SUSTAINABLE DRAINAGE SYSTEM USING LOW COMMERCIAL VALUE CERAMICS
CERSUDS
Location: Benicassim, Spain
Date of construction: 2018
Info:
Sustainable drainage system (CERSUDS) pilot experience uses low commercial value ceramics in stock as a permeable urban pavement. This floor allows water infiltration, runoff treatment and water reuse as part of a SUDS. The demonstrator, with an area of approximately 3,000 m2, has been built in a consolidated urban environment of light and pedestrian traffic located in the municipality of Benicàssim (Spain).
The Project demonstrator organizes the system around the operation of rain gardens and are used as landscaped living areas. The pedestrian sidewalks working as infiltration areas and collecting runoff water, which is led to a channel-tank. This channel-tank, located under the bike path, stores the water needed for irrigation of the garden, covering 97% of the irrigation needs for the typical year and thus directly linking the sustainable management of rainwater and the improvement of environmental conditions in public spaces.
Implementing SuDS surfaces in the urban areas and in the areas surrounding buildings enhance adaptability to climate change and to foster the use of this green infrastructure to create affordable and accessible urban living spaces.
