From an environmental viewpoint, can Visual Soakaway Design 4 help me with designing sustainable drainage systems on new developments?
Yes. Visual Soakaway Design 4 can design Filter Trenches which give the following benefits to new developments… • Surface water run-off from road and hard-standing areas can be filtered within the trench, thus allowing only a predefined volume of water to discharge to the watercourse or surface water sewer. • The use of filter trenches provides attenuation during the storm event. This lessens the impact of drainage from new developments on the watercourse thereby protecting rivers from excessive siltation and erosion. • Soakaways are constructed underground and, therefore, do not impact visually on the final landscaped surface.
