CRCWSC Technical/Milestone Report

Project Location The White Gum Valley (WGV) development is an infill development located approximately 3km inland from Fremantle in Western Australia. Project Scale The proposed development includes more than 80 residential dwellings on a 2.29 ha site and is classified…

Summary Reusing stormwater runoff can improve water security by reducing demand for ground water and potable water supplies. Whilst the number of stormwater harvesting schemes in Australia is increasing, the full potential of stormwater as an alternate water source is…

Overview Since the term Water Sensitive Urban Design (WSUD) was first coined in Australia over twenty years ago, it has been promoted through the National Water Initiative and policy initiatives at the State level. Despite substantial work towards policy outcomes,…

This report brings together a rich body of work from across three key sub-projects of Program A, Project A4.1: institutional capacity, community receptivity, and co-design innovation. It outlines how the insights generated from the key research projects can assist with:…

Emissions of nutrients from non-point sources such as gardens, agriculture, public open space, sports fields and septic tanks pose an ongoing threat to the ecological health of Western Australia’s Swan Canning Estuary, a system with high recreational and ecological value…

Water sensitive urban design (WSUD) is an approach for the planning and design of urban environments that is sensitive to water sustainability, resilience, and environmental protection. The approach integrates the urban water cycle (including potable water, wastewater, and stormwater) into…

Summary The current report summarises the findings of a two phase investigation into the presence of chemicals in Australian stormwater (urban runoff). The data was produced within project C1.2 Cities as Water Supply Catchments – Risk and Health: Understanding Stormwater…

Introduction This report investigates collaboration and integration of governance across scales and organisations, themes that were identified in previous research on innovation adoption processes in the A3.1 Sub-project, Better governance for complex decision-making. The premise of the research is that…

Why change behaviour? Communities have a strong role to play in the transition to water sensitive cities. There are many behaviours that communities can adopt –in the home, or in their communities – that can facilitate the diverse water sensitive…

Abstract This report summarises the results of a performance assessment of the Wharf Street Constructed Wetland (WSCW). WSCW is an artificial wetland on the Swan Coastal Plain of Western Australia with an area of about 1 hectare. It was constructed…

Introduction The assessment of flood risk is an essential tool in evaluating the potential consequences of a flood. The analysis of the risk can be applied as part of the flood plain management, but can also be used in a cost-benefit…

Preface This guideline provides the ingredients for embedding and valuing flexibility in adaptive planning. In contemporary adaptation planning in the urban flood risk management sector, the valuation of flexibility is about determining the expected net present value of the adaptation…

Abstract Biofilters are used in urban areas throughout the world to attenuate storm flows and stormwater nutrient loads. Many urban developments on the Swan Coastal Plain in Western Australia experience a seasonally high water table; when the water table intercepts…

Executive Summary In response to frequent water shortages, governments in Australia have encouraged home owners to install rainwater tanks, often by provision of partial funding for their installation. A simple investment analysis suggests that the net private benefits of rainwater…

Abstract This paper presents a systematic review of the application of the economic evaluation methods that are relevant to Water Sensitive Urban Design (WSUD). WSUD involves integrating the urban water cycle into urban design to improve water supply and environmental…

Introduction Although integrated water management (IWM) has been aspired to by many for decades, the popularity of trying to manage water as a cycle has grown rapidly since the early 1990s, despite there being no substantive examples of the delivery…

Introduction In Australia, waterways and wetlands are mostly public resources, their beds and banks and flow of water vested in the Crown in the rights of the States.  Private rights in respect of water resources are regulated by public authorities…

Abstract   A stormwater biofilter is an excavated basin or trench filled with porous material that acts as filter media and growing media for the planted vegetation. Biofilters are a proven method of treating stormwater from urban areas. To function…

Abstract The current report describes research conducted as part of the A2.3 project: Engaging communities with water sensitive cities. The research contributes to developing an understanding of what water terms are more or less community-friendly, that is, understood and used by…

Introduction This report seeks to further examine the role of risk in relation to Water Sensitive Cities (WSCs) and to examine innovation risk from a legal perspective. It also seeks to marry together two pivotal notions that are frequently discussed…