Newcastle University

The facility hosts urban water-vegetation-soils centred research in a unique, full-scale sustainable drainage context with dedicated laboratory space and state-of -the-art instrumentation and monitoring capabilities. Facilities comprise:

• Full scale SuDS demonstrators (in-ground, vegetated ensembles);

• Full scale experimental swale to test significant hydrological events;

• A set of ten modular, heavily instrumented lysimeters;

• Large green roof integrated with the Urban Sciences Building

• High specification internal laboratory space in the Urban Sciences Building; and,

• Comprehensive monitoring and data management through the Newcastle Urban Observatory

For further information contact Dr Ross Stirling here.