Cohousing-L Mailing List: Re: Surface water SUDS

[James Kacki (jimkacki]

David,
I checked out the site photos on your web-site and i must say it looks 
like a fantastic development.  I'm also interested in learning more 
about SUDS, especially the rills, waterfalls etc.  They adds to the 
beauty of the place as well as being functional.  Is SUDS a well-known 
system, or did you make it up as you went along.  Any books/websites 
about it that you could recommend?
James

Dimitri Galitzine wrote:
> David,
> I would be most interested in the SUDS system.  If you could copy me on the
> photographs, I would be very grateful.
> Our cohousing project has not yet begun to build and the information would
> be interesting.
> Many thanks,
> dg
>
> Dimitri Galitzine
> Design Development Associates, LLC
> Tel: 914 522 5336
> dg [at] desdev.net
> http://www.desdev.net
>  
>
> -----Original Message-----
> From: David [mailto:david [at] ic.org] 
> Sent: Friday, June 15, 2007 6:15 PM
> To: cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org
> Subject: [C-L]_ Surface water SUDS
>
> Hi Rob,
> We at Springhill Cohousing, Stroud, England, have a system called SUDS
> (sustainable Urban Drainage Scheme) to deal with our surface water. It has
> many underground storage tanks, water falls, rills and porous parking area
> with oil and debris filtration. This has the effect to slow down the run off
> and mimic a green field site and avoid flooding and the need for over-sized
> municipal drains.
> Our water eventually arrives in a stream which is then re-cycled by the
> water authority.
> I can send you photos directly to your email. I am happy to take some more
> photos in the next few days showing more of the system.
>
> David Michael
> Springhill Cohousing
> Www.springhillcohousing.com
> (35 houses and flats 1st residents moved in 2003)
>
>
> On 15/6/07 03:04, "cohousing-l-request [at] cohousing.org"
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> > Message: 5
> > Date: Thu, 14 Jun 2007 16:50:12 -0700
> > From: "Rob Sandelin" <floriferous [at] msn.com>
> > Subject: [C-L]_ More pictures needed - surface water systems
> > To: "'Cohousing-L'" <cohousing-l [at] cohousing.org>
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> > At the end of the month I am hosting a meeting of local municipal planners
> > who are interested in cohousing. I have lots of photos for a good slide
>
> show
>
> > but what I do not have is some photos showing clever or innovative ways to
> > deal with surface water runoff.  If you have some you could share that
>
> would
>
> > be most excellent.
> >
> > Rob Sandelin
> > Sharingwood
> > Snohomish County, WA
>
>
>
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