Title
Future outlook for urban drainage
Author
Diaz-Nieto, Jacqueline (Environmental Protection Group Ltd.)
Smith, Brian (Yorkshire Water)
Ashley, Richard (University of Sheffield)
Langeveld, J.G. (TU Delft Sanitary Engineering) 
Contributor
Ashley, Richard (editor)
Smith, Brian (editor)
Shaffer, Paul (editor)
Caffoor, Issy (editor)
Date
2024
Abstract
The lack of flexibility in current drainage infrastructure combined with uncertainty, changing societal needs and demands affect the robustness and resilience of current drainage systems to future pressures. This chapter looks at how new thinking and alternative, more innovative ways to deliver a sustainable, affordable operating model for drainage services is required, including taking advantage of the opportunities from using a landscape-based approach to stormwater management. It examines skills and capacity planning, and the need to futureproof the workforce of the sector. In considering the pressures on drainage infrastructure, advances in digitalisation and technological innovation are considered as a means to unlock the potential of data-driven decision making and artificial intelligence, thus transforming sector efficiency.
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DOI
https://doi.org/10.1680/icehudp.41783.357
Publisher
Emerald Publishing
Embargo date
2024-08-12
ISBN
9780727741783
Source
ICE Handbook of Urban Drainage Practice
Bibliographical note
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Part of collection
Institutional Repository
Document type
book chapter
Rights
© 2024 Jacqueline Diaz-Nieto, Brian Smith, Richard Ashley, J.G. Langeveld