Why install SuDS in schools?
The SuDS in Sutton’s Schools (SiSS) project will be installing SuDS in local schools:
- To reduce flood risk
- To ensure water entering the River Wandle is cleaner
- To save water from going straight down the drain
- To improve playgrounds spaces with new and interesting features
- To increase opportunities for cross-curricular outdoor education
- To improve the area for wildlife
- To educate pupils and the wider community about water issues
Why are SuDS needed?
In a natural landscape, rainwater is able to be useful. It can soak into the ground so plants can use it. It pools in ponds and wetlands, creating wildlife habitats. Some of it soaks deep into the earth where it is stored as groundwater. A small amount of rainwater becomes surface water runoff, flowing into rivers and out to sea. However, as more and more of the natural landscape is built over, this natural flow of water is disrupted.