EUGINE is a collaborative Knowledge Exchange project between The University of Sheffield and Severn Trent Water, focusing on enabling delivery of state-of-the-art Sustainable Drainage Systems (SuDS) for Mansfield, UK.
Mansfield Sustainable Flood Resilience Programme
Severn Trent Water are investing £76 million in Mansfield on a range of nature-based solutions to protect communities from flooding.
Working alongside Mansfield District Council and Nottinghamshire County Council, this is the largest project of its kind ever to be attempted in the country.
When it’s complete, the scheme will be able to store over 58 million litres of surface water – that’s about 23 Olympic-sized swimming pools. In real terms this means reduced flood risk for 90,000 people and the creation of 390 jobs locally, too.
The programme will the blueprint for how we manage flooding in the future across the UK. And at the same time, it makes Mansfield an even fresher, greener place to live for thier customers and communities.
The University of Sheffield Team
Dr Simon De-Ville
IAA Research Fellow
(Principal Investigator)
Simon is an Early Career Researcher whose work focuses on understanding the dynamic processes within urban green infrastructure to provide the knowledge and tools to advance the design and adoption of Urban Green Infrastructure for Stormwater Management.
Professor Virgina Stovin
Professor of Green Infrastructure for Stormwater Management
Virginia Stovin is Professor of Green Infrastructure for Stormwater Management at the University of Sheffield. She has authored more than 20 journal papers relating to the hydrological performance of vegetated SuDS, including ponds, green roofs and bioretention cells.
Our Aims
EUGINE will integrate the findings of the recently concluded Urban Green DaMS (Design and Modelling of SuDS) programme with current design practice to facilitate the development of state-of-the-art sustainable drainage systems. In partnership with Severn Trent, and their consulting engineers, we aim to provide:
Clear SuDS monitoring guidelines to maximise the impact of collected performance data on national policy and practice;
An analysis of pre- and post-SuDS-construction surface water system performance in the town-centre pilot systems;
A suite of on-site tests to permit the rapid identification of SuDS material physical characteristics to ensure compliance with design.
Our Progress & Outcomes
The project is currently still ramping up, check back soon for updates on progress and project outcomes.
This work is funded by:
