

Sustainable drainage systems (also known as SuDS, SUDS, or sustainable urban drainage systems) are a collection of water management practices that aim to align modern drainage systems with natural water processes. SuDS efforts make urban drainage systems more compatible with components of the natural water cycle such as storm surge overflows, soil percolation, and bio-filtration. These efforts hope to mitigate the effect human development has had or may have on the natural water cycle, particularly surface runoff and water pollution trends. SuDS have become popular in recent decades as our understanding of how urban development affects natural environments, as well as concern for climate change and sustainability, have increased. SuDS often use built components that mimic natural features in order to integrate urban drainage systems into the natural drainage systems or a site as efficiently and quickly as possible. SUDS infrastructure has become a large part of the Blue-Green Cities demonstration project in Newcastle-upon-Tyne.
*Working Group on Drainage (WG-DRG) [1983-2013] concluded at Mardin in 2013 and established a new WG-SDRG
Mandate: (a) To promote drainage as part of integrated water resources management; and (b) To promote sustainable approaches for drainage and related projects through a balanced integration of (i) environmental, (ii) economic, and (iii) social and cultural aspects. The WG will work on – (a) Soil management and (integrated) water (resources) management; (b) Traditional and wise drainage management including (i) dry drainage and bio drainage, (ii) arid and semi-arid zones v/s rain fed zones, and (iii) controlled drainage and regulated drainage; (c) Operation and maintenance; (d) Promotion of multi-stakeholders approaches; (e) Reuse and multiple uses; (f) Promotion of risk assessment under global change, and (g) Assessment of drainage needs.
Sl. No. | Name | Country | Membership | |
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1 | Mr. Bernard Vincent | Bernard.vincent@orange.fr | France | Chair |
2 | Dr. Momon Sodik Imanudin | momon_unsri@yahoo.co.id | Indonesia | Vice Chair |
3 | Dr. (Ms.) Naoko KOSHIYAMA | koshiyama-n@ceri.go.jp | Japan | Member |
4 | Mr. Taku MORI | t.mori@ntc-i.co.jp | Japan | Member |
5 | Dr. Natsuki YOSHIKAWA | natsuky@agr.niigata-u.ac.jp | Japan | Member |
6 | Eng. Mohamed Saleh El-Basyony | Egypt | Member | |
7 | Eng. Maiada Mohamed Anwar | Egypt | Member | |
8 | Prof. Dr. Seong Joon Kim | kimsj@konkuk.ac.kr | South Korea | Member |
9 | Ir. Henk P. Ritzema | henk.ritzema@wur.nl | Netherlands | Member |
10 | Mr. Shinsuke OTA | shinsuke-ota@r5.dion.ne.jp | Japan | Member |
11 | Ms. Wang Shaoli | shaoliw@iwhr.com | China | Member |
12 | Mr. Mati Tonismae | soerimati@gmail.com | Estonia | Member |
13 | Mr. Krishna Prasad Rijal | krishnarijal@gmail.com | Nepal | Member |
14 | Mr. Dilip Yewalekar - Direct Member | yewalekar.dilip@jains.com | India | Member |
15 | Ms Helena Aijo | helena.aijo@salaojayhdistys.fi | Finland | Member |
16 | Dr. Gurbachan Singh | gbsingh@cssri.ernet.in | India | Member |
17 | Mr. Ardavan Azari | ard.azari@gmail.com | Iran | Member |
18 | Prof. Sang-Ok, Chung | sochung@bh.kyungpook.ac.kr | South Korea | Member |
19 | Mr. Fazal Rehman Kashif | kashifd5@hotmail.com | Pakistan | Member |
20 | Dr. Yurli Yanko | lomvh@mail.admiral.ru | Russia | Member |
21 | Mr. AT Van Coller | smaes@nda.agric.za | South Africa | Member |
22 | Dr. James E. Ayars | jayars@fresno.ars.usda.gov | United States of America | Member |
23 | Engr. Ashraf El Sayed Ismail | ashsayed@hotmail.com | Egypt | Member |
24 | Engr. Mohd Anuar Musardar bin Yusoff | anuarmus88@yahoo.com | Malaysia | Member |
25 | Dr. (Ms.) Naoko Koshiyama | koshiyama-n@ceri.go.jp | Japan | Provisional Member |
26 | Prof. Aidan Senzanje | SenzanjeA@ukzn.ac.za | South Africa | Provisional Member |
27 | Mr. Amjed Mohammed Abbas | mam.eng_82@yahoo.com | Iraq | Provisional Member |
28 | Mr. Raed Abbood Awad | Raadaboud45O@yahoo.com | Iraq | Provisional Member |
29 | Eng. Dina Mahmoud Mohamed Ali-Young Prfoessional | Egypt | Provisional Member | |
30 | Prof. L.B. Roy Direct Member | lbroy@nitp.ac.in | India | Provisional Member |
31 | Dr. R.C. Jain | ratan.jain@gmail.com | India | Provisional Member |
AGENDA/MINUTES/REPORTS/PUBLICATIONS-
CHAIRMAN’S MESSAGE+
ACTIVITIES+
ANNOUNCEMENT+
PRESENTATIONS+
Bali, Indonesia, 2019
- Drainmod Model Adaptation for Developing Recommendations to Maintain Water Table in The Tertiary Block of Tidal Lowland Reclamations Areas (A Case Study in Sugihan Kanan Under Corn Cultivation)
- Working Group on Drainage - Completion of the Mandate: 2019 - Theme: System
- Adaptive Measures at Farm Levels Water Management to Cope with Climate Change (Case Study of Mohanpura Project)
- Green infrastructures V/S drainage water quality
- Biosaline Agriculture (Haloculture) Pilot Complex
2016 — "Bio-drainage for Management of Waterlogging and Soil Salinity", by Gurbachan Singh and K. Lal
Montpellier, France, 2015
- Assesment of Traditional Drainage System with Special Reference to Karnataka State, India- A Case Study by Mr. Ramana Gowda, P., Krishnamurthy, N., and Ranjithkumar, T. M.
- Drip Irrigation and Drainage between Water Saving and Salinity Control: Field Evidence from the Lower Cheliff (Algeria) by Mr. Hartani.T
- Reuse of Drainage Water in Iraq by Mr. Julien Lecollinet
- Sub-Irrigation and Controlled Drainage Increase Yields and Mitigate Acid Loading in Finnish Cultivated Acid Sulfate Soils byy Mr. Seija Virtanen
- Performance Evaluation of Improved Subsurface Drainage System by Ms. Shaoli Wang
Gwangju, Rep. of Korea, 2014