Sustainable Drainage Systems Training Course

Name: Sustainable Drainage Systems Design and Management Training Course
Availability: InStock

Plan, design, deliver, inspect, and maintain urban stormwater controls from source to receiving system.

Sustainable Drainage Systems Training Course

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Duration: 1 Week
Format: Classroom
Cities: Muscat, Cairo, Manama, Nice, Dubai, Berlin and more
Next session: 15 – 19 November 2026, Muscat
Average fee: 5,750 €

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Sustainable Drainage Systems Design and Management Training Course

Overview

Sustainable Drainage Systems Design and Management Training Course is a one-week intermediate course for engineering, planning, landscape, and asset teams, who leave with a SuDS Design and Management Plan. The course connects runoff assessment, treatment trains, infiltration, storage, water quality, biodiversity, climate resilience, construction control, inspection, and maintenance. It turns site constraints and rainfall risks into coordinated design and lifecycle decisions. Agile Leaders Training Center develops sustainable drainage systems practice.

Who Should Attend

Teams responsible for surface-water and drainage design
Functions responsible for municipal infrastructure planning and approvals
People responsible for landscape integration and public-realm performance
Teams responsible for construction quality and site delivery
Functions responsible for drainage assets, inspection, and maintenance

The course assumes participants can interpret site plans, drainage calculations, specifications, or inspection records; it leaves out introductory hydrology and specialist hydraulic software modeling.

Departments and Industries

The course supports sustainable drainage decisions across property development, transport, utilities, municipalities, industrial sites, and public infrastructure.

Civil engineering and drainage design functions
Urban planning and development control teams
Landscape architecture and environmental functions
Construction, quality, and site management teams
Utilities, facilities, and infrastructure asset teams

Learning Objectives

By the end of this course, participants will be able to:

Analyze catchment, runoff, and receiving-system constraints.
Compare source, conveyance, storage, and infiltration controls.
Build a SuDS treatment train for water quantity and quality.
Evaluate climate, biodiversity, safety, and maintainability requirements.
Apply construction, inspection, and adoption controls.
Prioritize maintenance and performance-monitoring actions.

Course Agenda

Day 1: Diagnose Site and Runoff Conditions

SuDS Runoff Destination Hierarchy
Catchment Boundary and Flow-Path Map
Baseline Runoff Rate and Volume Assessment
Ground Investigation and Infiltration Suitability Screen
Receiving-System Capacity and Constraint Register

Day 2: Select Sustainable Drainage Controls

Source-Control Selection Matrix
Permeable Surface and Rain Garden Design Criteria
Swale and Conveyance Route Method
Detention Basin and Storage Sizing Logic
SuDS Treatment Train Configuration

Day 3: Integrate Performance Requirements

Everyday Rainfall Interception Check
Extreme Rainfall and Climate Allowance Scenario
Water Quality Risk and Treatment Assessment
Amenity and Biodiversity Design Review
Exceedance Route and Public Safety Plan

Day 4: Govern Delivery and Asset Performance

SuDS Construction Quality Control Checklist
Commissioning and Handover Evidence Schedule
Adoption Responsibility and Access Map
Risk-Based Inspection Regime
Lifecycle Maintenance and Performance Dashboard

Day 5: Practice SuDS Decision Making

Exercise: Diagnose a Constrained Development Site
Exercise: Configure a Multi-Stage Treatment Train
Exercise: Review Climate and Water Quality Performance
Exercise: Build an Inspection and Maintenance Schedule
Capstone Exercise: Complete the SuDS Design and Management Plan

Practical Exercises

The course uses suggested activities based on property, transport, utility, and public-infrastructure drainage decisions.

Suggested activity: map runoff pathways, constraints, receptors, and feasible discharge destinations.
Suggested activity: compare infiltration, conveyance, storage, treatment, amenity, and biodiversity options.
Suggested activity: review construction evidence, failure modes, inspection frequencies, and maintenance access.
Suggested activity: assemble design assumptions, controls, responsibilities, records, and performance indicators.

FAQs

Who suits sustainable drainage systems training and what does it assume?

Sustainable drainage systems training suits engineering, planning, landscape, construction, and asset teams able to interpret site plans, calculations, specifications, or inspection records.

How does sustainable drainage systems training differ from general urban planning training?

Sustainable drainage systems training focuses on runoff pathways, hydraulic controls, water quality, treatment trains, construction assurance, inspection, and maintenance rather than broad land-use and city-development policy.

What is a SuDS treatment train?

A SuDS treatment train links multiple controls so runoff is managed progressively for flow, volume, sediment, pollutants, amenity, and biodiversity instead of relying on one downstream feature.

Why must sustainable drainage systems be designed for maintenance?

Maintenance-led design preserves access, sediment removal, vegetation care, blockage control, structural condition, and long-term hydraulic and water-quality performance.

How does climate resilience affect sustainable drainage systems design?

Climate resilience requires designers to test more severe rainfall, safe exceedance routes, storage performance, component failure, downstream impacts, and recovery arrangements.

Conclusion

Participants take back a SuDS Design and Management Plan linking site evidence, runoff controls, treatment, construction assurance, inspection, maintenance, and responsibilities. It changes fragmented drainage choices into a traceable lifecycle approach. The plan supports coordinated decisions among designers, planners, landscape teams, contractors, utilities, and asset owners.

credits: 5 credit per day

Course Mode: full-time

Provider: Agile Leaders Training Center

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Location	Dates	Duration	Mode	Price
Muscat	Week 46, 2026 15 – 19 November 2026	1 Week	Onsite	€5,700
Cairo	Week 47, 2026 16 – 20 November 2026	1 Week	Onsite	€4,100
Manama	Week 47, 2026 22 – 26 November 2026	1 Week	Onsite	€4,700
Nice	Week 49, 2026 30 November – 4 December 2026	1 Week	Onsite	€5,700
Dubai	Week 50, 2026 7 – 11 December 2026	1 Week	Onsite	€4,500
Berlin	Week 50, 2026 7 – 11 December 2026	1 Week	Onsite	€5,700
Frankfurt	Week 51, 2026 14 – 18 December 2026	1 Week	Onsite	€5,700
Madrid	Week 52, 2026 21 – 25 December 2026	1 Week	Onsite	€5,700
London	Week 53, 2026 28 December 2026 – 1 January 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€5,700
Abu Dhabi	Week 53, 2026 28 December 2026 – 1 January 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€4,700
Dubai	Week 01, 2027 4 – 8 January 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€4,500
Vienna	Week 01, 2027 4 – 8 January 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€5,700
Barcelona	Week 02, 2027 11 – 15 January 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€5,700
Addis Ababa	Week 02, 2027 11 – 15 January 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€4,500
Bangkok	Week 02, 2027 17 – 21 January 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€6,000
Istanbul	Week 03, 2027 18 – 22 January 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€4,500
Rome	Week 04, 2027 25 – 29 January 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€5,700
Athens	Week 04, 2027 25 – 29 January 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€6,700
Tashkent	Week 04, 2027 31 January – 4 February 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€4,500
Bali	Week 05, 2027 7 – 11 February 2027	1 Week	Onsite	€5,700

Frequently asked questions

What does this course cover?

OverviewSustainable Drainage Systems Design and Management Training Course is a one-week intermediate course for engineering, planning, landscape, and asset teams, who leave with a SuDS Design and Management Plan. The course connects runoff assessment, treatment trains, infiltration, storage, water quality, biodiversity, climate resilience, construction c…

Are training dates available?

Yes. Available dates and destinations are listed in the course dates section on this page.

How can I register?

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Sustainable Drainage Systems Training Course