Water management
Key Findings
The sustainable drainage features throughout the ‘sponge’ park reduce urban runoff and lower the risk of flooding.
Two years of monitoring data reveal runoff volumes were reduced by 88-100%, and peak flows reduced by 90-100%.
Downloadable Datasets for Manchester’s West Gorton GrowGreen project
For more information on GrowGreen results please contact James Rothwell at The University of Manchester James.Rothwell@manchester.ac.uk
Find out more about the West Gorton ‘Sponge’ Park GrowGreen project
