Post by RENOLIT ALKORPLAN Geomembranes

Cities are not equipped to cope with the intensity of today’s rainfall. The combination of impervious surfaces and drainage systems designed for conditions of the past means that, when rainfall is extreme, the water has nowhere to seep into and cannot be drained away quickly enough. The contrast with natural environments is clear: the soil absorbs, retains and releases water gradually, balancing the water cycle. In the city, however, runoff accelerates and becomes concentrated. This imbalance forces us to rethink the urban model. The answer lies not solely in expanding grey infrastructure, but in integrating solutions that work with the nature of water, not against it. SUDS (Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems) are part of this shift in approach: infrastructure that allows rainwater to infiltrate, be stored and managed at source, reducing pressure on the conventional network and improving urban resilience. 💧 From impermeability to adaptation. At SUDs Connect, we will explore how to put this change into practice. 📍 𝗟𝗼𝗰𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻: ETSIAAB – Polytechnic University of Madrid 📅 𝗢𝗿𝗴𝗮𝗻𝗶𝘇𝗲𝗱 𝗯𝘆: ETSI Agronómica, Alimentaria y de Biosistemas - ETSIAAB Unit 🤝 𝗜𝗻 𝗰𝗼𝗹𝗹𝗮𝗯𝗼𝗿𝗮𝘁𝗶𝗼𝗻 𝘄𝗶𝘁𝗵: ACO Group, #RENOLITALKORPLANGeomembranes, and Grupo Sotecnisol 📅 Get your 𝗙𝗥𝗘𝗘 ticket, check the programme and dates: https://lnkd.in/eJUzRP8t #SUDS #SustainableDrainage #SustainableUrbanism