Water Management

This booklet provides detailed information and guidance about Rural Sustainable Drainage Systems.

This document shows the different options available to deal with a variety of steading drainage run-off types.

This document gives a guide to the different types of run-offs which may occur within a farm steading. FInd out more from the “Rainwater and run off – is your steading drainage system letting money flow away” webinar recording from FAS.

This briefing note for the FAS ‘Rainwater and run off – is your steading drainage system letting money flow away’ was compiled by Pete Wright from SEPA to complement the information being discussed during the presentations.

Runoff from around the steading must not cause pollution. Contaminated drainage, slurry and silage effluent must be collected in appropriately designed storage facilities. Read more in this ‘Know The Rules’ factsheet.