Surface Water Management Consultancy

Integrating surface water management, landscape and engineered infrastructure across complex urban environments.

GreenBlue Urban translates SuDS strategy into practical delivery, identifying the right interventions and supporting end-to-end implementation across streets, developments and public spaces.

The Challenge

Surface water management increasingly requires more than isolated drainage interventions. Projects need practical, nature-based solutions that can reduce runoff, support urban greening and work within real site, funding and delivery constraints.

At the same time, organisations are under pressure to identify where investment will have the greatest impact across different sites, catchments and communities.

Delivering these objectives together can present several challenges:

Defining what is achievable within available funding

Identifying the right solution for each catchment

Turning strategy into practical, buildable schemes

Coordinating design, delivery and long-term maintenance

“Nature-based drainage delivers the greatest value when water management, landscape and infrastructure are designed together.”

Translating Strategy Into Deliverable SuDS

Surface water strategies often begin with hydrological modelling and engineering analysis. Delivering successful schemes on real sites requires coordination between drainage design, landscape infrastructure and practical implementation.

GreenBlue Urban works alongside water companies, local authorities, consultancies and contractors to help translate SuDS strategies into practical, buildable infrastructure for streets, developments and public spaces.

By combining engineering understanding with urban landscape infrastructure expertise, we help project teams deliver nature-based drainage schemes that can be implemented confidently within real urban environments.

Retrofit Projects

Integrating SuDS within constrained existing urban environments, including streets and public spaces
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New Developments

Supporting coordinated drainage strategies across residential and mixed-use schemes
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Public Realm

Delivering integrated drainage infrastructure within streets and civic spaces
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Multi-Site Programmes

Helping support scalable SuDS delivery across wider infrastructure programmes
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Supporting Delivery at Every Project Stage

GreenBlue Urban supports SuDS delivery from early project planning through to implementation, coordination and long-term performance. Our role adapts depending on project scale, delivery requirements and stakeholder coordination needs across different urban environments.

By combining infrastructure expertise with practical implementation understanding, we help support smoother delivery across complex drainage and landscape projects.

We support projects from early-stage planning through to installation, coordination and ongoing performance monitoring.

• Feasibility and site identification
• Hydraulic modelling support
• Installation and delivery guidance
• Ongoing performance and maintenance

Define

We assess the site, catchment, funding parameters and project objectives to define what is achievable and where surface water interventions can deliver the greatest impact.

Design

We develop practical SuDS and green infrastructure proposals that respond to site constraints, hydraulic requirements, public realm needs and long-term performance.

Deliver

We support implementation on site, helping coordinate installation, resolve practical challenges and ensure the design intent is carried through into construction.

Maintain

We provide clear guidance for long-term management, helping ensure systems remain effective, accessible and maintainable beyond installation, with performance considered throughout their lifecycle.

Industry Insight and Research

Updates, commentary and technical insight from the GreenBlue Urban team.

Wood Street, Cardiff
A major Cardiff streetscape regeneration scheme integrating SuDS tree pits, rain gardens and urban greening to support surface water management and pedestrian movement.
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Fleet Valley Pocket Park
A compact Camden pocket park retrofit using SuDS planting and tree pits to manage surface water, increase biodiversity and create valuable green space.
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Reclaim the Rain, East Anglia
A community-led East Anglia SuDS initiative using SuDSPods to reduce local flood risk, reuse rainwater and support learning in schools and shared spaces.
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