Local authorities maybe able to charge the owners of new homes for urban drainage measures such as ponds and swales. This is one option being looked at that could break a four-year deadlock on who should pick up the bill for sustainable urban drainagesystems (SUDS) built into new housing developments to lessen flood risk. Recent floods have made action imperative, argue many in the landscape sector, led by the Landscape Institute. Sewers cannot cope while Government "appears paralysed" when it comes to fully implementing the Flood & Water Management Act, the institute insists.
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