News: the works are now complete! For further details on the scheme design go to the Plymouth investment page.Read more
Visitors to the Molenwaterpark tell us what they think of the new park. Click on the image below to view it!Due to climate change, we are all facing the same challenge to prevent or reduce future damage from flooding, heat, drought and flooding. The Municipality of Middelburg is looking for practical solutions for this. The...Read more
Map showing location of Water Resilient Cities Project InvestmentsThis map shows the location of the sustainable drainage schemes and treepits installed as part of the Water Resilient Cities project in England, France, Belgium and the Netherlands. For more information about these investments, please visit the case studies pages here. Map showing location of Water Resilient...Read more
A video has been made to promote the draining pavement made of shell waste, used in Wimereux’s project. Click on the image below to view it!Read more
One-day conference: Alternative and sustainable stormwater managementClick to go to the latest video showing the completed works in WimereuxIn Wimereux, on 10 October 2019, SYMSAGEB organised a one-day Conference on alternative and sustainable stormwater management. This event was part of the WRC project (Water Resilient Cities), which itself emerged from the Interreg 2 Seas programme...Read more
In October 2018, the mayor of Bruges opened the modernised section of the King Albert I park in Bruges. The newly lardscaped area allows the city of Bruges to demonstrate the integration of improved rainwater control in a public park and to make a contribution towards a city-wide improvement of the water quality. The park...Read more
In April 2019, GreenBlue Urban were pleased to provide onsite support in the installation of their ArborFlow SuDS Tree pit in Katelijnevest in the City of Bruges to accommodate the planting of a young Tilia Lime tree. The ArborFlow tree pit was chosen as a means of handling surface water run-off from a sloping walk...Read more
On 12 February 2020, Plymouth City Council’s Water Resilient Cities Project team launched the Municipal Action Plan for Sustainable Drainage Systems for Plymouth City Centre at a dissemination event entitled ‘Installing Sustainable Drainage and Heat Networks in the Urban Environment. Over 70 delegates from across the region attended the event. A full copy of the...Read more
Dissemination event in the city of Douai, FranceIn the city of Douai (FR) the 3rd of December 2019, SYMSAGEB held, in partnership with ADOPTA , a day of visiting landscaping works for a sustainable rainwater management. Participants had the opportunity to have a look at a large panel of existing sustainable urban drainage systems :...Read more
In the Dauwendaele district in the Municipality of Middelburg, SuDS was implemented next to a shopping center. To maximise visibility of the investment and public awareness of climate resilience, citizens were be involved in the whole process. This pilot investment explores solutions for retrofitting of SUDS in two different types of urban public space: green...Read more