The Challenge
Understand how Sustainable Drainage Systems perform in the real world to reduce flood risk and improve water quality under changing rainfall.
Nature-based drainage, evidence and open tools for practice and learning
sensors measurements
SuDS features monitored
communities & campuses
live programmes (UoH, DIG, LWW…)
Understand how Sustainable Drainage Systems perform in the real world to reduce flood risk and improve water quality under changing rainfall.
Long-term, real-time monitoring using remote sensors across campus and community SuDS, with transparent methods and shared tools for analysis.
Evidence to optimise designs, wider acceptance and deployment of SuDS, and increased public awareness of flood risk and resilience.
Most days we give little thought to water in urban environments. During heavy rainfall, overwhelmed drainage can cause damaging floods. SuDS slow, store and filter runoff—vital for adapting to more frequent intense storms.
SuDSlab brings together on-campus features and community schemes like Blue-Green Lab, DIG and our Living With Water partnership to evaluate effectiveness and share learning.
Expanding a networked sensor system to observe hydrological processes within SuDS across sites. A public dashboard will allow direct download and exploration of responses in real-time.
Active programme of publications and conference engagement; Highly Commended (susdrain, 2022) for catchment-based solutions.
Blueprint for SuDS monitoring to replicate elsewhere; Knowledge Exchange Fellow in Floods & SuDS appointed with the DIG Project.
Teaching embedded in our programmes including MSc Flood Risk Management; community workshops and schools outreach using SuDSlab assets and data.
“The SuDSlab project is demonstrating ways to create more space for accessible nature in our urban environments, whilst capturing meaningful evidence for decision makers to replicate these changes elsewhere.”
Professor of Water Science · Lead
Postdoctoral Research Fellow
Lecturer in Environmental Humanities
Postdoctoral Researcher in Water Data For People
Lecturer in Geomorphology and Flood Risk
Strategic Projects Lead
Research Fellow 2024–2025
Technology Transfer Assistant 2023–2024
Campus SuDS with sensors across sewers, soil, groundwater & weather.
Resilience in Doncaster, Immingham & Grimsby using SuDS.
Agencies & universities in Hull and East Riding working together.
Nature-based measures for flooding, biodiversity and quality.
Where and when puddles appear using reports and analysis.
Shared expertise to advance water data practice.
Arrange a tour, share datasets, or collaborate on monitoring.