREs Water
| Description | Project progress has been negatively impacted by the COVID-19 pandemic, as scheduled regular project meetings and conferences have had to be postponed or moved online. This has affected collaborative efforts and project dissemination. Additionally, site access limitations have meant that field-based experiments which the project is reliant on were significantly delayed, resulting in severely limited data collection period. Urban Green DaMS (UGDaMS) has involved the commissioning of four large scale experimental lysimeter bioretention systems to provide long-term monitoring data relating to the functioning of Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS). Lysimeter commissioning was completed at the UKCRIC National Green Infrastructure Facility in Autumn 2020. The UGDaMS lysimeters allow an understanding of the capacity and effectiveness of monitored bioretention systems to attenuate urban flooding. Each lysimeter has been equipped with a dense network of multi-parameter sensors, allowing spatiotemporal soil-atmosphere interactions to be observed and changes in relation to weather events to be quantified. Further, the lysimeters have been subjected to design storm events outside of the instrumented recorded to determine how SuDS respond to high intensity rainfall events. Project findings suggest that bioretention systems can effectively manage and attenuate urban rainfall-runoff processes, providing a sustainable approach to reducing stress on traditional grey infrastructure. Results from the lysimeter experiments provide a high resolution monitored evidence-base for informed future urban planning and the development of best management practices of urban surface water using sustainable drainage systems (SuDS) to a wide range of stakeholders, where monitoring data is lacking. Research outputs on experimental monitoring and experimentation are already under review / in preparation for submission to internationally recognised academic journals. All project data is automatically archived and downloadable via the NGIF online application (https://ngif.newcastle.ac.uk), and can be accessed via a citable data record: Stirling, R. Green, D., Starkey, E., Walsh, C., Walker, A., Holmes, J., Dawson, R. (2021) 'Data from the UKCRIC National Green Infrastructure Facility: Advancing Knowledge of Green Infrastructure and Sustainable Drainage Systems', Newcastle University. Dataset. Available at: https://doi.org/10.25405/data.ncl.14605569.v2. Physically-based data from functioning systems is a prerequisite to support numerical modelling studies, allowing monitored data to be upscaled in support of widespread city-wide adoption of SuDS systems for urban hazard management. |
| Exploitation Route | The work is feeding into design, implementation, regulatory targets, and guidance - following a CIRIA workshop we hope this will include incorporation into the forthcoming update of CIRIA's The SuDS Manual (C753F). |
| Sectors | Construction,Environment |
| URL | https://ugdams.sites.sheffield.ac.uk/ |
| Description | The nature of the research is very applied, so there has been alot of industry interest following presentations at the International Conference on Urban Drainage 2021 and wider outreach and public engagement activities across NGIF, including Open Days, online engagement events and bespoke stakeholder visits. Data from the four large-scale, fully functional bioretention systems is being used by partners to improve design of green infrastructure for urban flood management. Partners include Innovyze, CIRIA, Newcastle and Sheffield City Councils, Arup, Welsh Water, Northumbrian Water. Through a workshop with the Construction Industry Research and Information Association (CIRIA) we discussed the impact of this work on design, implementation, regulatory targets, and guidance including incorporation into the forthcoming update of CIRIA's The SuDS Manual (C753F). |
| First Year Of Impact | 2023 |
| Sector | Construction,Environment |
| Impact Types | Societal |
| Title | Data from the UKCRIC National Green Infrastructure Facility |
| Description | Data from the UKCRIC National Green Infrastructure Facility |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2020 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| Impact | Made live data available from the UKCRIC National Green Infrastructure Facility |
| URL | https://api.ngif.urbanobservatory.ac.uk/ |
| Title | Urban Green DaMS: Recycled Bioretention Media SWMM Modelling Input Datafiles |
| Description | All required data and model input files to replicate the findings of De-Ville et al. (2021) 'Evaluating the Potential Hydrological Performance of a Bioretention Media with 100% Recycled Waste Components' Water |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2021 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| URL | https://figshare.shef.ac.uk/articles/dataset/Urban_Green_DaMS_Recycled_Bioretention_Media_SWMM_Model... |
| Title | Urban Green DaMS: Recycled Bioretention Media SWMM Modelling Input Datafiles |
| Description | All required data and model input files to replicate the findings of De-Ville et al. (2021) 'Evaluating the Potential Hydrological Performance of a Bioretention Media with 100% Recycled Waste Components' Water |
| Type Of Material | Database/Collection of data |
| Year Produced | 2021 |
| Provided To Others? | Yes |
| URL | https://figshare.shef.ac.uk/articles/dataset/Urban_Green_DaMS_Recycled_Bioretention_Media_SWMM_Model... |
| Description | Strategic partnership with Arup |
| Organisation | Arup Group |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | Provide research findings. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Arup are advisers to a number of projects, providing steering guidance and helping to raise the profile of the work within industry. |
| Impact | Member of Arup staff now a Visiting Professor of Practice at Newcastle University. Collaborations have also emerged in international work in India and Colombia. |
| Start Year | 2019 |
| Description | Strategic partnership with Northumbrian Water Group |
| Organisation | Northumbrian Water |
| Country | United Kingdom |
| Sector | Private |
| PI Contribution | New facilities, research activity, access to modelling etc. |
| Collaborator Contribution | Northumbrian Water have supported PhD research directly, and provided access to data, and provided staff time for collaboration and strategic partnership. |
| Impact | Still ongoing. |
| Start Year | 2018 |
| Description | Dissemination - E-UNSAT 2020 - Monitoring of thermo-hydrological behaviour in Green Infrastructure |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Dr Ross Stirling and Dr Anil Yildiz gave the presentation, Monitoring of thermo-hydrological behaviour in Green Infrastructure, at the E-UNSAT 2020 online conference on 16 Oct 2020 and to share research, raise awareness, learning and collaboration opportunities. Collaboration discussed with other researchers using our data, EPSRC funding proposal followed. https://eprint.ncl.ac.uk/269333 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tC6foYyetpg |
| Description | Dissemination - EGU 2020 - A (small) step towards standardisation in rainfall simulation experiments, 5 May 2020 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Dr Ross Stirling and Dr Daniel Green presented the paper, A (small) step towards standardisation in rainfall simulation experiments, at EGU 2020 online conference on 5 May 2020 and to share research, raise awareness, learning, collaboration opportunities. Collaboration opportunities with research group in Portugal. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2020/EGU2020-18556.html |
| Description | Dissemination - EGU 2020 - Harvesting Energy from Buried Infrastructure: current UKCRIC research 5 April 2020 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Dr Ross Stirling and Dr Anil Yildiz presented the paper, Harvesting Energy from Buried Infrastructure: current UKCRIC research, at the EGU 2020 online conference on 5 April 2020. Share research, raise awareness, learning, collaboration opportunities. Collaboration discussed with other researchers using our data, EPSRC funding proposal followed. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU2020/EGU2020-19412.html |
| Description | Dissemination - ICE Presidential Visit, 22 October 2020 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Dr Eleanor Starkey attended the ICE Presidential Visit on 22 October 2020. Raise awareness, collaboration opportunities and share research with other ICE members. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Dissemination - NGIF engagement & stakeholder work, 8 February 2021 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Dr Eleanor Starkey and Dr Ross Stirling participated in the NERC Engaging Environments Partnership-Virtual science camp introduction on 8 February 2021. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://earthwatch.org.uk/component/k2/early-career-research-opportunity |
| Description | Dissemination - NGIF monitoring - online conference 12 September 2020 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Dr Eleanor Starkey attended the UK Environmental Observations Framework - citizen science working group environmental science online conference to share research, raise awareness, learning, collaboration. Dr Starkey also presented a poster. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Dissemination - overview of NGIF facility via members magazine 1 November 2020 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A magazine, newsletter or online publication |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Dr Eleanor Starkey, Dr Claire Walsh and Dr Ross Stirling gave an overview of the NGIF facility via the Northumberland and Newcastle Society members magazine. Share research, raise awareness of NGIF, learning and collaboration opportunities. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.nandnsociety.org.uk/ |
| Description | Dissemination and virtual tour of NGIF at CIRIA online conference,15 October 2020 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Policymakers/politicians |
| Results and Impact | Dr Eleanor Starkey presented at the Delivering and Monitoring Blue-Green Infrastructure CIRIA Online Conference on 15 October 2020 which resulted in collaboration opportunities being discussed with EA and Case Study Contribution (CIRIA NFM guide). https://twitter.com/sydsimpson/status/1316749478171471873?s=20 |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.ciria.org/CIRIA/Navigation/Events/Event_Display.aspx?EventKey=E20236 |
| Description | Dissemination and virtual tour of NGIF for UG students - Northumbria University December 2020 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Local |
| Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Dr Eleanor Starkey hosted a learning and career development virtual tour of NFIG for Green Cities and Nature Based Solutions - undergraduate Stage 2 students from Northumbria University. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Dr Daniel Green, Co-convener of EGU session on Experiments in Hydrology |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | On 30 April 2021 Dr Daniel Green was Co-convener of EGU session on Experiments in Hydrology to disseminate research in a relevant field to international partners. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU21/session/39108 |
| Description | Dr Danile Green, Convener of EGU Session on Green Infrastructure |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | On 26 April 2021 Dr Daniel Green was a Convener of a EGU session on Green Infrastructure (GI) Establishing NGIF as a global hub for GI and SuDS research. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU21/session/39101 |
| Description | EGU General Assembly Presentation - NGIF 29 April 2021 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | On 29 April 2021 at the international EGU General Assembly Dr Daniel Green gave a presentation "National Green Infrastructure Facility - a specialised 'living laboratory' to assess the value of urban green infrastructure" to 40 people. Dissemination NGIF research activities to relevant scientific communities. His presentation was viewed by ~100 people after the conference. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU21/EGU21-12457.html |
| Description | EGU General Assembly presentation - UGDaMS 26 April 2021 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | On Monday 26 April 2021 Dr Daniel Green gave a presentation, "Investigating bioretention cell performance: A large-scale lysimeter study", to the international EGU General Assembly, HS5.4.2 session. Dissemination of project (UGDaMS) research activities to relevant scientific communities. Over 40 people attended the session and his presentation was viewed by ~100 people after the conference. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU21/EGU21-10259.html |
| Description | Experimental hydrology and hydraulics in Geosciences |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Jorge Isidoro, Adriana Bruggeman, Marinos Eliades, Carla Ferreira, Daniel Green, Christoph Külls. HS1.1.5: Experimental hydrology and hydraulics in Geosciences. Session at EGU General Assembly 2021, 19 - 30th April 2021. Details: https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU21/session/39108. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU21/session/39108 |
| Description | Expert Advisory Board Meeting April 2019 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Approx. 8 non-project attendees, from among our Project Partner group (https://ugdams.sites.sheffield.ac.uk/project-partners). As this was the first EAB meeting, the focus was to explain our project objectives, and to allow our Partners to comment and/or share their ideas and experience. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://ugdams.sites.sheffield.ac.uk/outputs-publications |
| Description | Expert Advisory Board Meeting September 2019 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Approx 6 non-academic attendees, from among our Project Partner group (https://ugdams.sites.sheffield.ac.uk/project-partners). As this was the second EAB meeting, the focus was to discuss progress to date, and to allow our Partners to comment and/or share their ideas and experience. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| URL | https://ugdams.sites.sheffield.ac.uk/ |
| Description | Final dissemination workshop |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Bioretention research and practice This free event, hosted by The University of Sheffield and Newcastle University, provided insight into the outcomes and impacts of a three-year collaborative research project (Urban Green DaMS) to improve design parameters for biofilters/raingardens. Drainage/flood protection engineers need to be able to quantify how SuDS devices respond to rainfall events - including the extreme events that are responsible for flooding - to effectively use SuDS for stormwater management purposes. Biofilters (also known as raingardens) manage runoff from catchments typically ten times larger than their own plan area and provide filtration of pollutants associated with road runoff. The 'Urban Green DaMS' project collected data from a combination of full-scale test beds (lysimeters) at Newcastle University and column tests at The University of Sheffield. The data will help understand and quantify the influence of design parameters (growing media composition, planting selection and outlet control configuration) on the rainfall retention (ET rates) and runoff detention performance (K values and outlet controls) of lined biofilter systems. Findings of the three-year EPSRC-funded collaborative research project were summarised by the researchers and use of the data within modelling for rainwater management was discussed. SuDS practitioners talked about the impact of this work on design, implementation, regulatory targets, and guidance including incorporation into the forthcoming update of CIRIA's The SuDS Manual (C753F). They also provided an overview of important ongoing retrofit SuDS projects. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| URL | https://www.ciria.org/Events/Post_event_information2/2022/Bioretention-research-and-practice.aspx |
| Description | Green infrastructure for sustainable urban hazard management |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | Daniel Green, Jorge Isidoro, Lei Li, Louise Slater. HS5.4.2: Green infrastructure for sustainable urban hazard management. Session at EGU General Assembly 2021, 19 - 30th April 2021. Details: https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU21/session/39101. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2021 |
| URL | https://meetingorganizer.copernicus.org/EGU21/session/39101 |
| Description | H7O: Global Water Security Innovations and Challenges |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Professional Practitioners |
| Results and Impact | Organised a major international symposium on water security. Led to follow on interactions with industry and national and international researchers. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | International Expert Advisory Board Meeting July 2019 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A formal working group, expert panel or dialogue |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Other audiences |
| Results and Impact | This was a meeting with our International Academic Expert Advisory Board. Exchange of information on recent and current research relevant to the project, particularly from Australia, New Zealand, USA and France. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2019 |
| Description | Invited seminar overseas |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A talk or presentation |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Undergraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Invited seminar delivered by Daniel Green and Ross Stirling on 2nd December at the Department of Civil Engineering, Institute of Engineering, University of Algarve. Dissemination of results and has led to invitation of the project team members to join the scientific committee of the 2nd Rainfall Simulator Workshop (May 2023). |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2022 |
| Description | Sky News - 6pm National News, 18th Feb 2020 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | A press release, press conference or response to a media enquiry/interview |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Media (as a channel to the public) |
| Results and Impact | Interviewed about floods and climate change impacts. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Tour of NGIF 6 October 2020 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Learning, career development. On 6 October 2020 six local/national/international MSc Hydrology/Hydrogeology and Water Management students toured the NGIF facility with Dr Eleanor Starkey and Dr Daniel Green. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://twitter.com/NGIF_UK/status/1313529319000600577?s=20 |
| Description | Tour of NGIF, Corehaus Modular Housing, 15 September 2020 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | Regional |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Dr Ross Stirling hosted a tour of NFIG for members of staff from Corehaus Modular Housing which resulted in an EPSRC Responsive Mode grant application submission. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Virtual (video) session on hydrometric kit & infiltration tests, October 2020 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Postgraduate students |
| Results and Impact | Dr Paul Quinn and Dr Eleanor Starkey gave a virtual (video) learning and career development session on hydrometric kit & infiltration tests to MSc Hydrology/Hydrogeology and Water Management students. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | Virtual tour of NGIF, 10 September 2020 |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an open day or visit at my research institution |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | National |
| Primary Audience | Industry/Business |
| Results and Impact | Dr Ross Stirling hosted a virtual tour of NGIF on 10 September 2020 for members of British Water - Surface Water Management Focus Group to share research, raise awareness, learning and collaboration opportunities. The event resulted in developing an Innovate UK Proposal. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| Description | WaterAid Summity |
| Form Of Engagement Activity | Participation in an activity, workshop or similar |
| Part Of Official Scheme? | No |
| Geographic Reach | International |
| Primary Audience | Supporters |
| Results and Impact | WaterAid Water and Climate Summit. Participation in the session on Climate Change Adaptation. |
| Year(s) Of Engagement Activity | 2020 |
| URL | https://www.wateraid.org/uk/media/hrh-the-prince-of-wales-and-wateraid-to-host-major-water-and-clima... |