Farm water use and drainage advice

Our solution-focused consultants offer water management and drainage design services to wide-ranging clients and projects. We combine sound environmental science with pragmatic advice and experience to meet our clients’ requirements and deliver the best possible outcomes.

Our staff draw on their extensive practical backgrounds to provide pragmatic advice tailored to clients’ needs. The team includes hydrologists, experienced water managers and aquatic ecologists. We work closely with our colleagues in the landscape, ecology, environmental impact assessment, landscape and planning teams. this combination is underscored by cartographers, cad technicians and the environmental modelling and gis team, along with a wide range of environmental specialists.

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Guidance and advice

ADAS provides information on the following water management topics:

  • SuDS design and maintenance
  • Flood risk assessment
  • Water Framework Directive compliance assessment.
  • Completion of consents required to work in or near watercourses, including flood defence consent, marine consent and land drainage consent
  • Land drainage/sports fields
  • Lake and pond management
  • Highways balancing pond management
  • Liaising with relevant statutory bodies, including Environment Agency, local authorities and Natural England
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Equine land management advice

Equine land management advice

Agricultural land classification surveys

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The Land Use Management, Evaluation and Optimisation tool

The Land Use Management, Evaluation and Optimisation tool

Farmer advice available with Farming Connect

Farmer advice available with Farming Connect

Grassland, forage and silage advice

Grassland, forage and silage advice

Join the ADAS farming association

Join the ADAS farming association

Farm accounting

Farm accounting

Fertiliser advice and nutrient management plans

Fertiliser advice and nutrient management plans

Anaerobic digestion systems feasability and planning

Anaerobic digestion systems feasability and planning

Agri-environment schemes and farming grant advice

Agri-environment schemes and farming grant advice

Training with ADAS agricultural experts

Training with ADAS agricultural experts

Farm carbon audits and advice

Farm carbon audits and advice