Projects
Detailed below are a range of projects that have been either been delivered directly by the MGSDP partners, or by others within the MGSDP area. These projects are noted as examples of the significant investment and progress being made in the MGSDP area.
- The Drumchapel Surface Water Management Plan has created a series of series of embankments and storage areas along the line of the Garscadden Burn to manage high flows during storm events, using the natural valley area as temporary floodplain storage to manage water and reduce flood risk both upstream and downstream. This will reduce pressure on the combined sewer network to remove development constraints and ensure drainage infrastructure is more resilient.
- Scottish Water is transforming the city's waste water infrastructure with the biggest investment in more than a century. This investment will improve river water quality and the natural environment of the River Clyde, enable the Greater Glasgow area to continue to grow and develop, alleviate sewer flooding and deal with the effects of increased rainfall and climate change. The investment includes upgrades to Combined Sewer Overflows (CSO's) and improvements to the wastewater network across the MGSDP area such as the flagship Shieldhall Tunnel.
- The Garrowhill / Baillieston Surface Water Management Plan is delivering a number of surface water management interventions at both Early Braes Park and Sandyhills Park in the east end of Glasgow to provide watercourse morphology and bio-diversity benefits, as well as providing more space for the water in the form of flood attenuation / storage by re-creating floodplain, which will help to stimulate regeneration in the area.
- The North Glasgow Integrated Water Management System - Glasgow's Smart Canal - has combined 18th century infrastructure with 21st century technology to dynamically manage surface water and flood risk in a carbon efficient manner, and enable sustainable regeneration of a large area of North Glasgow, delivering up to 3,000 new homes with a blue-green, water resilient placemaking approach.
- The South East Glasgow Surface Water Management Plan delivered a number of surface water management interventions at Kings Park, Croftfoot Park, Croftpark Avenue and Croftfoot Primary School to provide watercourse morphology and bio-diversity benefits, as well as providing more space for water in the form of flood attenuation / storage, to reduce flood risk for local communities and improve existing openspace.
- Phase 1 of the Hillington / Cardonald Surface Water Management Plan delivered a number of surface water management interventions at the Moss Heights area in the southside of Glasgow as part of a wider placemaking project, to manage runoff, which will help to reduce flood risk and stimulate regeneration in the area.
- The Cardowan Surface Water Management Plan delivered a number of surface water management interventions at the Blairtummock, Croftcroighn and Cranhill areas in the east end of Glasgow to provide watercourse morphology and bio-diversity benefits, as well as providing more space for the water in the form of flood attenuation / storage by re-creating floodplain and attenuation basins, which will help to reduce flood risk and stimulate regeneration in the area.
- Enabled by funding from the Glasgow City Region City Deal - www.glasgowcityregion.co.uk - and a Scottish Government Flooding Capital Grant contribution, the Camlachie Burn Improvements Project was a £4.5million project that has refurbished two sections of the burn in the east end of Glasgow. This has removed two partial restrictions to flow in the watercourse, which has improved the ability to convey flows from the east end, resulting in a reduction in flood risk and helping to facilitate regeneration in the area.
- 3no. upper catchment, on-line, flood storage reservoirs at Blackhouse (Earn Water), Kirkland Bridge (White Cart Water) and Kittoch Bridge (Kittoch Water), and urban flood defences along sections of the White Cart Water and Auldhouse Burn river corridors in the southside of the city.
- A £14m project to construct a 1300m long, 2.7m diameter flood by-pass tunnel, with a capacity of 11.8 cubic meters per second, from the Camlachie Burn at Camlachie Street to the River Clyde. The Camlachie Burn Overflow created additional capacity in the lower section of the Camlachie Burn to allow the development of flood alleviation schemes. The works were constructed in conjunction with the East End Regeneration Route and in advance of the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games Athletes Village.
- A regional SuDS pond designed to receive flows from the Toryglen area - including the National Indoor Football area and local redevelopment - to attenuation surface water flow into the Mallsmire Burn.
- A regional SuDS pond designed to receive flows from a significant area (c.36ha), thereby removing c.27,000m³ of surface water from the combined sewer to provide a more efficient and effective approach to surface water management and reduce capacity constraints to enable development.
- Linear water feature / swale and highway raingardens to attenuate surface water runoff and direct it to the local watercourse (River Clyde) rather than the combined sewer system.
- A £10M flood prevention scheme completed in 2016 by Renfrewshire Council for a 3m high embankment and a new underground pumping station at the Mill Burn at Fingal Road to protect more than 300 homes and businesses in North Renfrew from combination of tidal surges and overflow from the burn that has created flooding problems in the north end of Renfrew since the area was reclaimed from the river 300 years ago.
- Undertaken by East Dunbartonshire Council (EDC) in open recreational area and parkland adjacent to Conon Avenue, Bearsden, was completed in late 2014. The project utilises a former skating pond and play park area to function as flood storage areas during storm events, reducing the risks and impacts of flooding to adjacent properties along Conon Avenue.
- A SuDS basin constructed in Croftfoot Park to attenuate surface runoff from Croftfoot Park was completed in December 2016 to reduce the risk and impacts of flooding in Croftpark Avenue and areas further downstream.
- A series of linked SuDS ponds in Ruchill Park to manage surface water prior to discharge to the Forth & Clyde Canal at Firhill Basin. They use natural methods to store water, providing base level of treatment, and then controlling its release.
- In addition to looking good and potentially saving energy by helping to insulate a building, a green roof is a very effective way to deliver multiple benefits in terms of surface water management, bio-diversity, air quality and urban heat mitigation. Here are some examples of green roofs in the MGSDP area.
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