Knowledge base & downloads

Allen, Richard & Pereira, L. & Raes, Dirk & Smith, M. (1998). Crop evapotranspiration guidelines for computing crop requirements. FAO Irrigation and Drainage Paper No. 56. Report modeling and application. J. Hydrol, 285. 19-40. 

Boorman, D B, Hollis, J M & Lilly, A. 1995. Hydrology of Soil Types: a hydrologically based classification of the soils of the United Kingdom. Institute of Hydrology Report No. 126.

BS 8515:2009+A1:2013 Rainwater harvesting systems - Code of practice

BS EN 16941-1:2024 On-site non-potable water systems - Systems for the use of rainwater

BRE. 2016. Soakaway Design. Digest 365

Cranfield University. LandIS: The Land Information System. Soil data for England and Wales. https://www.landis.org.uk/ 

CIRIA. 1996. Infiltration drainage - manual of good practice (R156)

Dale, M & Fowler, H & Kendon, E. 2019. FUTURE-DRAINAGE - Using UKCP18 data for more robust future rainfall change estimates. 

Defra. 2015. Sustainable Drainage Systems. Non-statutory technical standards for sustainable drainage systems

Defra. 2022. Climate change allowances for peak rainfall in England https://environment.data.gov.uk/hydrology/climate-change-allowances/rainfall 

Environment Agency. 2013. Preliminary rainfall runoff management for developments. Report SC030219 Version E 

Environment Agency. 2024. Estimating flood peaks and hydrographs for small catchments: R2 – performance of FEH peak flow estimation methods in small catchments. Version: SC090031/R2

Griffin, A, Young, A, Stewart, L. 2019. Revising the BFIHOST catchment descriptor to improve UK flood frequency estimates. Hydrology Research 1 December 2019; 50 (6): 1508–1519. doi: https://doi.org/10.2166/nh.2019.166

HR Wallingford. 2002. Kellagher, R. Report SR580. Storage requirements for rainfall runoff from greenfield development sites. https://eprints.hrwallingford.com/476/1/SR580.pdf

HR Wallingford. 2012. Kellagher, R. Report SR736. Stormwater Management using Rainwater Harvesting

HR Wallingford. 2014. Kellagher, R. Report MAM7091-RT001-R02. Supermarket representation for SuDS Guidance. Interception storage analysis.

Institute of Hydrology (IH). 1999. ‘Flood Estimation Handbook’ (five volumes). Wallingford: Institute of Hydrology.

International Stormwater Best Management Practices Database (BMPDB) https://bmpdatabase.org

Kellagher, R. 1981. The Wallingford Procedure - for design and analysis of urban storm drainage. HR Wallingford Ltd, Wallingford. https://eprints.hrwallingford.com/37/

Kjeldsen, T.R., Jones, D.A. and Bayliss, A.C. 2008. Improving the FEH statistical procedures for flood frequency estimation. Bristol: Environment Agency. 

Marshall, D.C.W. and Bayliss, A.C., 1994. Flood estimation for small catchments (IH report 124). Wallingford: Institute of Hydrology.

NERC. 1975. Flood Studies Report. by Institute of Hydrology.

NERC. 1983. FSSR 14. Review of Regional Growth curves, Flood Studies Supplementary Report, Institute of Hydrology

NERC. 1985. FSSR 16. The FSR rainfall-runoff model parameter estimation equations updated - Flood Studies Supplementary report, Institute of Hydrology

Stop Urban Pollution (StopUP) https://stopup.eu/

Sustainable Urban Drainage Scottish Working Party (SUDSWP). 2016. Water Assessment and Drainage Assessment Guide

UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology (UKCEH). Flood Estimation Handbook Web Service. https://fehweb.ceh.ac.uk/ 

UKWIR. 2022. 22/CL/10/19. Climate Change Rainfall for use in Sewerage Design. Design Storm Profiles, Antecedent Conditions, RED-UP Tool Update and Seasonality Impacts. Prepared by JBA Consulting

UKWIR. 2025. 25/CL/10/20. Guidance for applying a Climate Change Rainfall Tool for long term Drainage and Wastewater Management in the Water Industry. Prepared by JBA Consulting.

Wallingford HydroSolutions (WHS) and UK Centre for Ecology and Hydrology (UKCEH). 2015. The Revitalised Flood Hydrograph Model ReFH2: Technical guidance

Water UK. 2023. Sewerage Sector Guidance Appendix C. Design and Construction Guidance for foul and surface water sewers offered for adoption under the Code for adoption agreements for water and sewerage companies operating wholly or mainly in England ("the Code"). Version 2.3

Welsh Government. 2018. Statutory standards for sustainable drainage systems – designing, constructing, operating and maintaining surface water drainage systems

Woods Ballard, B, Wilson, S, Udale-Clarke, H, Illman, S, Scott, T, Ashley, R, Kellagher, R. 2015. The SuDS Manual (C753). CIRIA.