A pioneering drainage scheme on a Hampshire housing development, acclaimed as a national example of good practice, was only made possible by 18 of the country's best-kept SUDS secrets. The 1,900-home Elvetham Heath development at Fleet is hailed as a shining example of Sustainable Drainage Systems (SUDS) using linked swales and ponds. It is featured in the Government's seminal Response to the Pitt Review, the forerunner of the Flood and Water Management Act. But the report does not point out that it is the performance of 18 Hydro- Brake flow control devices that enables the SUDS scheme to operate successfully.
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