D1.2. Roadmap of RI required to support effective UDS transition at EU level

This document is the Deliverable 1.2 “Development of a roadmap to identify the role of research infrastructures (RI) to transition to a more sustainable and smart urban drainage systems” of the Co-UDlabs project, funded under the European Union’s Horizon 2020 research and innovation programme under grant agreement No 101008626. The Deliverable is drafted within Work Package 1, “Sectorial Integration and Sustainability Strategy”. The lead beneficiary of the Work Package is GRAIE. GRAIE is the organisation responsible for this Deliverable.

The aim of this document is to collect information from different stakeholders and identify what practices Research Infrastructures need to change or continue doing to help optimise urban drainage (UD) management. Therefore, different sources were considered:

• literature existing within water and environment domains;
• inputs from the academic researchers and scientists involved in the Co-UDlabs project; and
• inputs from other partners who contributed to Co-UDlabs activities.

The evaluation of the different ways of working serves as a blueprint for a further identification of the role of Research Infrastructure to transition to more sustainable and smart urban drainage systems within the project. The aim of this report is to highlight potential ways of working which can enable RI to contribute to effective transitioning to more sustainable and smart urban drainage systems.