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Our Sustainable Drainage System
This recent innovation is a sustainable and cost-effective combined sports surface and water management system, incorporating a lightweight plastic sub-base replacement.
It is particularly ideal for sports surface projects incorporating sites with:
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High susceptibility to flooding
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Low permeability soils
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Low lying pitches
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Regularly saturated surfaces
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Abnormal ground conditions
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Sloping site levels
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Rainwater harvesting requirements
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Ineffective existing water management systems
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Sustainable drainage system requirements
Water management benefits of the ‘zero pitch discharge' system include:
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Shallow attenuation, infiltration and drainage prevent exceeding of green field run off rate
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Rainwater harvesting facility provided
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Flood compensation facility inherent
The system's lightweight construction also helps in the following ways:
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No heavy construction plant required
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Ideal for abnormal ground conditions
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Typically no nett surcharge to underlying formation and lower CBR required
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Minimised CDM and Health & Safety implications
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Protection provided to tree roots
Consistency provided by the system helps to avoid possible problems by:
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No variability in sub-base quality or its compaction
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Cost certainty
As sustainability becomes increasingly important, SudsSports reassuringly:
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Minimises the need for quarried aggregates and reduces vehicle movements
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Requires no macadam layer, avoiding a possible contamination legacy
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Is a recycled, recyclable and reuseable system
Meanwhile, the system also provides cost effectiveness in the following ways:
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Low cost form of attenuation
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No under-pitch drainage pipes required
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Reduced excavation requirements
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Ground improvement rarely required at formation/base
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No sub-base aggregate import costs
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Less susceptible to delays due to adverse weather
Technical features of the system include
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95% factory formed ratio
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85mm thick
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Lightweight (less than 9kg/sq m)
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Interlocking to create raft
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Load capacity in excess of 70 tonnes/sq m
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Recycled, recyclable, reuseable material
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Retro-fit solution
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Sport England compliant
For full system details or a typical cross section of a SudsSports pitch, please see the attached document downloads.
Currently only provided by Thornton Sports, this SudsSports water management system is the first of its kind to make a zero pitch discharge rate achievable.
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