Case Studies

Cradley Primary School B0410
Stormwater discharge restrictions imposed on a greenfield site for the new Cradley Primary School, in the rolling Herefordshire border country outside Malvern, meant an extensive flow control system was required..... Read more...

West Lothian's Fastlink Project B0609
The Fastlink Project is part of a far-reaching transport and development action plan for the Lothians and Edinburgh region. It comprises new road transport links in the Livingston/Edinburgh corridor to control vehicle commuter traffic through West Lothian..... Read more...

South Lanarkshire College A0410
South Lanarkshire College is moving from three separate campuses to one purpose built site on the Scottish Enterprise Technology Park in East Kilbride. Attenuation of stormwater runoff from the new building to meet discharge limits and quality requirements is being achieved with significant cost and space savings by installing a stormwater control system from Hydro International.... Read more...

Parc Bryn Cegin A0609
Sustainable commercial development has received a boost in North Wales with the installation of Hydro International's Stormcell® and Hydro-Brake® Flow Control stormwater control systems on one of the biggest business development projects for many years.... Read more...

Horsham Park & Ride C0609
The Hop Oast Park & Ride facility, designed in line with Horsham District Council's policy of providing sustainable infrastructure and services, is used to reduce long stay parking in the town centre. Adding further to its green credentials, Horsham District Council installed a porous pavement with a Hydro Stormwater Package System to ensure controlled... Read more...

Dettingen B0609
To meet the required stormwater discharge constraints from Barratt Southern Counties' prestigious 11 Hectare housing development at Dettingen Park, near Camberley, Hemsley Orrell Partnership (HOP) Consulting Engineers, selected Hydro's Stormcell® and Hydro-Brake® Flow Control. As the major components of the stormwater control system, this achieved the required discharge levels of 5 l/s and has been approved for adoption by Thames Water.Read more...

Goff's Oak I0609
At Goff's Oak in Hertfordshire, Baynham Developments constructed a development of 11 luxury houses. The total site area consists of approximately 1.1 ha. Read more...

Greenford Park G0811
On a redeveloped industrial park in Greenford, Middlesex, rainwater discharge constraints by Thames Water raised potential problems due to the runoff from the large paved areas of car park and roadway. By utilising Hydro's Stormcell® system, engineering consultants Waterman Partnership were able to locate the required storage tanks without taking up valuable site space. Read more...

Garden Centre G0609
For the new Oldrid Co. Ltd Garden Centre at Gonerby Moor, Lincolnshire, the main contractors - Lindum Group -limited its impact on the local services. Anticipating future pressure on potable water use, a rainwater recycling and irrigation system using Hydro's Stormcell® high capacity storage system. Read more...

Springfield Park E1201
Discharge restrictions imposed by Southern Water could have caused difficulties for a Berkeley Homes (Southern) Ltd development at Springfield Park, Horsham. By suggestion Hydro's Reg-U-Flo® Vortex Valve and Stormcell® storage and flow control system, the consultant engineers provided a highly effective solution within the space constrictions of the site. Read more...

Leaf Sails Farm B0609
At Beal Homes’ new Leaf Sail Farm site in Hull, stormwater run off from the development could have caused problems due to the surrounding topography. To resolve this whilst meeting the discharge constraints, the developers installed Hydro International’s Stormcell® Stormwater Storage System and a Hydro-Brake® Flow Control device... Read more...

Hillreed Homes A0605
In developing 35 homes at Cannon Lane and Brook Lane in Tonbridge Kent, Hillreed Homes had to implement specialist measures for building on a flood plain. A total of 549 m3 of Stormcell® stormwater storage and control was located in two sites under the back gardens of new houses. The primary purpose of the Stormcell® is to compensate for high water levels on Mill Stream, replacing the volume of storage that was provided by the flood plain prior to development... Read more...