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# CRC for Water sensitive cities

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- [Homepage - Knowledge Platform](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/) - WSC Australia website is now liveWe support cities and towns to adopts innovation urban water managements solutions Our aim is to see water sensitive practices applied as business-as-usual activity in every city, every day. Visit the website Not sure what you're looking for? Click on the 'Start here' button below and we’ll help you
- [Communicating water words and visuals](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/solutions/water-words-and-visuals-2/) - Communicating water words and visuals Making sense of the terminology Contact admin@crcwsc.org.au For more information, visit the project page Project A2.3 Introduction Research suggests that communication techniques combining engaging visuals and easy-to-understand terminology can build support for new policies. This webpage summarises the findings from the project Engaging communities with water sensitive cities (A2.3) research
- [Benchmarking, visioning and strategy development](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/benchmarking-visioning-and-strategy-development/) - Benchmarking, visioning and strategy development Contact Admin@crcwsc.org.au Introduction Benchmarking, visioning and strategy development are essential first steps in creating a water sensitive city. Benchmarking an urban area (e.g. metropolitan city, regional city, local government area, region) can identify that area’s current water sensitive performance and diagnose strengths and weakness relating to water sensitive systems and
- [RESTORE Tool](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/restore-tool/) - RESTORE Tool A prioritisation tool for restoring urban waterways From October 2025, we will not make any more improvements to the RESTORE Tool. Users can continue to use the existing version, however there will be no ongoing support and development. You can find out more here: Access arrangements for Water Sensitive Cities (WSC) Tools Find
- [Water Sensitive Cities Index](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/water-sensitive-cities-index-tool/) - Water Sensitive Cities Index Benchmarking tool for mapping your city’s current urban water management performance. Play Introduction Video Purchase a subscription to the Water Sensitive Cities Index Access to the Water Sensitive Cities Index Tool will continue for the foreseeable future, provided ongoing demand remains at current levels. If use declines significantly, then the tool
- [Site-Scale Urban Water Mass Balance Tool (SUWMBA)](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/site-scale-urban-water-mass-balance-tool-suwmba/) - Site-scale Urban Water Mass Bass Assessment (SUWMBA) Tool Measures the water flows into, through and out of an urban area Play Introduction Video From October 2025, we will not make any more improvements to the Site-scale Urban Water Mass Balance Tool. Users can continue to use the existing version, however there will be no ongoing
- [Investment Framework For Economics of Water Sensitive Cities (INFFEWS) Benefit Cost Analysis Tool](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/investment-framework-for-economics-of-water-sensitive-cities-inffews-benefit-cost-analysis-tool/) - Benefit Cost Analysis Tool Compares the benefits of a water sensitive project with its costs, to assess whether it’s worthwhile. Play Introduction Video Download the BCA tool Access to the Benefit Cost Analysis Tool will continue for the foreseeable future, provided ongoing demand remains at current levels. If use declines significantly, then the tool may
- [Water Sensitive Cities Scenario Tool](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/water-sensitive-cities-scenario-tool/) - Water Sensitive Cities Scenario Tool Used for planning and assessing water sensitive development options. Play Introduction Video We are considering retiring the Scenario Tool from October 2025 unless other hosting arrangements can be found. Contact WSCA for more information, or to discuss opportunities for further development or web hosting. You can find out more here: Access
- [Investment Framework For Economics of Water Sensitive Cities (INFFEWS) Value Tool](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/investment-framework-for-economics-of-water-sensitive-cities-inffews-value-tool/) - Value Tool Gives practitioners a way of valuing the benefits of water sensitive projects that are not traded in markets, such as the social and environmental benefits Play Introduction Video Purchase the value tool Access to the Value Tool will continue for the foreseeable future, provided ongoing demand remains at current levels. If use declines
- [Transition Dynamics Framework](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/transition-dynamics-framework-tool/) - Transition Dynamics Framework Helping you achieve your water sensitive cities vision. Play Introduction Video Access to the Transition Dynamics Framework will continue for the foreseeable future, provided ongoing demand remains at current levels. If use declines significantly, then the tool may be retired, noting that historical contributing partners to the CRC for Water Sensitive Cities
- [Tools](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/tools/) - Tools We have created tools to help you navigate your way to becoming a water sensitive city or town. Play Introduction Video Tool update Following a review of our operating model, access arrangements for the Water Sensitive Cities (WSC) tools are changing. As we transition from a centrally funded model to a fee-for-service approach, we
- [Waterproofing the West](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/solutions/case-studies/waterproofing-the-west/) - case studies Waterproofing the West Contact Admin@crcwsc.org.au Download the PDF Insight: Stormwater harvesting, treatment and subsequent storage within an aquifer and distribution to western Adelaide for recycled water (non-potable) reuse Project description Region-wide system that harvests, treats and stores stormwater and distributes harvested water through western Adelaide, sustaining a growing economy and enhancing the natural
- [WSC Index Accredited Providers](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/solutions/wsc-index-accredited-providers/) - WSC Index Facilitation Materials For use by Accredited WSC Index Providers CRCWSC Contact If you require assistance or have any questions please contact us at: info@wscaustralia.org.au Introduction Welcome to the WSC Index Providers site. This is an exclusive area of the CRCWSC Website for our cohort of accredited WSC Index providers. Here you will find
- [Contact us](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/contact-us/) - Office Address Water Sensitive Cities Australia Head Office Monash University 8 Scenic Blvd Clayton VIC 3168 For all enquiries please contact Office Manager Email: info@wscaustralia.org.au X/TwitterThis field is for validation purposes and should be left unchanged.Name* First Last Phone*Email* How can we help?* Contact Us Δ
- [CRCWSC Management Biographies](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/management-biography/) - CRCWSC Executive Ben Furmage, Chief Executive Officer Ben Furmage, formerly General Manager, Customer and Strategy at Melbourne Water, joined the CRCWSC on a four-month secondment in mid-January as the interim COO and in June 2017 was appointed its Chief Operating and Finance Officer (COFO). He was appointed CEO in February 2020. In his past role
- [Green infrastructure](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/green-infrastructure/) - Green infrastructure Contact Admin@crcwsc.org.au Introduction Green infrastructure refers to the public and private green spaces in our cities that provide water cycle benefits. These green spaces range in scale from single trees in a city street to golf courses, parks and waterway corridors. Some are natural, such as remnant native vegetation, while others are more
- [45 Shand Road, Reservoir](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/solutions/case-studies/45-shand-road-reservoir/) - case studies 45 Shand Road, Reservoir The 45 Shand Road affordable housing development (Shand) takes an innovative approach to water sensitive urban design (WSUD) as a part of a broader approach to long-term sustainability. Download Full Case study Contact info@wscaustralia.org.au Insight: This infill development uses rainwater harvesting and raingardens to meet council flood mitigation requirements,
- [Case studies by location](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/case-studies-by-location/) - Case studies by location Back to case studies International New South Wales Queensland South Australia Western Australia Victoria International Forest Park ecological wetland - China View case study Transformation of a parklands area to a multi-functional landscape in Kunshan, China. The parklands include ecological wetlands that provide water quality treatment for the adjoining canal network,
- [Case studies](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/solutions/case-studies/) - The CRCWSC has developed case studies to help build a body of evidence that can support and encourage the adoption of research outcomes. These detailed case studies capture and communicate the lessons learned from the early adoption of research knowledge in real-life projects. These have been developed in collaboration with project stakeholders to identify the
- [Rainwater and stormwater harvesting](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/rainwater-and-stormwater-harvesting/) - Rainwater and stormwater harvesting Rainwater and stormwater can be captured, treated and stored for local use. Harvesting of runoff is beneficial to waterways as it removes potentially damaging flows and pollutants, and it also provides a local alternative water supply. Commonly used infrastructure for treatment and storage includes wetlands, bioretention systems, tanks and ponds. Back
- [Water sensitive homes and buildings](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/water-sensitive-homes-and-buildings/) - Water sensitive homes and buildings Transitioning to water sensitive cities needs solutions at all scales, distributed throughout cities. At a building scale, using water efficient fixtures, water recycling and alternative water supplies, water smart landscaping and reducing the impervious footprint of homes can contribute significantly to the development of water sensitive cities. Back to case
- [Urban metabolism and resource recovery](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/urban-metabolism-and-resource-recovery/) - Urban metabolism and resource recovery Contact Admin@crcwsc.org.au Introduction Urban metabolism describes the process of resources flowing through, being transformed, and being consumed in an urban entity. Understanding urban metabolism can guide more efficient resource use and reduce environmental impacts. Urban water metabolism analyses the trajectories and magnitudes of water flows, plus the energy and nutrients
- [Management Actions Tool - under development](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/management-action-database/) - UNDER DEVELOPMENT - Management Actions Tool Used for planning and assessing water sensitive development options. The Management Actions Tool allows practitioners to identify water sensitive actions with targets that will most effectively advance a city’s water sensitive city transition. The transition to a water sensitive city starts with benchmarking and understanding your city’s current water
- [Nature-based solutions in the Mekong region](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/nature-based-solutions-in-the-mekong-region/) - Valuing the benefits of nature-based solutions to integrated urban flood management in the Greater Mekong Region Introduction Our future is urban. Cities fuel our economies, nurture innovation and have tremendous capacity to improve quality of life. More than half of the world’s population now live in urban areas- a figure which is set to increase
- [Alternative water supplies](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/alternative-water-supplies-2/) - Alternative water supplies Contact Admin@crcwsc.org.au Introduction Alternative water supplies can be sourced from rainwater, stormwater, desalination, groundwater and recycled water. Recycled water refers to wastewater (sewage) that is treated and reused. Greywater is the cleaner portion of household wastewater (e.g. from wash basins, showers and washing machines). Using alternative water supplies can help conserve high-quality
- [Water Sensitive Cities Australia management biographies](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/water-sensitive-cities-australia-management-biographies/) - Ben Furmage, Chief Executive Officer Ben is WSCA's founding CEO, continuing the work he started as CEO of the CRC for Water Sensitive Cities (CRCWSC). He joined the CRCWSC in 2017 as Chief Operating and Finance Officer, becoming CEO in 2020. In addition to his executive responsibilities, Ben also leads multidisciplinary local and international projects
- [Location Based - Western Australia Perth](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/location-western-australia-perth/) - How water sensitive is Greater Perth? Choose your State New South Wales Queensland Victoria South Australia Western Australia Northern Territory City Current Water Sensitive PerformancePerformance against the goals of a water sensitive city Greater Perth was benchmarked using the Water Sensitive Cities Index in 2021, at a workshop attended by industry representatives. The Water Sensitive
- [Urban waterways](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/urban-waterways-2/) - Urban waterways Contact Admin@crcwsc.org.au Introduction Urban waterways—also known as living streams or urban streams—are waterways that pass through an urban area or receive stormwater runoff from an urbanised catchment. They play a key role in liveable cities by sustaining plants and animals, providing social and cultural connection, and supporting economic development through tourism and agriculture.
- [Natural systems](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/natural-systems/) - Natural systems Contact Admin@crcwsc.org.au Introduction Natural systems are open systems whose elements, boundary, and relationships exist independently of human control. Water sensitive cities integrate healthy natural systems into the urban environment by protecting and enhancing ecosystems health, and ensuring urban areas minimise their impact on natural systems. In particular, our research has explored how development
- [Economics and business cases](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/economics-and-business-cases/) - Economics and business cases Contact Admin@crcwsc.org.au Introduction The CRCWSC economics and business cases research has focused on valuing the multiple benefits of water sensitive initiatives. Water sensitive investments can help create cities that are more sustainable, liveable, resilient and productive. However, some of these benefits can be difficult to quantify and are often not factored
- [Location Based - Western Australia Wheatbelt](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/location-western-australia-wheat-belt/) - How water sensitive is Wheatbelt? Choose your State New South Wales Queensland Victoria South Australia Western Australia Northern Territory City Current Water Sensitive Performance In 2015, WA Water Corporation invited the CRC for Water Sensitive Cities to help investigate integrated urban water management options in WA’s Great Southern and Wheatbelt regions. The aim was to
- [Location Based - Queensland Weipa](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/location-queensland-weipa/) - How water sensitive is Weipa? Choose your State New South Wales Queensland Victoria South Australia Western Australia Northern Territory City Current Water Sensitive Performance In 2018, the CRC for Water Sensitive Cities worked with stakeholders in Weipa, in Queensland’s far north, to develop ideas to make the town more liveable and sustainable. The town is
- [Location Based - New South Wales Orange](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/location-new-south-wales-orange/) - How water sensitive is Orange? Choose your State New South Wales Queensland Victoria South Australia Western Australia Northern Territory City Current Water Sensitive Performance Orange, in central west New South Wales, is home to approximately 40,300 people. The city experienced water security pressures during the Millennium Drought – water storages reached their lowest level (23%)
- [Location Based - New South Wales Goulburn](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/location-new-south-wales-goulburn/) - How water sensitive is Goulburn? Choose your State New South Wales Queensland Victoria South Australia Western Australia Northern Territory City Current Water Sensitive Performance The population of Goulburn and surrounds is growing, attracted by the region’s affordability and relaxed lifestyle. The Goulburn Mulwaree Council area currently has over 29,000 people based on the 2016 census.
- [Location Based - New South Wales Dubbo](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/location-new-south-wales-dubbo/) - How water sensitive is Dubbo? Choose your State New South Wales Queensland Victoria South Australia Western Australia Northern Territory City Current Water Sensitive Performance Dubbo, a regional city 388 km west of Sydney, is home to approximately 51,000 people. It also services many of the smaller nearby towns and is a major transport hub for
- [Measuring the performance of water sensitive infill development at Knutsford](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/solutions/case-studies/measuring-the-performance-of-water-sensitive-infill-development-at-knutsford/) - case studies Measuring the performance of water sensitive infill development at Knutsford Download Full Case study Contact admin@crcwsc.org.au Partner with us Insight: Demonstrate how the Infill Performance Evaluation Framework and the Benefit: Cost Analysis Tool have been applied to develop and assess water sensitive solutions for infill development. PROJECT DESCRIPTION The case study site, known
- [Value proposition for water sensitive development in Townsville](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/solutions/case-studies/value-proposition-for-water-sensitive-development-in-townsville/) - case studies Value proposition for water sensitive development in Townsville Download Full Case study Contact admin@crcwsc.org.au Partner with us Insight: Use the Scenario Tool and the INFFEWS tools to develop and assess water sensitive solutions and compare them with business-as-usual (BAU) approaches. PROJECT DESCRIPTION Townsville is located in the dry tropics of North Queensland, with
- [Brisbane infill integrated water management system](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/solutions/case-studies/brisbane-infill-integrated-water-management-system/) - case studies Brisbane infill integrated water management system Download Full Case study Contact admin@crcwsc.org.au Partner with us Insight: Use the INFFEWS tools to develop and assess water sensitive solutions for infill development and compare them with business-as-usual (BAU) approaches. PROJECT DESCRIPTION This project explores opportunities to improve environmental performance and liveability for higher density living,
- [Planning for water sensitive infill development: case study of Salisbury East precinct](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/solutions/case-studies/planning-for-water-sensitive-infill-development-case-study-of-salisbury-east-precinct/) - case studies Planning for water sensitive infill development: case study of Salisbury East precinct Download Full Case study Contact admin@crcwsc.org.au Insight: The South Australian planning system can support water sensitive infill housing typologies, but requires further changes to planning mechanisms and governance arrangements. PROJECT DESCRIPTION The City of Salisbury is located 25 km from Adelaide’s
- [Water sensitive urban design voluntary contribution scheme for Moonee Valley City Council](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/solutions/case-studies/water-sensitive-urban-design-voluntary-contribution-scheme-for-moonee-valley-city-council/) - case studies Water sensitive urban design voluntary contribution scheme for Moonee Valley City Council Download Full Case study Contact Admin@crcwsc.org.au Insight: Voluntary contribution schemes can reduce compliance costs for developers and increase stormwater quality improvements. Local government can learn from each other, and as a result achieve better stormwater treatment outcomes from new developments and
- [Queensland Children’s Hospital therapeutic landscapes](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/solutions/case-studies/queensland-childrens-hospital-therapeutic-landscapes/) - case studies Queensland Children’s Hospital therapeutic landscapes Download Full Case study Contact Admin@crcwsc.org.au Insight: Green infrastructure can do more than improve stormwater quality; it also provides healing benefits for hospital patients. This case study shows how green infrastructure can be integrated into a hospital. The project and subsequent research challenge not only how we design
- [Victoria Planning Provisions Amendment](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/solutions/case-studies/victoria-planning-provisions-amendment/) - case studies Victoria Planning Provisions Amendment Download Full Case study Contact Admin@crcwsc.org.au Insight: This state-wide initiative aims to enable stronger stormwater management planning provisions for urban development and clearer integrated water management planning policies The drivers Planning reforms provide a pathway to achieve consistent and effective urban water management in Victoria Despite significant policy support
- [Marrickville West Primary School eco water garden](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/solutions/case-studies/marrickville-west-primary-school-eco-water-garden/) - case studies Marrickville West Primary School eco water garden Download Full Case study Contact Admin@crcwsc.org.au Insight: Stakeholders used a co-governance model to create an eco water garden at Marrickville West Primary School. This co-governance model helped overcome barriers to create a functional and dynamic community asset The drivers By 2050, Marrickville is a water sensitive
- [Green walls, roofs and facades in the City of Melbourne](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/solutions/case-studies/green-walls-roofs-and-facades-in-the-city-of-melbourne/) - case studies Green walls, roofs and facades in the City of Melbourne Download Full Case study Contact Admin@crcwsc.org.au Insight: Local council leadership, and support for green infrastructure on private land, can help to achieve greening targets. Collaborating and advocating can promote use of green infrastructure in high density urban areas. It’s particularly important to get
- [Wanyarram Dhelk—Bendigo Creek restoration](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/solutions/case-studies/wanyarram-dhelk-bendigo-creek-restoration/) - case studies Wanyarram Dhelk—Bendigo Creek restoration Download Full Case study Contact Admin@crcwsc.org.au Insight: Traditional ecological knowledge, combined with water sensitive design, can restore cultural, social and environmental values to a degraded urban creek The drivers Improve the cultural values of the Bendigo Creek and create opportunities for Djaara people to actively participate in healing Country
- [Glenelg to Adelaide Pipeline (GAP)](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/solutions/case-studies/glenelg-to-adelaide-pipeline-gap/) - case studies Glenelg to Adelaide Pipeline (GAP) Download Full Case study Contact Admin@crcwsc.org.au Insight: The Glenelg to Adelaide pipeline delivers a reliable climate independent water supply to irrigate open space in western and central Adelaide. Retrofitting a centralised, fit-for-purpose water supply system dedicated to maintaining green, open spaces consolidates Adelaide as a leader in urban
- [Collaborative planning for the Fishermans Bend Urban Redevelopment](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/solutions/case-studies/collaborative-planning-for-the-fishermans-bend-urban-redevelopment/) - case studies Collaborative planning for the Fishermans Bend Urban Redevelopment Download Full Case study Contact Admin@crcwsc.org.au Insight: Integrated water management requires partnerships that support collaboration, align cultures and build consensus. Sometimes, a catalyst is needed, such as creating a forum for sharing ideas, backed by enduring partnerships to bring these ideas to fruition. The drivers
- [Resource recovery from wastewater](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/solutions/case-studies/resource-recovery-from-wastewater/) - case studies Resource recovery from wastewater Download Full Case study Contact Admin@crcwsc.org.au Insight: A new wastewater treatment technology can generate products for Australia’s $5 billion fertiliser market and $1 billion aquaculture market The drivers Desire to re-examine current methods of treating wastewater to extract valuable nutrients and save on energy costs Increased world population, population
- [Moonee Valley water sensitive cities benchmarking](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/solutions/case-studies/moonee-valley-water-sensitive-cities-benchmarking-case-study/) - case studies Moonee Valley water sensitive cities benchmarking Download Full Case study Contact Admin@crcwsc.org.au Insight: Early application of the Water Sensitive Cities (WSC) Index Tool to Moonee Valley City Council The drivers Securing a more Sustainable, Healthier Future for the Region, with a particular focus on improved water sustainability and increased water quality in surrounding
- [City of Gold Coast water sensitive city transition strategy](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/solutions/case-studies/city-of-gold-coast-water-sensitive-city-transition-strategy/) - case studies City of Gold Coast water sensitive city transition strategy Download Full Case study Contact Admin@crcwsc.org.au Insight: Early application of the Water Sensitive Cities Transition Planning Process to City of Gold Coast The drivers Develop a vision and strategy to transition to a water sensitive Gold Coast Effects of climate change - Increased uncertainty
- [Kunshan Ring Road](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/solutions/case-studies/kunshan-ring-road-case-study/) - case studies Kunshan Ring Road - China Download Full Case study Contact Admin@crcwsc.org.au Insight: Creation of multifunctional green corridors through integrated design of land beneath and adjacent to major elevated roads The drivers Kunshan has been designated by the Chinese government as a ‘sponge city’, where opportunities for water sensitive solutions are being explored The
- [Dubbo urban heat island amelioration project](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/solutions/case-studies/dubbo-urban-heat-island-amelioration-project/) - case studies Dubbo urban heat island amelioration project Download Full Case study Contact Admin@crcwsc.org.au Insight: Climate sensitive urban design (CSUD) aims to mitigate high urban heat and adapt to extreme heat events through planning and landscape design alternatives that create attractive, sustainable, and thermally comfortable cities (Coutts et al., 2013). The drivers The Dubbo region
- [One Central Park green walls](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/solutions/case-studies/one-central-park-vertical-garden/) - case studies One Central Park green walls Download Full Case study Contact Admin@crcwsc.org.au Insight: Large green walls integrated into building design and irrigated with recycled water The drivers Raise the bar for sustainable living using ‘green technologies’ in a high density urban development Achieve a minimum 5 Green Star rating for each building Become Australia’s
- [White Gum Valley](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/solutions/case-studies/white-gum-valley/) - case studies White Gum Valley A waterwise way of living Download Full Case study Contact Admin@crcwsc.org.au Insight: Setting a new standard for waterwise development in WA, White Gum Valley includes a communal groundwater irrigation system, lot scale rainwater harvesting and demonstrates how to transform a infiltration basin eyesore into a sought-after public space. The drivers
- [Aquarevo](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/solutions/case-studies/aquarevo/) - case studies Aquarevo A smart model for residential water management Download Full Case study Contact Admin@crcwsc.org.au Insight: Combining water management initiatives and working with house builders will reduce potable water use for each home in the development by up to 70%. The drivers An opportunity to "walk the talk" South East Water used their own
- [Orange - stormwater to potable](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/solutions/case-studies/orange-stormwater-to-potable/) - case studies Orange - stormwater to potable Building urban water supply diversity Download Full Case study Contact Admin@crcwsc.org.au Insight: Harvesting urban stormwater to supply up to 25% of the City's potable drinking water The drivers Securing urban water supplies Critical water shortages: Faced with continuing dry conditions and uncertainty of future rainfall, alternative water supplies
- [A new community at Officer](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/solutions/case-studies/community-officer-case-study/) - case studies A new community at Officer Reconnecting people and nature on the urban fringe Download Full Case study Contact Admin@crcwsc.org.au Insight: The multi-functional corridors throughout the development provided ecological and social values, bringing communities closer to nature The drivers Ambition combined with opportunity drove innovation The presence of growling grass frogs on site drove
- [South Bank Parklands Rain Bank](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/solutions/case-studies/south-bank-rain-bank/) - case studies The South Bank Rain Bank Urban stormwater irrigating Brisbane's iconic parkland Download Full Case study Contact Admin@crcwsc.org.au Insight: Retrofit of a stormwater harvesting scheme in a highly urbanised area for parkland irrigation The drivers Long-term ‘drought-proofing’ of the iconic subtropical Parklands using innovative water strategies Keeping an iconic parkland green in a drought:
- [Location Based - Northern Territory Darwin](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/location-northern-territory-darwin/) - How water sensitive is Greater Darwin? Choose your State New South Wales Queensland Victoria South Australia Western Australia Northern Territory City Current Water Sensitive PerformanceAchieving city–states Greater Darwin has a changing climate with highly seasonal rainfall and an increasing population. Wet-season rain is stored in dams but high temperatures and rapid evaporation during the dry
- [Location Based - Western Australia Geraldton](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/location-western-australia-geraldton/) - How water sensitive is Greater Geraldton? Choose your State New South Wales Queensland Victoria South Australia Western Australia Northern Territory City Current Water Sensitive PerformanceAchieving city–states Western Australia’s vast mid-west region faces serious water security challenges. To address the issue, in 2014 Geraldton began collaborating WA Water Corporation and the then Department of Water on
- [Location Based - Victoria Melbourne](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/location-victoria-melbourne/) - How water sensitive is Greater Melbourne? Choose your State New South Wales Queensland Victoria South Australia Western Australia Northern Territory City Current Water Sensitive PerformancePerformance against the goals of a water sensitive city Greater Melbourne was benchmarked using the Water Sensitive Cities Index in August 2016, at a workshop attended by 32 industry representatives. The
- [Location Based - Victoria Bendigo](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/location-victoria-bendigo/) - How water sensitive is Bendigo? Choose your State New South Wales Queensland Victoria South Australia Western Australia Northern Territory City Current Water Sensitive PerformancePerformance against the goals of a water sensitive city Bendigo’s water sensitive performance was benchmarked using the WSC Index in October 2017, at workshop attended by 36 industry participants. Bendigo achieved it’s
- [Location Based - Queensland Gold Coast](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/location-queensland-gold-coast/) - How water sensitive is Gold Coast? Choose your State New South Wales Queensland Victoria South Australia Western Australia Northern Territory City Current Water Sensitive PerformancePerformance against the goals of a water sensitive city The City of Gold Coast was benchmarked using the Water Sensitive Cities Index in 2017, at a workshop attended by industry representatives.
- [Central Park recycled water scheme](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/solutions/case-studies/central-park-2/) - case studies Central Park recycled water scheme Contact Admin@crcwsc.org.au Download the PDF Insight: World’s biggest recycled water facility in the basement of a residential building Project description Basement collection, treatment and reuse of high wastewater in a high density urban development A decentralised recycled water system has been delivered within a 5.8ha mixed use high
- [Sponge City Innovation Park](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/solutions/case-studies/sponge-city-innovation-park/) - case studies Sponge City Innovation Park Contact Admin@crcwsc.org.au Download the PDF Insight: Sharing Australian research, leading-edge technology, and water sensitive city products with the City of Kunshan has allowed demonstration, incubation, local application and commercialisation in China Project description The Jiangsu-Victoria Sponge City Innovation Park is a 10 hectare site that will exhibit cutting edge
- [Forest Park ecological wetland](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/solutions/case-studies/forest-park-ecological-wetland/) - case studies Forest Park ecological wetland - China Contact Admin@crcwsc.org.au Download the PDF Insight: Urban parklands can be upgraded to be multifunctional water treatment and flood management assets Project description Built in 2001, the Kunshan Forest Park is a National Urban Wetland Park covering an area of 166 hectares in the northwest of Kunshan city
- [City of Moonee Valley local planning scheme](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/solutions/case-studies/moonee-valley-planning-scheme/) - case studies City of Moonee Valley local planning scheme Expansion of stormwater quality requirements Contact Admin@crcwsc.org.au Download the PDF Insight: Local planning policy can advance requirements for local development Project description The City of Moonee Valley, a local government municipality in Melbourne, Victoria, made an amendment (C108) that introduces a new Local Planning Policy, ‘Stormwater
- [Elizabeth Street catchment integrated water cycle management plan](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/solutions/case-studies/elizabeth-street-catchment-iwcm/) - case studies Elizabeth Street catchment integrated water cycle management plan Integrated Water Cycle Management Plan Contact Admin@crcwsc.org.au Download the PDF Insight: Strategically implementing storage and permeable surfaces to mitigate flood risks Project description The Elizabeth Street Catchment Integrated Water Cycle Management (IWCM) Plan aims to mitigate the extreme flood risks present in the 308-hectare Elizabeth
- [Water sensitive Elwood](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/solutions/case-studies/water-sensitive-elwood/) - case studies Water sensitive Elwood Shifting from conventional water management Contact Admin@crcwsc.org.au Download the PDF Insight: Real world application of the CRCWSC's research, highlighting that the transition to a water sensitive community can lead to genuine innovation if local citizens are engaged as partners in the process Project description Elwood has a history of water
- [Salisbury alternative water scheme](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/solutions/case-studies/salisbury-alternative-water-scheme/) - case studies Salisbury alternative water scheme Contact Admin@crcwsc.org.au Download the PDF Insight: Treated stormwater and native groundwater treated to a standard fit for purpose Project description Non-drinking water in the City of Salisbury is called ‘Salisbury Water’ and is a mix of treated stormwater and native groundwater that is used to irrigate parks, reserves and
- [Waterwise Council Program](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/solutions/case-studies/wa-waterwise-program/) - case studies Waterwise Council Program Contact Admin@crcwsc.org.au Download the PDF Insight: A program to support and endorse local governments in Western Australia for their leadership in creating water sensitive communities Project description The Waterwise Council Program established in 2009, is a partnership between the Water Corporation (WA water utility) and the Department of Water and
- [Kings Square raingardens](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/solutions/case-studies/kings-square-raingardens/) - case studies Kings Square raingardens Contact Admin@crcwsc.org.au Download the PDF Insight: Application of water sensitive urban design strategies to provide retention, filtration, litter management and bioretention outcomes, as well as improvements to local amenity Project description The Kings Square development in Perth’s Central Business District is part of Perth City Link – an urban renewal
- [Gladstone East Shores Precinct](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/solutions/case-studies/gladstone-east-shores-precinct/) - case studies Gladstone East Shores Precinct A new parkland that is wicking up a storm Contact Admin@crcwsc.org.au Download the PDF Insight: Delivery of sustainable irrigation using harvested stormwater and wicking bed technology to achieve green and resilient turf open space within the new Gladstone East Shores Precinct Project description The Gladstone East Shores Precinct is
- [Currumbin Ecovillage wastewater management](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/solutions/case-studies/currumbin-ecovillage-wastewater-management/) - case studies Currumbin Ecovillage wastewater management Decentralised residential wastewater management Contact Admin@crcwsc.org.au Download the PDF Insight: Decentralised residential wastewater management Project description The Currumbin Ecovillage is a 147 lot development over 270 acres of land in the Gold Coast Hinterland. The development contains community title blocks which range from 400 to 1400m2. A sewerage treatment
- [Currumbin Ecovillage rainwater harvesting](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/solutions/case-studies/currumbin-ecovillage-rainwater-harvesting/) - case studies Currumbin Ecovillage rainwater harvesting Urban household water supplied by rainwater Contact Admin@crcwsc.org.au Download the PDF Insight: Urban household water supplied by rainwater Project description The Currumbin Ecovillage is a 147 lot development over 270 acres of land in the Gold Coast Hinterland. The development contains community title blocks which range from 400 to
- [Greening the pipeline](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/solutions/case-studies/greening-the-pipeline/) - case studies Greening the pipeline Williams Landing Pilot Park Contact Admin@crcwsc.org.au Download the PDF Insight: A design that showcases the potential of disused infrastructure in providing community open space with an integrated stormwater design Project description Greening the Pipeline is the transformation of a heritage listed Main Outfall Sewer reserve into a 27km linear park
- [Adelaide Airport irrigation trial](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/solutions/case-studies/adelaide-airport-irrigation-trial/) - case studies Adelaide Airport irrigation trial Contact Admin@crcwsc.org.au Download the PDF Insight: Irrigating airport land for heat reduction benefits Project description SA Water and Adelaide Airport have been running a trial using stormwater to irrigate a 4ha site within the airport land to understand the potential benefits that maintaining appropriate vegetative cover and reducing surface
- [Randolph Avenue streetscape upgrade](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/solutions/case-studies/randolph-avenue-streetscape-upgrade/) - case studies Randolph Avenue streetscape upgrade Contact Admin@crcwsc.org.au Download the PDF Insight: Streetscape raingardens and stormwater infiltration wells, retrofitted into Randolph Avenue, South Australia Project description The Randolph Avenue streetscape upgrade converts an underutilised space into a softer, more environmentally friendly area through the inclusion of raingardens. It improves local amenities, and achieves stormwater quality
- [Sydney Water bank naturalisation](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/solutions/case-studies/sydney-water-bank-naturalisation/) - case studies Sydney Water bank naturalisation Contact Admin@crcwsc.org.au Download the PDF Insight: Naturalising the deteriorated sections of the concrete river banks along the Cooks River Project description The $4.9 million naturalisation of 1.1km of riverbank along the Cooks River in Sydney involved demolishing and replacing steep, deteriorated concrete panels from the 1930s and 1940s with
- [Kalkallo stormwater harvesting and reuse](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/solutions/case-studies/kallakallo-stormwater-harvesting-and-reuse/) - case studies Kalkallo stormwater harvesting and reuse Contact Admin@crcwsc.org.au Download the PDF Insight: The first facility in Australia attempting to harvest and treat stormwater to a standard acceptable for direct injection into the drinking water system Project description The Kalkallo Stormwater Harvesting and Reuse Scheme is the first facility in Australia attempting to harvest and
- [Kalamunda MAR](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/solutions/case-studies/kalamunda-mar/) - case studies Kalamunda managed aquifer recharge project Contact Admin@crcwsc.org.au Download the PDF Insight: Waterproofing our urban parklands using managed aquifer recharge (MAR) Project description The Hartfield Park managed aquifer recharge (MAR) project in the Shire of Kalamunda involves recharging an aquifer under controlled conditions to store water for later abstraction for irrigation use. The scheme
- [Bannister Creek living stream](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/solutions/case-studies/bannister-creek-living-stream/) - case studies Bannister Creek living stream Restoring urban streams in Perth Contact Admin@crcwsc.org.au Download the PDF Insight: Revitalisation of an urban stream improves amenity and increases land value Project description This project includes transformation of a number of drains in the heavily urbanised 23.35 km2 Bannister Creek Catchment into living streams and wetlands. An economic
- [Warrnambool roof water harvesting project](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/solutions/case-studies/warrnambool-roof-water-harvesting-project/) - case studies Warrnambool roof water harvesting project Contact Admin@crcwsc.org.au Download the PDF Insight: Regional roof water harvesting can be used to supplement potable water supply Project description This roof water harvesting scheme collects and diverts roof water from all new houses and industrial buildings within new estates located in a growth corridor in the Great
- [Park Orchards community sewerage trial](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/solutions/case-studies/park-orchards-community-sewerage-trial/) - case studies Park Orchards community sewerage trial Contact Admin@crcwsc.org.au Download the PDF Insight: Provision of a fit-for-purpose sewerage system for residents in unsewered areas who are unable to contain their wastewater within their property using septic systems Project description Yarra Valley Water’s Community Sewerage Program seeks to provide properties that cannot contain wastewater via customer
- [Enhancing our Dandenong Creek program](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/solutions/case-studies/enhancing-our-dandenong-creek-program-2/) - case studies Enhancing our Dandenong Creek program Contact Admin@crcwsc.org.au Download the PDF Insight: Revitalising the Dandenong Creek for best community outcomes Project description This case study delivers a range of waterway enhancements that the community helped to identify. Projects including daylighting a section of Dandenong Creek, creating new fish habitats, installing signage and public amenities,
- [Dobsons Creek disconnection project](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/solutions/case-studies/dobsons-creek-disconnection-project-2/) - case studies Dobsons Creek disconnection project Contact Admin@crcwsc.org.au Download the PDF Share this Insight: Improving the health of a high ecological value waterway with stormwater disconnection Project description Dobsons Creek has the highest ecological value of any waterway within the Knox City Council area, and is one of the highest value waterways in the wider
- [Angus Creek stormwater harvesting and reuse scheme](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/solutions/case-studies/angus-creek-stormwater-harvesting-and-reuse-scheme/) - case studies Angus Creek stormwater harvesting and reuse scheme Contact Admin@crcwsc.org.au Download the PDF Insight: Stormwater harvesting and reuse scheme for a major water user in urban Sydney Project description The Blacktown International Sportspark Sydney (the Sportspark) is an elite international sporting facility, attracting 750,000 visitors per year, which requires substantial volumes of water for
- [Josh's House](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/solutions/case-studies/joshs-house/) - case studies Josh's House Contact Admin@crcwsc.org.au Download the PDF Insight: Josh’s House is an exemplar of integrated water sensitive urban design at the residential housing scale Project description Josh’s House is an innovative housing-scale sustainable design and construction project based in Hilton WA, led by environmental scientist and national media personality Dr Josh Byrne in
- [Stormwater Quality Database](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/stormwater-quality-database/) - Stormwater Quality Database A database that summarises the water quality of urban run-off events across Australia Industry resource This database summarises the water quality of urban run-off events across Australia based on monitoring conducted by the CRC for Water Sensitive Cities in collaboration with the Urban Water Security Alliance. It provides the largest single database
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- [Non-market values and Benefit Transfer (IRP2-WP2)](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/research/our-research-focus-2016-2021/integrated-research/irp2-wp2/) - Overview This work package developed a Value Tool consisting of a comprehensive database of existing non market values and some market values of water sensitive systems and practices that will be used to underpin various benefit-transfer methods. A set of guidelines have been developed to assist the user. The Value Tool is part of a broader
- [Benefit-cost analysis tool (IRP2-WP3)](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/research/our-research-focus-2016-2021/integrated-research/irp2-wp3/) - Overview In this work package we developed a Benefit: Cost Analysis (BCA) Tool tailored to assessing investments for water-sensitive cities. It is intended to support balanced and systematic decision making about these investments, and to provide evidence for use in business cases. The tool is based on sound economics and is fully consistent with guidelines
- [Water Sensitive Cities Australia](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/wsc-australia/) - Water Sensitive Cities Australia Water sensitive practice. Every city. Every day. We bring together world-renowned subject matter experts and industry thought leaders to continue the Water Sensitive Cities mission. Who we are Water Sensitive Cities Australia is continuing the mission of the Cooperative Research Centre for Water Sensitive Cities (CRCWSC). Water is integral to almost
- [Water Sensitive Cities Australia FAQ](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/water-sensitive-cities-australia-faqs/) - Water Sensitive Cities Australia FAQ Go to Water Sensitive Cities Australia landing page What is Water Sensitive Cities Australia? Water Sensitive Cities Australia (WSCA) is a research-to-practice partnership supporting cities and towns that want to adopt evidence-based, urban water management solutions. Our mission is to: help change the way cities are designed, built and managed
- [INFFEWS Benefit: Cost Analysis Tool (2021)](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/research/our-research-focus-2016-2021/integrated-research/irp2-resources/) - Thank you for registering your details. The INFFEWS (Investment Framework For Economics of Water Sensitive cities) BCA Tool is made up of a package of documents, which should all be read in advance and continually referred to when undertaking the economic evaluation of your project. The spreadsheet has been developed using Microsoft Excel for Windows
- [Our Guidelines](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/our-guidelines/) - Our Guidelines will provide you with the information and guidance you need to plan your approach, influence opinion, and facilitate progress towards creating water sensitive cities. System change These resources can guide practitioners on how to create the social and institutional conditions a city needs to realise its water sensitive vision. Principles for engaging communities
- [Location Based - South Australia Adelaide](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/location-south-australia-adelaide/) - How water sensitive is Greater Adelaide? Choose your State New South Wales Queensland Victoria South Australia Western Australia Northern Territory City Current Water Sensitive PerformancePerformance against the goals of a water sensitive city Greater Adelaide was benchmarked using the Water Sensitive Cities Index in May 2017, at a workshop attended by industry representatives. Greater Adelaide
- [Location Based - New South Wales Sydney](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/location-new-south-wales-sydney/) - How water sensitive is Greater Sydney? Choose your State New South Wales Queensland Victoria South Australia Western Australia Northern Territory City Current Water Sensitive PerformancePerformance against the goals of a water sensitive city Greater Sydney was benchmarked using the Water Sensitive Cities Index in July 2017, at a workshop attended by industry representatives. The Water
- [Location Based - Queensland Brisbane](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/location-queensland-brisbane/) - How water sensitive is Greater Brisbane? Choose your State New South Wales Queensland Victoria South Australia Western Australia Northern Territory City Current Water Sensitive Performance Brisbane is a city built on a flood plain. Floods are a familiar, if not necessarily welcomed, part of life. Recognising this, Brisbane aspires to be a city that ‘lives
- [Location Based - Queensland Townsville](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/location-queensland-townsville/) - How water sensitive is Townsville? Choose your State New South Wales Queensland Victoria South Australia Western Australia Northern Territory City Current Water Sensitive PerformancePerformance against the goals of a water sensitive city Townsville’s water sensitive performance was benchmarked using the WSC Index in November 2017, at workshop attended by industry participants. Townsville achieved its strongest
- [Infill Performance Evaluation Framework](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/infill-performance-evaluation-framework/) - Infill Performance Evaluation Framework Evaluates infill development options at the city, precinct or site scale. Play Introduction Video Find out how water sensitive your infill development is The Infill Performance Evaluation Framework evaluates infill development options at the city, precinct or site scale. With the framework, you can: compare different planned designs generate metrics for
- [Urban infill](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/urban-infill/) - Urban infill Contact Admin@crcwsc.org.au Introduction Urban infill describes redevelopment within established urban areas, typically using previously undeveloped or underutilised land (greyfield), or redeploying previously developed land (brownfield). Population growth in Australian cities is predominantly being absorbed by infill development in older middle suburbs that have large blocks of land and housing at the end of
- [Urban planning](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/urban-planning-2/) - Urban planning Contact Admin@crcwsc.org.au Introduction Urban planning involves managing development and land use to deliver social, environmental and economic outcomes that make cities great places to live, work and visit. Development and land use has a large impact on the water cycle, which creates the need for strong integration between urban planning and water management.
- [Urban heat](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/urban-heat/) - Urban heat Contact Admin@crcwsc.org.au Introduction The urban heat island effect occurs when temperatures increase in urban areas relative to surrounding natural or rural environments. These higher urban temperatures can be caused by factors such as reduced shading, abundance of materials that absorb heat, reduced evapotranspiration and waste heat from infrastructure and vehicles. This phenomenon can
- [CRCWSC ThinkTank](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/solutions/crc-for-water-sensitive-cities-think-tank/) - CRCWSC ThinkTank A catalyst for ideas and action What is the ThinkTank? The CRCWSC ThinkTank has a strategic focus—to challenge current thinking about how to create cities that are liveable, resilient, productive and sustainable. This expert group will provide information, ideas and advice on how to address the 21st Century challenges facing water providers and
- [Regulation and legislation](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/regulation-and-legislation/) - Regulation and legislation Contact Admin@crcwsc.org.au Introduction Regulation and legislation relates to the authorising environment for water sensitive cities principles and practices. This theme includes information on roles and responsibilities for different aspects of urban water systems, water charges and market rules and how these influence the transition towards a water sensitive future. It also includes
- [Case study topics](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/case-study-topics/) - Back to case studies Rainwater and stormwater harvesting View case studies Stormwater treatment View case studies Wastewater management and recycling View case studies Managed aquifer recharge View case studies Waterway naturalisation View case studies Green roofs and walls View case studies Water sensitive streets and carparks View case studies Water sensitive parks and open spaces
- [Case Study](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/case-study/) - Case studies The CRCWSC developed case studies to help build a body of evidence that can support and encourage the adoption of research outcomes. These detailed case studies capture and communicate the lessons learned from the early adoption of research knowledge in real-life projects. These have been developed in collaboration with project stakeholders to identify
- [Guiding Integrated Urban and Water Planning Framework](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/guiding-integrated-urban-and-water-planning-framework/) - Integrated urban and water planning Can help practitioners design collaborative, context-sensitive and integrated approaches to urban and water planning Find out how to integrate urban and water planning This framework and principles can help practitioners design collaborative, context-sensitive and integrated approaches to urban and water planning. Importantly, the framework and principles recognise there is no
- [Beta Version of the INFFEWS Value Tool](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/research/our-research-focus-2016-2021/integrated-research/irp2-beta-resources-wp2/) - Thank you for registering your details. The INFFEWS Value Tool is supported by a set of guidelines, which should be read in advance of using the tool. These files are the property of CRCWSC and WSC Institute. Please do not share the files with anyone. Feedback or request for general assistance can be sent directly
- [Water efficiency](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/water-efficiency/) - Water efficiency Contact Admin@crcwsc.org.au Introduction Improving water efficiency involves developing and introducing new water technologies and solutions, implementing new policies and regulations, and changing consumer behaviours. It is important because rapidly growing populations and changing climates put significant pressure on freshwater availability and quality. Ensuring future security of freshwater resources requires new approaches to water
- [Monitoring and evaluation](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/monitoring-and-evaluation/) - Monitoring and evaluation Contact Admin@crcwsc.org.au Introduction Monitoring and evaluation helps water practitioners gather and assess information to improve the efficiency and/or effectiveness of water sensitive assets and systems. This topic discusses approaches to monitoring and highlights tools developed or identified by the CRCWSC to assist in monitoring and evaluation of water systems and services. GO
- [Flood resilience](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/flood-resilience-2/) - Flood resilience Contact Admin@crcwsc.org.au Introduction A flood resilient city is able to rapidly recover from substantial and frequent flooding with minimal damage, disruption and cost. A water sensitive approach seeks to improve a city's flood resilience and support liveability by integrating social, environmental and economic benefits. Around the world, the challenges of population growth, urban
- [Design and implementation](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/design-and-implementation/) - Design and implementation Contact Admin@crcwsc.org.au Introduction The design and implementation of assets and systems within a water sensitive city influences their performance, cost effectiveness and longevity. Asset design should consider how the assets will be constructed, maintained and renewed. Water sensitive cities typically contain green infrastructure including biofilters, raingardens, and green facades and walls. Wastewater
- [Community engagement](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/community-engagement-2/) - Community engagement Contact Admin@crcwsc.org.au Introduction Community engagement involves working collaboratively with members of a community to effect change. It is important because it builds trust and leads to better decisions and outcomes, by fostering richer ideas for strategies and solutions. The characteristics of water sensitive city (WSC) transitions—complex, long-term and involving technological, cultural, social and
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- [What is a water sensitive city?](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/what-is-a-water-sensitive-city/) - What is a water sensitive city? Why a water sensitive city? Many cities and towns in Australia and around the world face three critical challenges in managing water resources, waterways, river basins and coastal environments, and ultimately people’s quality of life: a rapidly growing population with changing lifestyles and values; a changing and highly variable
- [CRCWSC Legacy](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/crcwsc-legacy/) - Water Sensitive Cities start here We research interdisciplinary responses to water problems, synthesise diverse research outputs into practical solutions, and influence policy, regulation, and practice to promote adoption. What are you looking for? GO Latest news + events News Posted: 24 May 2022 Fishermans Bend Water Sensitive City Strategy News Posted: 24 May 2022 Water
- [Operation and maintenance](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/operation-and-maintenance/) - Operation and maintenance Contact Admin@crcwsc.org.au Partner with us Introduction Appropriate operation and maintenance activities are essential to ensure water sensitive assets function properly over their intended lifespan. Practitioners should consider operational and maintenance requirements when designing water sensitive assets, so that operation and maintenance activities can be performed easily, safely and cost effectively. It’s also
- [Governance and policy](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/governance-and-policy-2/) - Governance and policy Contact Admin@crcwsc.org.au Introduction New governance models and policies that encourage water sensitive approaches are essential for achieving the necessary changes in culture, technical approaches and principles of urban design. In particular, governance and policy effect and support change by setting standards and regulatory requirements and influencing local, city and regional scale change.
- [Climate change mitigation](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/climate-change-mitigation/) - Climate change mitigation Contact Admin@crcwsc.org.au Introduction Mitigating climate change impacts is critical as our cities continue to grow and develop, to help provide liveable, resilient and sustainable urban environments. CRCWSC research has considered practical approaches including building flood resilience, understanding urban heat and cooling with green infrastructure. Uncertainty about the magnitude and timing of future
- [Water sensitive professionals](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/water-sensitive-professionals/) - Water sensitive professionals Contact Admin@crcwsc.org.au Introduction Water sensitive professionals need a range of skills because achieving the outcomes of water sensitive cities requires changing how we plan, build and manage urban areas. In addition to technical ability, water sensitive professionals must also be able to lead and influence others, and build capacity. CRCWSC research clarifies
- [Small Creek naturalisation](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/solutions/case-studies/small-creek-naturalisation-3/) - case studies Small Creek naturalisation Contact Admin@crcwsc.org.au Download the PDF Share this Insight: Restoration of the Small Creek concrete channel to a more natural waterway, co-designed with the community Project description Transformation of 1.6km of existing concrete channel into a natural waterway. The channel is located in a heavily urbanised catchment and works will take
- [Designing the Jiangsu-Victoria Sponge City Innovation Park](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/designing-the-jiangsu-victoria-sponge-city-innovation-park/) - Designing the Jiangsu-Victoria Sponge City Innovation Park Contact Admin@crcwsc.org.au Overview Our collaboration with Kunshan is entering a new phase—upscaling technologies and integrating them into broader urban frameworks. The city has provided land for a 10 hectare sponge city Innovation Park, to exhibit cutting edge water sensitive infrastructure and technology, with facilities for validating emerging sponge
- [Adelaide Airport demonstration project](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/solutions/case-studies/adelaide-airport-demonstration-project/) - Adelaide airport demonstration project Demonstration of using irrigation to cool airports Contact Admin@crcwsc.org.au About the project The Adelaide Airport demonstration project is providing an opportunity for SA Water and Adelaide Airport to undertake research with assistance from the CRCWSC to help encourage early adoption of research outcomes by industry. This interdisciplinary research will provide ‘proof
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- [Virtual site tours - 5th WSC Conference](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/virtual-site-tours-5th-wsc-conference/) - You can select as many tours as you’d like. You will receive the link to the site tour video and details about the live Q&A session for that tour before the conference. Register for a tour or tours Back to conference event page Tour 1 Aquarevo Development, Victoria This unique residential development comprises homes that
- [Victorian Regional Advisory Panel (VIC–RAP)](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creating-wsc-australian-cities/wsc-vic-2/regional-advisory-panel-vic/) - Victorian Regional Advisory Panel (VIC–RAP) Chair of the Victorian Regional Advisory Panel: Mr Ray Beaton, Yarra Valley Water The Victorian Regional Advisory Panel is an essential aspect of the CRCWSC management structure. It is composed of CRWSC participants from government, councils, utilities, consulting organisations and capacity building organisations. The Regional Advisory Panel was established in
- [Ideas and innovation: Research synthesis for industry](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/solutions/research-synthesis/) - Why synthesise research in real contexts? Research synthesis is key to successful research application and adoption. A facilitated design process, the CRCWSC Research Synthesis Portfolio brings together the CRCWSC’s many research areas and disciplines with government and private industry partners to develop practical “ideas” for addressing specific industry-based challenges. Research synthesis is a highly effective
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- [Salisbury East precinct: Planning for water sensitive infill development (IRP3)](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/research/our-research-focus-2016-2021/integrated-research/salisbury-east-integrated-planning-strategic-precinct-infill/) - Introduction Current business-as-usual infill development often results in large building footprints and poorly designed low-rise developments that lack open space, tree canopy, solar access and cross ventilation. The water sensitive city approach provides an alternative that aims to support higher density communities while also enhancing the social, economic and environmental performance of Australian cities. This
- [Training sessions - 5th WSC Conference](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/training-sessions-5th-wsc-conference/) - We understand that not everybody wants to be an expert user of our tools. So we’ve created these overview training sessions that provide a ‘taster’, so you can find out how the tools developed by the CRCWSC work and how you can apply them in your projects. Each session is capped at 20 participants. You
- [Integrated Water Management planning in Melbourne’s growth corridors (IRP3)](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/research/our-research-focus-2016-2021/integrated-research/iwm-planning-in-melbournes-growth-corridors/) - Introduction The Integrated Water Management (IWM) Forums established for the Werribee and Yarra catchments within Greater Melbourne identified a need for more integrated water and urban planning at the growth corridor or ‘sub-catchment’ scale, to better link high level strategic goals and local or place-based outcomes. A number of Forum participants have initiated and helped
- [Get to know our speakers - 5th WSC Conference](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/get-to-know-our-speakers-5th-wsc-conference/) - Back to conference event page Lucinda Hartley, Cofounder Neighbourlytics and Co-Design Studio Lucinda Hartley will use her keynote address to discuss the factors shaping the growth of our cities and how integrated urban planning can help us deliver what people are looking for in urban spaces. Lucinda is best known as the cofounder of urban
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- [Water Sensitive Cities Index](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/solutions/wsc-index/) - Water Sensitive Cities Index Benchmarking cities against urban water indicators Visit here to View demo of the index tool Interested in benchmarking your city? For more information email: wsc-index@crcwsc.com.au WSC-Index Providers Access Why is it needed? The vision of a water sensitive city has emerged as an aspirational concept where water is managed in a
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- [Amenity and urban greening](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/amenity-and-urban-greening-2/) - Amenity and urban greening Water sensitive solutions often have the potential to support urban greening, canopy cover, and integration of water which contributes to visual amenity in an urban area. The provision of green space contributes to human health and well-being, by supporting mental health, encouraging physical activity and enhancing connections with nature. Back to
- [Green roofs and walls](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/green-roofs-and-green-walls/) - Green roofs and green walls Vegetation and growing media can be secured to the roofs and walls of buildings and structures, creating what is known as green roofs and walls. These provide a living ecosystem in a built environment, thereby increasing the exposure of communities to nature in highly urbanised surroundings and providing additional benefits
- [Economic evaluation case studies (IRP2-WP5)](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/research/our-research-focus-2016-2021/integrated-research/irp2-wp5/) - Overview This work package is undertaking five case studies to test the integrated economic evaluation framework. In each case study, we will: Understand the issue or problem and knowledge gap analysis by collecting and reviewing relevant information (such as benefits, costs, timeframe, major stakeholders, regulatory framework, current business model, etc.); Assess the potential of benefit
- [Water sensitive streets and carparks](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/water-sensitive-streets-and-carparks/) - Water sensitive streets and carparks Water sensitive solutions in streets and carparks typically include passively irrigated trees, raingardens and permeable pavements. The opportunity for improvement in the streetscape is significant, given that streets form such a significant portion of urban development. Streetscape solutions provide the opportunity to treat stormwater close to the source, improve tree
- [Urban heat Island mitigation](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/urban-heat-island-mitigation/) - Urban heat island mitigation Most of the world’s population lives in built up areas, where temperatures are higher than the surrounding rural areas as a result of reduced natural, vegetated landscapes and increased dark, paved surfaces that store heat. This effect is known as the urban heat island (UHI), and has been recognised for many
- [Creating a water sensitive Western Australia](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creating-wsc-australian-cities/wsc-wa/) - Creating a water sensitive Western Australia A vision for a Water Sensitive Perth View the vision Western Australia (WA) is a region committed to working toward a water sensitive future for its cities and towns. Liveable communities are a shared vision of many state and local government agencies, reflecting the aspirations of the people of
- [Engaging communities](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/collaborate/collaborating-with-industry/engaging-communities/) - Engaging communities Empowered citizens To enable the transition to water sensitive cities, citizens should be treated as partners in decision-making, and their meaningful involvement and empowerment should be actively pursued. We know this is important because… ... a key challenge to urban water reform is the disconnection between the community and its water systems. To
- [Townsville Action Learning Partnership (IRP3)](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/research/our-research-focus-2016-2021/integrated-research/irp3-townsville/) - Introduction Towards the end of 2017, the CRCWSC worked with Townsville City Council to develop a Water Sensitive Vision and Transition Strategy for Townsville. The vision for Townsville as a future water sensitive city depicts the values and outcomes to be secured over the next 50 years: Townsville is an attractive, resilient city that manages
- [Ecosystem health](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/ecosystem-health/) - Ecosystem health Water sensitive cities protect and enhance ecosystem health ensuring that urban areas minimise their impact on natural ecosystems and by integrating healthy natural systems into the urban environment. With good design and management, healthy waterways, trees, vegetation and waterbodies can be integrated into the urban environment. Back to case studies Small Creek Naturalisation
- [Governance and policy](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/governance-and-policy/) - Governance and policy The shift from conventional water management to a water sensitive city is one which requires significant change in culture, technical approaches and principles of urban design. Policy and governance models are essential for effecting and supporting change during this transition, setting standards and regulatory requirements across many areas, and influencing the local,
- [Stormwater treatment](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/stormwater-treatment/) - Stormwater treatment Urbanisation replaces natural vegetation with impervious surfaces such as roads, driveways, and building roofs, resulting in increased runoff rates and volumes, as well as changes to water quality and pollutant loads in stormwater runoff. The increase in impervious areas in urban catchments is a prominent source of stormwater contaminant, including sediments, nutrients, litter,
- [Waterway naturalisation](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/waterway-naturalisation-2/) - Waterway naturalisation Waterway naturalisation (or waterway restoration, daylighting streams) is the process of converting drainage channels into a more naturalised state, typically mimicking to some extent the former history of the waterway. The degree of naturalisation varies between projects, particularly depending on the availability of space. Waterway naturalisation can provide a large number of benefits
- [Water literacy and behaviour change](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/water-literacy-and-behaviour-change/) - Water literacy and behaviour change Sustainable management of water can be impacted by everyone. Increasing awareness of water challenges amongst communities and driving behaviour change at both an individual and organisational level is a key strategy in delivering water sensitive cities. Some solutions are able play an educational role or highlight the opportunities and challenges
- [Leadership and influence](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/leadership-and-influence/) - Leadership and influence Leaders and champions play a crucial role in enabling water sensitive solutions and practices. Often it is the persistence and enthusiasm of a set of individuals that drives change in an organisation and in an industry. Back to case studies Orange New South Wales View case study First of its kind in
- [Community engagement](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/community-engagement/) - Community engagement Engaging with the community builds trust and ownership, leads to better decision making, and can deliver more effective outcomes. Local community knowledge and support is highly valuable in developing local and regional-scale solutions, and can provide a rich source of ideas for water sensitive strategies and solutions. Sustainable, resilient, productive and liveable communities
- [Alternative water supplies](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/alternative-water-supplies/) - Alternative water supplies Fit-for-purpose alternative water supplies have several benefits. First, it conserves drinking water resources for uses that require water to be highly treated, supporting water security during drought. Second, alternative water supplies often remove potential pollutants from the natural environment. In conventional water management models, both stormwater and wastewater carry significant amounts of
- [Wastewater management and recycling](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/wastewater-management-and-recycling/) - Wastewater management and recycling Urban areas produce large quantities of wastewater, which can present a risk to the environment. Recycling wastewater helps reduce high nutrient loads into receiving waters, and provides an alternate source of water for fit-for-purposes uses, reducing pressure on potable water sources. Recycled water is commonly used for irrigation, where the higher
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- [About our partners](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/about-our-partners/) - About our partners CRCWSC partners share the passion and commitment for creating water sensitive cities. One of the many strengths of the CRCWSC is the large number of organisations that have invested not only in the development of solutions but to the application and utilisation of the solutions to effect positive change in the real
- [Vision and strategy statements](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/wsc-australia/vision-and-strategy-statements/) - Vision and strategy statements Water is vital for the future liveability, productivity, sustainability and resilience of our cities. But how do we shape and service our cities to achieve these outcomes? We can help you develop a shared vision for water and how it shapes your city or town. Vision setting: builds a common understanding
- [Policies and guidelines](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/wsc-australia/policies-and-guidelines/) - Policies and guidelines Once a city or town confirms its water sensitive vision, it needs to check whether the policy and regulatory environment will allow it to reach that vision. When a city or town has policies that reinforce conventional water practices, it can have a hard time transitioning to new water sensitive systems. But
- [Facilitation and design charrettes](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/wsc-australia/facilitation-and-design-charrettes/) - Facilitation and design charrettes Part of our value to a project is our ability to extract the ideas that will solve problems, remove obstacles and change practice. To do so, we run workshops to collect, prioritise and share the thinking of the key stakeholders. For each project, our research synthesis strategy relies on an intense
- [System design and scenario modelling](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/wsc-australia/system-design-and-scenario-modelling/) - System design and scenario modelling We support governments, utilities, councils, developers and citizens use collaborative processes and smart tools to co-create projects, and provide services that communities want and can afford. Our aim is to facilitate resulting urban services—like water, energy, food and waste—that are efficient, integrated and flexible, and deliver outcomes seamlessly and reliably
- [Technical design of water sensitive urban design solutions](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/wsc-australia/technical-design-of-water-sensitive-urban-design-solutions/) - Technical design of water sensitive urban design solutions Good design is crucial for urban water management. We help our clients find water sensitive urban design solutions that deliver greater sustainability, productivity, resilience, and liveability outcomes. To inform water sensitive urban design, we look to: an on-ground assessment of current physical conditions and institutional arrangements an
- [Privacy and Confidentiality Statement](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/privacy/) - Introduction From 12 March 2014, the Australian Privacy Principles (“APPs”) replace the National Privacy Principles and Information Privacy Principles that apply to organisations and Australian Government agencies. You should only provide personal information to the CRC for Water Sensitive Cities (CRCWSC) if you consent to the terms of this privacy policy. By providing personal information
- [Flood Resilience](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/flood-resilience/) - Flood Resilience Flooding poses a major risk to communities and economies in many cities and towns. Urban areas are commonly located near waterways and coastlines, where increased frequency of rainfall events will increase flood risk. Furthermore, in urban areas, drainage systems were often built to service areas which have since become substantially more impervious than
- [Water sensitive precincts](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/water-sensitive-precincts/) - Water sensitive precincts The development of new precincts provides an opportunity to deliver water sensitive practices at scale. Taking advantage of economies of scale, precinct solutions are often very effective. In some cases decentralised water management infrastructure can delay needs for augmenting city-wide water and sewer infrastructure. Stormwater management at a precinct scale can include
- [Brabham Action Learning Partnership (IRP3)](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/research/our-research-focus-2016-2021/integrated-research/irp3-brabham/) - Introduction The Brabham Action Learning Partnership is an initiative of the CRC for Water Sensitive Cities (CRCWSC) and its WA partners. It is one of a number of case studies being undertaken as part of a national project addressing integrated urban and water planning to guide water sensitive urban development outcomes (IRP3). The Brabham case
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- [Water Sensitive Cities Scenario Tool](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/solutions/water-sensitive-cities-scenario-tool/) - Water Sensitive Cities Scenario Tool Utilise water sensitive city outcomes in scenario planning Contact Dr Christian Urich Project Leader - Tools & Products Get in touch Register & access the tool What is the WSC Scenario Tool The Water Sensitive Cities Scenario Tool (WSC Scenario Tool) is a planning-support tool that enables users to assess
- [Integrated research](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/research/our-research-focus-2016-2021/integrated-research/) - Integrated research Integrated Research Projects (IRP) are research projects that will be supported with CRCWSC core funding, and that will address a broad need across the CRCWSC. They will address priority industry needs that require ongoing research and development efforts through the integration of proposed research activities, and will have a strong industry application focus
- [Resources for Participants](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/about-the-crcwsc/resources-for-participants/) - Resources for participants The resources below have been provided for use by CRCWSC participants and personnel. Many documents will change regularly hence to assist with quality control please refrain where possible from downloading these resources as only the approved version will be available on this site. Please do not circulate these resources outside of your
- [General templates](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/about-the-crcwsc/resources-for-participants/general-templates/) - Request to Publish form Request to publish form [Word] A4, Portrait Download now Publication templates [Word] Publication template [Word] A4, Portrait Download now Meeting template [Word] A4, Portrait Download now Publication template [Word] A4, Landscape Download now Industry note reference guide [PDF] A4, Portrait Download now Letterhead [Word] A4, Portrait Download now Presentation templates [PowerPoint]
- [Communication and marketing resources](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/about-the-crcwsc/resources-for-participants/communication-and-marketing-resources/) - How to setup a Zoom meeting How to Set Up a Zoom Meeting Guide PDF Document Download now Logo, Brand and Styleguide assets CRCWSC Graphics and Style Guide PDF Document Download now CRCWSC Logo Image Download now CRCWSC Logo Guidelines PDF Document Download now WSC Index Logo Image Download now CRC Programme Branding and Logo
- [Stakeholder engagement (IRP2-WP1)](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/research/our-research-focus-2016-2021/integrated-research/irp2-wp1/) - Overview This work package is building a common understanding amongst our stakeholders on which elements of water sensitive cities provide the greatest benefits to the community (which includes benefits to the environment), clearly articulating market and non market values, and contributing to the transition towards liveable and resilient cities. We have developed a Stakeholder Engagement Strategy
- [Economic value of urban heat mitigation (IRP2-WP6)](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/research/our-research-focus-2016-2021/integrated-research/irp2-wp6/) - Overview This work package has been exploring the UHI mitigation produced from different scales of investment in urban greening, and will quantify the value of this benefit in dollar terms, for example by reduced mortality/morbidity, reduced energy demand and increased productivity. Increasing levels of investment in green public open space, and associated investments in passive
- [Understanding water words](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/solutions/understanding-water-words-glossary/) - Understanding water words - glossary Making sense of the terminology Contact admin@crcwsc.org.au Introduction This glossary lists common words and terms used when we talk about water sensitive cities. Click on any term to find its definition. You’ll also find other useful information related to that term, such as alternative words, related topics and useful resources.
- [Evaluation and frameworks](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/evaluation-and-frameworks/) - Evaluation and frameworks Back to case studies City of Gold Coast Water Sensitive City Transition Strategy Queensland View case study The City of Gold Coast was one of the early adopters in applying the CRC for Water Sensitive Cities’ Transition Planning Process to develop a water sensitive city vision and transition strategy. Moonee Valley Water
- [Vision and narrative](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/vision-and-narrative/) - Vision and narrative Back to case studies City of Gold Coast Water Sensitive City Transition Strategy Queensland View case study The City of Gold Coast was one of the early adopters in applying the CRC for Water Sensitive Cities’ Transition Planning Process to develop a water sensitive city vision and transition strategy. Moonee Valley Water
- [Water sensitive parks and open spaces](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/water-sensitive-parks-and-open-spaces/) - Water sensitive parks and open spaces High quality public open spaces typically require significant water demands for irrigation. There are a range of ways to design parks and open space to not only reduce imported water demands, but also provide other benefits such as amenity improvements, improved canopy growth, and integrated stormwater treatment and flood
- [Our international projects](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/international/) - Our international projects Be part of a global water sensitive cities movement that has yielded at least AUD500 million of benefits in Australia and internationally The CRCWSC brings together many disciplines, world-renowned subject matter experts, and industry thought leaders to revolutionise urban water management, in Australia and overseas. We can apply our work to global
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- [Beyond 2021: Ensuring a water sensitive future](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/solutions/beyond-2021-ensuring-a-water-sensitive-future/) - Beyond 2021: Ensuring a water sensitive future What are the issues that will shape our future cities? What action is needed to respond to those issues? How can Integrated Urban Water Management contribute? The Cooperative Research Centre for Water Sensitive Cities’ current term expires on 30 June 2021. It is now time to look ahead
- [Creating a water sensitive Victoria](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creating-wsc-australian-cities/wsc-vic-2/) - Creating a water sensitive Victoria Victoria’s capital city is Melbourne – often voted the world’s most liveable city. Water is essential to Melbourne’s liveability and to that of other cities and towns across the State. Over the last decade, urban water cycle management has evolved rapidly in these urban areas, largely brought about by prolonged
- [Get to know our speakers](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/get-to-know-our-speakers/) - Professor Mohan Krishnamoorthy, Pro-Vice-Chancellor (Research Partnerships), The University of Queensland Welcome address Professor Mohan Krishnamoorthy is Professor of Operations Research at ITEE, The University of Queensland (UQ) and Pro Vice-Chancellor (Research Partnerships) at UQ. Prior to joining UQ, Mohan was Pro Vice-Chancellor (Industry Partnerships) at Monash University and was Professor of Operations Research in the
- [Governance](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/governance/) - Governance and legal structure The CRCWSC is a company limited by guarantee, incorporated and domiciled in Australia in May 2012 (ABN 19 158 409 137), and endorsed as a charity. The CRCWSC is governed in line with its corporate constitution and the arrangements set out in the Commonwealth Agreement and the Essential Participants Agreement. Board
- [Goulburn](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/goulburn/) - A Water Sensitive Goulburn Mulwaree Council About the project We are seeking your ideas for Goulburn Mulwaree Council’s water future and the steps needed to achieve them. The project is being led by the Cooperative Research Centre for Water Sensitive Cities (CRCWSC) and supported by Goulburn Mulwaree Council and WaterNSW. This project forms part of
- [CRCWSC Board Director biographies](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/governance/our-board/board-biography/) - Cheryl Batagol, Chairman Ms Cheryl Batagol is Chair of the CRC for Water Sensitive Cities. With more than 40 years of experience in environmental leadership, Ms Batagol brings governance skills through her numerous roles on a range of government and commercial boards including currently, Chairperson of the Environment Protection Authority Victoria and a Board Member
- [Local CRCWSC participants Victoria](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creating-wsc-australian-cities/wsc-vic-2/local-crcwsc-participants-victoria/) - Victorian-based CRCWSC participants Essential Participants Department of Environment, Land, Water & PlanningMelbourne Water CorporationMonash UniversitySouth East Water Other Participants City of BoroondaraCity of Greater BendigoCity of KingstonCity of MelbourneCity of Port PhillipCity West WaterColiban WaterGHDKnox City CouncilMaddocksManningham City CouncilMoonee Valley City CouncilVictorian Planning AuthorityVillawood PropertiesWhitehorse City CouncilYarra Valley Water Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) Associate
- [Local CRCWSC participants South Australia](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creating-wsc-australian-cities/wsc-sa/local-crcwsc-participants-south-australia/) - South Australia-based CRCWSC participants Essential Participants Other Participants Adelaide and Mount Lofty Ranges Natural Resources Management BoardCity of SalisburyGHDICE WaRMSA Water CorporationThe University of Adelaide Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) Associate Partners DesignFlowEdge EnvironmentWater Technology
- [Local CRCWSC participants New South Wales](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creating-wsc-australian-cities/wsc-nsw/local-crcwsc-participants-new-south-wales/) - New South Wales-based CRCWSC participants Essential Participants Other Participants Blacktown City CouncilCity of NewcastleCooks River Alliance (City of Canterbury-Bankstown)Department of Planning, Industry and EnvironmentFairfield City CouncilGHDHornsby Shire CouncilInner West CouncilKu-ring-gai CouncilThe Council of the City of Sydney Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) Associate Partners Alluvium ConsultingCitygreen Systems
- [Local CRCWSC participants (Queensland)](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creating-wsc-australian-cities/wsc-seq/local-crcwsc-participants-queensland/) - Queensland-based CRCWSC participants Essential Participants The University of Queensland Other Participants Brisbane City CouncilCity of Gold CoastGHDGriffith UniversityHealthy Land and WaterInternational WaterCentreTownsville City Council Small and Medium Enterprise (SME) Associate Partners Alluvium ConsultingBligh Tanner Consulting EngineersDesignFlowe2DesignLabTract Consultants Pty LtdWater Technology
- [Sydney Transition Strategy (IRP1-TS4)](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/research/our-research-focus-2016-2021/integrated-research/irp1-ts4/) - Introduction There is currently a desire for an agreed, consistent vision outlining the role of water in providing sustainable, resilient, and productive city outcomes across New South Wales and especially Greater Sydney. Because of this desire and commitment from local stakeholders, Sydney will undergo a preliminary process to develop a benchmark of Sydney's current water
- [Townsville Transition Strategy (IRP1-TS3)](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/research/our-research-focus-2016-2021/integrated-research/irp1-ts3/) - Introduction Townsville presents a unique opportunity to demonstrate how the IRP1 process could be used to catalyse stakeholder and community action to address the water-related issues currently experienced in Townsville. The current severe drought combined with development opportunities and attention on the Great Barrier Reef provide an excellent opportunity for testing the processes involved in
- [Tactics and Techniques](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/solutions/science-to-policy-strategies/tactics-and-techniques/) - Tactics for Effective Pitches and Decision-Maker Communications Would you like a customised training solution? For more information email: admin@crcwsc.com.au Introduction Ten Commandments Strategic Thinking Training Videos [Coming soon] KNOW WHAT YOU WANT TO ACHIEVE What do you want to happen as a result of your research or ideas? For a seemingly simple question, answering it
- [From science to policy - strategies for influencing the dynamics of political decision-making](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/solutions/science-to-policy-strategies/) - From science to policy Strategies for influencing the dynamics of political decision making Would you like a customised training solution? For more information, email admin@crcwsc.com.au Ten commandments Strategic thinking Tactics and techniques Training videos [Coming soon] Introduction Many scientists and research institutions aim to make science and research a greater part of the policy-making process.
- [Strategic thinking](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/solutions/science-to-policy-strategies/strategic-thinking/) - Strategic Thinking for Influence-Seeking Would you like a customised training solution? For more information email admin@crcwsc.com.au Introduction Ten commandments Tactics and techniques Training videos [Coming soon] Influencing policy and decision making can’t be done as an afterthought to research. All too often, impact is treated as an adjunct or follow-up to publication. Yet, our research
- [The 10 commandments of influencing government](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/solutions/science-to-policy-strategies/ten-commandments-of-influencing-government/) - The ten commandments of influencing government Would you like a customised training solution? For more information email admin@crcwsc.com.au Introduction Strategic thinking Tactics and techniques Training videos [Coming soon] The 10 commandments of influencing government by Professor John Thwaites Professor John Thwaites, former Deputy Premier of Victoria (1999–2007) and Chairman of the Monash Sustainable Development Institute, has
- [Improving urban informal settlements in Fiji and Indonesia](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/improving-urban-informal-settlements-in-fiji-and-indonesia/) - Improving urban informal settlements in Fiji and Indonesia Contact Kerrie Burge Project Leader Get in touch Partner with us Overview The Wellcome Trust (UK) and the Asian Development Bank funds a joint project to adapt and apply water sensitive principles and practices to address human health challenges in informal settlements in developing countries. This project—Revitalising
- [Partnering with the World Bank](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/partnering-with-the-world-bank/) - Partnering with the World Bank Contact Ben Furmage Project Leader Get in touch Partner with us Overview We have started some initial partnership activities with the World Bank, as part of our objective to build an enduring partnership relationship. In the Middle East and North Africa, we are providing advice on managing water groundwater resources
- [Helping further the Australian Government foreign policy objectives](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/helping-further-the-australian-government-foreign-policy-objectives/) - Helping further the Australian Government foreign policy objectives Contact Jamie Ewert Project Leader Get in touch Partner with us Overview We are working with the Australian Water Partnership (AWP) and the Australian Government Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT), to help advance Australia’s foreign policy initiatives. As part of the AWP’s new agenda to
- [Becoming an Asian Development Bank knowledge partner](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/becoming-an-asian-development-bank-knowledge-partner/) - Becoming an Asian Development Bank knowledge partner Contact Name Title Get in touch Partner with us Overview As an Asian Development Bank knowledge partner, we are helping developing cities in the Asia-Pacific region become more sustainable and resilient. We provide technical knowledge and advice on urban design and governance reform, focusing on urban water management
- [Helping create the award winning sponge city of Kunshan](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/helping-create-the-award-winning-sponge-city-of-kunshan/) - Helping create the award winning sponge city of Kunshan Contact Jianbin Wang Project Leader Get in touch Partner with us Overview The City of Kunshan (in China) has a complex landscape; it has over 100 polders, and more than 1000km of waterways connected via gates and pumps. However, rapid economic growth and urbanisation has threatened
- [Managed aquifer recharge](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/managed-aquifer-recharge/) - Managed aquifer recharge Managed aquifer recharge is the process of recharging an aquifer under controlled conditions in order to store water for later abstraction for a particular use. MAR is a useful practice, with aquifers able to act as both a storage and source for local alternative water supply for fit-for-purpose uses. Injecting treated stormwater
- [Solutions](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/solutions/) - Creating impact for government and industry Since its inception, the CRCWSC set out to guide capital infrastructure investments of more than AUD $100 billion by the Australian water sector, and more than AUD $550 billion of private sector investment in urban development. We support the transition to water sensitive cities by: developing knowledge across a
- [Bendigo Transition Strategy (IRP1-TS5)](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/research/our-research-focus-2016-2021/integrated-research/irp1-ts5/) - Introduction There has been strong interest from Bendigo, a regional city in Victoria, to develop a water sensitive city vision, transition strategy and implementation plan. Its main driver is population growth, which is projected to almost double to 200,000 people by 2051. It is a water-stressed city but has a robust, collaborative and innovative leadership
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- [Perth (IRP1-TS1)](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/research/our-research-focus-2016-2021/integrated-research/irp1-ts1/) - Introduction Significant commitment and momentum exists in Perth among a stakeholder group of local champions (the Water Sensitive Transition Network), which evolved out of Project A4.2 Mapping Water Sensitive City Scenarios. A vision and transition framework was developed in this project. The Perth case study in IRP1 will begin by consolidating other CRCWSC research outputs and
- [Creating a water sensitive South Australia](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creating-wsc-australian-cities/wsc-sa/) - Creating a water sensitive South Australia Most South Australians live in Adelaide. They have experienced droughts and have seen the effects of living in a warm, dry climate. As a result they are passionate about water and maintaining the green landscape of their city. They share a concern for future of water resources from the
- [Creating a water sensitive New South Wales](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creating-wsc-australian-cities/wsc-nsw/) - Creating a water sensitive New South Wales The harbours, rivers, and coastlines of New South Wales (NSW) represent an iconic image of the urban Australian lifestyle in which water plays a central role. And yet NSW’s water sources are becoming increasingly vulnerable to pollution, climate variability, and growing demand for water resources. Rapid population growth
- [Creating a water sensitive Queensland](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creating-wsc-australian-cities/wsc-seq/) - Creating a water sensitive Queensland A subtropical region with a powerful water story, Queensland experiences long term cycles of extreme weather patterns ranging from floods to droughts. Significant urban population growth and a trend of rapid political cycles means the State confronts a range of unique needs and challenges, which must be tackled in Queensland's
- [Demonstration projects](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/solutions/demonstration-projects/) - Demonstration projects CRCWSC demonstration projects help generate relevant information to 'ground-proof' novel concepts, and build a body of evidence that can support and encourage the adoption of research outcomes. These demonstration projects capture and communicate the lessons learned from the early adoption of research knowledge in real-life projects. Wanju Vegetation Master Plan: Testing the CRCWSC
- [Wanju Vegetation Master Plan - Testing the CRCWSC Design Platform to inform structure plan vegetation requirements to manage urban heat](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/solutions/wanju-vegetation-master-plan/) - Wanju Vegetation Master Plan Testing the CRCWSC Design Platform to inform structure plan vegetation requirements to manage urban heat Contact Kim Markwell Content Manager Get in touch About the project The Wanju Vegetation Master Plan Microclimate project is demonstrating how state and local governments can use the CRCWSC’s Design Platform microclimate model to develop vegetation
- [IRP2 timeline and milestones](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/research/our-research-focus-2016-2021/integrated-research/irp2-milestones/) - Overview IRP2 will incrementally deliver the outputs and tools over the course of the project. We have completed the milestone reports in line with the schedule and these are available on the IRP2 website; Stakeholder Engagement Strategy, Review of non-market values of water sensitive systems and practices, Work plan for WP6, and Review of existing
- [Register your interest for our Water Sensitive Cities Conference 2019 in Brisbane](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/register-your-interest-for-our-water-sensitive-cities-conference-2019-in-brisbane/) - First Name*Surname*Organisation*Email address*Contact number* Submit Δ
- [Services for external stakeholders](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/solutions/stakeholder-services/) - Services for our External Stakeholders We offer real-world solutions to get you there. Interested in collaborating and discovering ideas and innovation for your city? Contact Jamie Ewert National Engagement Manager jamie.ewert@crcwsc.org.au Water Sensitive Cities Index Water sensitive city envisioning Strategic planning Capacity building and engagement Innovation Concept design Water Sensitive Cities Index – benchmarking tool
- [Serving our external stakeholders](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/solutions/serving-our-external-stakeholders/) - Plan and build your water sensitive city We now offer fee-for-service to our external stakeholders Interested in discovering ideas and innovations for your city? Want on-ground solutions from our new water knowledge? Contact Jamie Ewert National Engagement Manager jamie.ewert@crcwsc.org.au Look to water sensitive solutions Let’s look at three common challenges for cities and towns.
- [Adelaide Transition Strategy (IRP1-TS2)](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/research/our-research-focus-2016-2021/integrated-research/irp1-ts2/) - Introduction Adelaide has made significant advancements on the water sensitive city pathway, however there is a need to align these advancements through a water sensitive vision. Adelaide has undertaken preliminary processes to develop a benchmark of Adelaide's current water sensitive performance, a vision for Adelaide as a future water sensitive city, and high-level strategies for
- [Our research focus 2016 - 2021](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/research/our-research-focus-2016-2021/) - Industry-led research During 2016 we sought to engage with industry representatives across Australia to discuss how progress towards a water sensitive city was going, and to check in on current and future barriers and challenges faced by the urban development and water resource management sectors. While the need for water sensitive cities remains largely unchanged,
- [Making an impact](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/making-an-impact/)
- [Why a Water Sensitive Cities Index](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/solutions/why-a-water-sensitive-cities-index/) - Why a Water Sensitive Cities Index? Cities around the world are facing the complex challenge of designing technological, policy, and institutional arrangements that are resilient to the impacts of climate change and population growth, while ensuring sustainable management of water resources and the protection of aquatic environments. Moving toward integrated urban water management is particularly
- [Target audience and industry collaboration](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/solutions/target-audience-and-industry-collaboration/) - Water Sensitive Cities Index Target audience The WSC Index is a tool that may benefit a range of end users including policymakers, local and state governments, public agencies, service providers, research organisations, consultancies, land developers, and the community, enabling them to identify their cities’ urban water management conditions, and to create more liveable, sustainable, resilient,
- [Key product features](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/solutions/key-product-features/) - Water Sensitive Cities Index Key product features The WSC Index framework comprises of 7 goals and 34 indicators, with a 1–5 rating scale for each indicator. The WSC Index indicators were developed based on characteristics identified as important in the literature, including timeliness, relevance, workability, along with indicators being easy to understand, comparable, credible, and
- [Status and future development](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/solutions/status-and-future-development/) - Water Sensitive Cities Index Status and future development The WSC Index has been designed in collaboration with industry partners through multiple project stages (Figure 2). The project is entering the final stages of the Pilot Phase, which develops management actions with industry partners. The project is on track to develop the implementation plan and release
- [Contacts and How do I benchmark my city?](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/solutions/contacts-benchmark-city/) - Water Sensitive Cities Index I want to benchmark my city We currently deliver the above support – benchmarking, prioritising, and determining management actions – as a series of workshops, with online access to the web tool, so that participants can review benchmarking results, as well as plan and track progress. Are you interested in conducting
- [Associated resources](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/solutions/associated-resources/) - Water Sensitive Cities Index Associated resources OzWater 2016 Water Sensitive Cities Index – Paper International Low Impact Development Conference, Water Sensitive Cities Index – Paper Water sensitive cities benchmarking and assessment: Mooney Valley City Council – CRCWSC Technical/Milestone Report Singapore International Water Week, A Water Sensitive Cities Index to support transitions to more liveable, sustainable, resilient
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- [Regional implementation](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/research/our-research-focus-2016-2021/regional-implementation/) - Regional application and validation Regional Implementation Projects (REG) are identified by the Regional Advisory Panels and aim to primarily aim to address specific local interests and needs. Some of these projects will form a case study location for the Integrated Research Projects (IRPs), and/or use some of the tools or products developed in the TAP
- [Finance Models and Policies (IRP2-WP4)](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/research/our-research-focus-2016-2021/integrated-research/irp2-wp4/) - Overview This work package will review existing finance models and policies. We will: work with end users to identify existing finance model, policies and mechanisms (such as financial incentives) used to foster public and private investment in water sensitive cities. review policies and models for investments in other sectors that aim to foster investments that
- [Water Sensitive Urbanism (Program B)](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/research/our-research-focus-2012-2016/water-sensitive-urbanism-project-b/) - Water Sensitive Urbanism (Program B) Influencing urban planning and design through water This program seeks to apply a new approach to urban planning and design to improve the sustainability and liveability of urban environments. It will apply a new paradigm in urban planning and design that captures the many aspects of urban water management including
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- [Our research focus 2012 - 2016](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/research/our-research-focus-2012-2016/) - Our research focus 2012 - 2016 Creating knowledge and solutions that help communities become more water sensitive Today, many towns and cities face challenges, lack the tools, and confront knowledge gaps that prevent them from being more water sensitive. Our role at the CRC for Water Sensitive Cities is to provide these tools and address
- [Society (Program A)](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/research/our-research-focus-2012-2016/society-program-a/) - Society (Program A) Delivering social change This program focuses on understanding and delivering the social change needed to support water sensitive cities. This includes changes in community attitude and water-related behaviours, the economic valuation of water, and changes in institutional and urban water governance. Projects in the Society Program are working to: guide the development
- [Our Phd Cohort](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/research/our-research-focus-2012-2016/our-phd-cohort/) - Creating the next generation of international thought leaders The CRCWSC PhD Program Doctoral or PhD Candidates form an important component of the CRC for Water Sensitive Cities (CRCWSC) and is a major deliverable under the Commonwealth Funding Agreement. The CRCWSC will financially support more than 40 PhD candidates over the nine year life of
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- [Local needs and challenges Western Australia](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creating-wsc-australian-cities/wsc-wa/local-needs-and-challenges/) - Western Australian local needs and challenges A number of needs and challenges that must be addressed to achieve the vision of a sustainable, resilient, productive, and liveable Western Australia (WA). To develop water sensitive on-ground practises, we need to understand how to engage citizens to improve water awareness, knowledge, and behaviours. We need frameworks and evidence
- [Western Australia RAP meeting minutes](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creating-wsc-australian-cities/wsc-wa/wa-rap-meeting-minutes/) - RAP meeting minutes (WA) The background, purpose and role of the Regional Advisory Panel for Western Australia is outlined in the Terms of Reference document. Previous meeting minutes are available here for your convenience. Please note that any presentations used during the meeting have been included at the end of the minutes. 1 Jun 2016
- [Western Australia Regional Advisory Panel (WA–RAP)](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creating-wsc-australian-cities/wsc-wa/regional-advisory-panel-wa-2/) - Western Australia Regional Advisory Panel (WA–RAP) The Western Australia Regional Advisory Panel (WA–RAP) is an integral part of the CRCWSC legal structure, composed of CRCWSC participants and other key industry stakeholders who support a water sensitive future for Western Australia’s cities and towns. Established in June 2013, with a mandate to develop and coordinate a
- [Creating water sensitive Australian Cities](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creating-wsc-australian-cities/) - Creating a water sensitive Queensland Find out how Creating a water sensitive Victoria Find out how Creating a water sensitive New South Wales Find out how Creating a water sensitive Western Australia Find out how Creating a water sensitive South Australia Find out how
- [Victorian tranche 2 regional implementation projects](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creating-wsc-australian-cities/wsc-vic-2/tranche-2-projects-and-activities-vic/) - Victorian tranche 2 regional implementation projects As part of the second tranche of activities, the Victorian Regional Advisory Panel identified and prioiritised a number of projects considered to be critical to the successful transition to a water sensitive region. These projects will inform the selection of the CRCWSC tranche 2 research activities from 2016/17. Regional
- [A vision for a water sensitive Perth](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creating-wsc-australian-cities/wsc-wa/vision-water-sensitive-perth/) - A vision for a water sensitive Perth This section presents the vision of Greater Perth as a water sensitive city in 2065 that was iteratively developed throughout the workshop series. Participants were given the opportunity to expand and refine the vision at each workshop. The vision is comprised of four themes and associated desired outcomes and
- [Victoria RAP meeting minutes](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creating-wsc-australian-cities/wsc-vic-2/qld-rap-meeting-minutes/) - RAP meeting minutes (VIC-RAP) Previous meeting minutes are available here for your convenience. Please note that any presentations used during the meeting have been included at the end of the minutes. 1 Jun 2016 27 Jun 2016 22 Mar 2016 5 Mar 2016
- [RAP meeting (VIC) 5 Feb, 2016 – Papers](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creating-wsc-australian-cities/wsc-vic-2/qld-rap-meeting-minutes/sa-rap-meeting-2feb2016-papers/) - RAP meeting (VIC) 5 Feb, 2016 – Papers Paper 1 - Briefing Paper 4 - Research Synthesis Paper 5.3 - Cluster 3 Paper 6 - T2 Background Information Paper 9 - T2 Project Development Workshop #2 Paper 2 - Transition to Tranche 2 Paper 5.1 - Cluster 1 Paper 5.4 - Cluster 4 Paper 7
- [Tranche 2 Steering Committee Members - Victoria](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creating-wsc-australian-cities/wsc-vic-2/t2-steering-committee-members-vic/) - Victorian-based Tranche 2 Steering Committee Members Water sensitive city transition strategies and implementation plans (IRP1) Project Leader: Briony Rogers, Monash University (Vic) Steering Committee Members: Eliot Stuart - Department of Environment, Land, Water & Planning Comprehensive economic evaluation framework (IRP2) Project Leader: Sayed Iftekhar, University of Western Australia (WA) Steering Committee Members: Greg Finlayson - GHD
- [Local needs and challenges Victoria](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creating-wsc-australian-cities/wsc-vic-2/local-needs-and-challenges/) - Victorian local needs and challenges The transition to more water sensitive cities and towns in Victorian faces a number of challenges. These challenges that were identified and characterised by industry stakeholders in workshops held in 2015. Stakeholders recognised that Victorian cities and towns already benefit from good leadership; networks amongst industry practitioners; science and research,
- [Local needs and challenges South Australia](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creating-wsc-australian-cities/wsc-sa/local-needs-and-challenges/) - South Australia local needs and challenges The transition to a more water sensitive Adelaide faces a number of challenges. These challenges were identified and characterised by industry stakeholders in a workshop held in 2015. These stakeholders recognised that Adelaide already benefits from an investment in science and research, including local and national programs, and strong
- [Locally relevant research outputs South Australia](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creating-wsc-australian-cities/wsc-sa/locally-relevant-research-outputs-sa/) - Locally relevant research outputs South Australia
- [South Australia Tranche 2 Regional implementation projects](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creating-wsc-australian-cities/wsc-sa/tranche-2-projects-and-activities-sa/) - South Australian tranche 2 regional implementation projects As part of the second tranche of activities in South Australia (SA), the SA–RAP identified and prioritised a number of projects considered to be critical to the successful transition to a water sensitive region. These projects will inform the selection of the CRCWSC tranche 2 research activities from
- [Queensland's tranche 2 regional implementation projects](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creating-wsc-australian-cities/wsc-seq/tranche-2-projects-and-activities-queensland/) - Queensland's tranche 2 regional implementation projects As part of the second tranche of activities, the QLD-RAP identified and prioritised a number of projects considered to be critical to the successful transition to a water sensitive region. These projects will inform the selection of the CRCWSC tranche 2 research activities from 2016/17. A key focus for
- [A vision for South Australia](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creating-wsc-australian-cities/wsc-sa/a-vision-for-sa/) - A vision for South Australia
- [Locally relevant research outputs (Queensland)](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creating-wsc-australian-cities/wsc-seq/locally-relevant-research-outputs/) - Locally relevant research outputs (Queensland)
- [Queensland RAP meeting minutes](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creating-wsc-australian-cities/wsc-seq/qld-rap-meeting-minutes/) - RAP meeting minutes (QLD-RAP) Previous meeting minutes are available here for your convenience. Please note that any presentations used during the meeting have been included at the end of the minutes. 1 Jun 2016 27 Apr 2016 22 Mar 2016 5 Feb 2016
- [RAP meeting (QLD) 22 Mar, 2016 – Papers](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creating-wsc-australian-cities/wsc-seq/qld-rap-meeting-minutes/nsw-rap-meeting-3feb2016-papers-2-2/) - RAP meeting (QLD) 22 Mar, 2016 – Papers Paper 1 - T2 Project Dvpt Process Paper 4 - RAP evolution Paper 2 - T2 project idea: Tropical WSCs Paper 3 - SEQ A Water Sensitive Region
- [RAP meeting (QLD) 5 Feb, 2016 – Papers](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creating-wsc-australian-cities/wsc-seq/qld-rap-meeting-minutes/nsw-rap-meeting-3feb2016-papers-2-3/) - RAP meeting (QLD) 5 Feb, 2016 – Papers Paper 1 - Briefing Paper 4 - T2 Project Development Workshop Paper 7 - Research Synthesis Paper 2 - RAP Transition to T2 Paper 5 - Combined Opp's and Ideas Paper 8 - T2 Research program update Paper 3 - RAP Research Synthesis Paper 6 - T1
- [Local needs and challenges (Queensland)](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creating-wsc-australian-cities/wsc-seq/local-needs-and-challenges/) - Queensland's local needs and challenges A water sensitive future for South East Queensland (SEQ) is possible, however there are a number of local needs and challenges that will impact on the success of the transition process. These challenges were identified and characterised by industry stakeholders in a CRCWSC workshop held in 2015. A common vision
- [A vision for Queensland](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creating-wsc-australian-cities/wsc-seq/a-vision-for-queensland/) - A vision for Queensland
- [New South Wales Tranche 2 regional implementation projects](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creating-wsc-australian-cities/wsc-nsw/tranche-2-projects-and-activities-nsw/) - New South Wales tranche 2 regional implementation projects The proposed Water Sensitive Cities Transition Strategy and Implementation Plan will develop strategies to guide the transition for selected urban centres of Australia including the Greater Sydney region. As part of the second tranche of CRCWSC research activities in NSW, the RAP has identified and prioritised a
- [RAP meeting (NSW) 3 Feb, 2016 – Papers](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creating-wsc-australian-cities/wsc-nsw/nsw-rap-meeting-3feb2016-papers-2/) - RAP meeting (NSW) 3 Feb, 2016 – Papers Paper 1 - Briefing Paper 4 - T2 Project Development Workshop Paper 7 - Research Synthesis Paper 2 - RAP Transition to T2 Paper 5 - Combined Opp's and Ideas Paper 8 - T2 Research program update Paper 3 - RAP Research Synthesis Paper 6 - T1
- [A vision for New South Wales](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creating-wsc-australian-cities/wsc-nsw/a-vision-for-nsw/) - A vision for New South Wales
- [Local needs and challenges New South Wales](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creating-wsc-australian-cities/wsc-nsw/local-needs-and-challenges/) - New South Wales local needs and challenges In the transition to a water sensitive Greater Sydney, a number of local needs and challenges must be addressed which were identified and characterised by industry stakeholders in a workshop held in 2015. NSW needs to strive to influence water sensitive outcomes through leadership, collaboration, and networks; to build community
- [Locally relevant research outputs New South Wales](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creating-wsc-australian-cities/wsc-nsw/locally-relevant-research-outputs/) - Locally relevant research outputs New South Wales
- [New South Wales RAP meeting minutes](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creating-wsc-australian-cities/wsc-nsw/nsw-rap-meeting-minutes/) - RAP meeting minutes (NSW) The background, purpose and role of the Regional Advisory Panel for New South Wales is outlined in the Terms of Reference document. Previous meeting minutes are available here for your convenience. Please note that any presentations used during the meeting have been included at the end of the minutes. 25 Jul
- [Global partnerships](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/collaborate/global-partnerships/) - Global partnerships Water management is a global issue. Like Australia, many of the world’s cities are facing issues of water security, extreme weather events, degrading waterways, and declining biodiversity, along with higher population densities. The CRC for Water Sensitive Cities has formed a partnership with the Asian Development Bank (ADB) under the Future Cities Program
- [Collaborating with industry](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/collaborate/collaborating-with-industry/) - Collaborating with industry Addressing the world’s most complex water and urban development questions requires a joint effort. While the CRCWSC has a strong interdisciplinary research focus, we also focus on translating end user driven research into on-ground environmental, social, and economic change. Collaborations and partnerships between the CRCWSC and our government and industry participants are
- [Influencing policy](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/collaborate/collaborating-with-industry/influencing-policy/) - Influencing policy Aligning policy to a water sensitive vision To enable the transition to water sensitive cities, policies and strategies should be coherently aligned to the water sensitive vision. They should coordinate effectively between sectors and levels of government and determine how water sensitive goals should be achieved. We know this is important because… …
- [Designing water sensitive cities](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/collaborate/collaborating-with-industry/designing-water-sensitive-cities/) - Designing water sensitive cities Integrating water systems planning with land use planning To enable the transition to water sensitive cities, water systems planning should be cross-sectoral and highly integrated with urban and land use planning. Uncertainty should be addressed through flexibility and contingency planning that incorporates many future scenarios. We know this is important because…
- [Benchmarking and decision-making](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/collaborate/collaborating-with-industry/benchmarking-and-decision-making/) - Benchmarking and decision-making Shared frameworks to evaluate water sensitive city goals To enable the transition to water sensitive cities, evaluation frameworks should be used that correspond with an organisation's desired goals for a water sensitive city. The goals should be shared by different sectors and levels of government, to promote coordination, to help set priorities,
- [Collaborate](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/collaborate/) - Collaborate While the CRCWSC has a strong interdisciplinary research focus, there is also a focus on translating end-user driven research into on-ground environmental, social and economic change. Collaborations and partnerships between the CRCWSC and its government and industry participants are critically important in shifting conventional practices and enabling transformation. Since the CRCWSC was established our partnerships
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## Content

- [World Toilet Day 2017: Wastewater](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/world-toilet-day-2017-wastewater/) - Replicating nature to manage wastewater in urban informal settlements On World Toilet Day, more than 40% of the world’s population lacks access to a safe and reliable water source, according to the United Nations Development Program, with that figure projected to rise over coming decades. Over 80% of wastewater from human activities is discharged without
- [INFFEWS Value tool: Guideline (Version 4)](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/inffews-value-tool-guideline-version-3/) - The purpose of this document is to provide a readily accessible guideline on how to adjust existing non-market values for application in a new context. It also provides step-by-step rules on how to use the CRCWSC Value tool. This guideline and the tool will support practitioners and others who are interested in assessing and quantifying
- [Frameworks for sustainable urban water management - Fact sheet](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/frameworks-for-sustainable-urban-water-management/) - Water systems intersect with our urban communities, culture, landscape, economy and environment in many ways. The way we deliver water services today directly affects the sustainability of our cities and towns: that is, the ability of future generations to also meet their needs. Learn more by downloading the fact sheet below.
- [WSC Transition Tools Manual](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/wsc-transition-tools-manual/) - This manual provides guidance on using modules 3 and 4 of the water sensitive cities (WSC) Transition Tools developed by the Cooperative Research Centre for Water Sensitive Cities (CRCWSC): the Transition Dynamics Framework (TDF) and the Management Actions Tool (MAT). The TDF and MAT help cities assess their transition progress, develop actions to advance a
- [Vision and Transition Strategy for a Water Sensitive Greater Perth – Implementation Plan 2022–2024](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/vision-and-transition-strategy-for-a-water-sensitive-greater-perth-implementation-plan-2022-2024/) - This is the second Implementation Plan, developed by the Western Australian Water Sensitive Transition Network (WSTN) to deliver the Vision and Transition Strategy for a Water Sensitive Greater Perth. It outlines the priority actions identified by the WSTN that are considered important to deliver in the next few years to move towards the Vision for
- [Water sensitive practice. Every city. Every day](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/water-sensitive-practice-every-city-every-day/) - Water Sensitive Cities Australia’s mission is to change the way cities are designed, built and managed by valuing water’s contribution to economic development, quality of life and the ecosystems of which they are a part. We’ll know we’re successful when water sensitive cities (WSC) principles and practices shift from being novel to becoming embedded as
- [Fishermans Bend Water Sensitive City Strategy](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/fishermans-bend-water-sensitive-city-strategy/) - Fishermans Bend in Melbourne will be Australia’s largest water sensitive urban design project – the vision is to create a thriving place that exemplifies environmental sustainability, liveability and innovation. Guiding this vision is the Fishermans Bend Water Sensitive City Strategy. The strategy builds on 3 overarching pillars: Flood management, Climate resilient water system and Urban
- [New journal publication: Valuing the benefits of a multifunctional water sensitive greenspace](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/new-journal-publication-valuing-the-benefits-of-a-multifunctional-water-sensitive-greenspace/) - Increasingly, water utilities are investing in green infrastructure to improve the liveability of our cities and towns. We have good information about the physical (or environmental) performance of green infrastructure. But, less is known about the value of services provided by these projects – e.g. environmental services, amenity benefits, and recreation and exercise opportunities. That’s
- [Duong Dong Freshwater Wildlife Conservation Park (Vietnam)](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/duong-dong-freshwater-wildlife-conservation-park-vietnam/) - Summary The vision of this case study is enhanced flood management via a multifunctional freshwater wildlife conservation park. It presents a unique draw for tourists and a valuable recreational space for residents of Duong Dong ward, and leads the way in demonstrating circular economy and sustainability principles in Vietnam. This case study was one of
- [Tam Phu multifunctional wetland (Vietnam)](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/tam-phu-multifunctional-wetland-vietnam/) - Summary The vision of this case is the transformation of Tam Phu Park in Ho Chi Minh City’s Thu Duc City innovation hub into the first Internet of Things enabled multifunctional urban wetland park in Vietnam. This case study was one of 4 that applied the Integrated Urban Flood Management approach cities in the Greater
- [A cool green CBD for Rayong (Thailand)](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/a-cool-green-cbd-for-rayong-thailand/) - Summary The vision for this case study is streetscape transformation throughout the central business district of Rayong City (Thailand), incorporating a network of green assets to improve thermal comfort, mitigate flooding and increase natural infiltration. This case study was one of 4 that applied the Integrated Urban Flood Management approach cities in the Greater Mekong
- [Sukhumvit green triangle (Bangkok)](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/sukhumvit-green-triangle-bangkok/) - Summary The vision for this case study is a ‘green triangle’, connecting Benjakitti Park, Lumpini Park and the dense, urban area to the north of Benjakitti Park with a network of multifunctional green space to showcase world class future city solutions in Bangkok, Thailand. This case study was one of 4 that applied the Integrated
- [Valuing the benefits of nature-based solutions for IUFM in the Greater Mekong Region](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/valuing-the-benefits-of-nature-based-solutions-for-iufm-in-the-greater-mekong-region/) - Summary In this study, national and international experts came together to apply the IUFM approach to 4 case studies in Thailand and Vietnam. The case studies examined sites in 2 major cities – the Sukhumvit district in Bangkok and Tam Phu Park in Ho Chi Minh City (HCMC) – and 2 regional centres – Rayong
- [Facility for Advanced Water Biofiltration: Stormwater Biofiltration Systems Adoption Guidelines](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/facility-for-advanced-water-biofiltration-stormwater-biofiltration-systems-adoption-guidelines/) - Water biofiltration is the process of improving water (stormwater and wastewater) quality by filtering water through biologically influenced media.
- [Adoption guidelines for stormwater biofiltration systems: Cities as water supply catchments - sustainable technologies](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/stormwater-biofilter-design/) - Water biofiltration is the process of improving water (stormwater and wastewater) quality by filtering water through biologically influenced media.
- [World Water Day 2022 – Groundwater, making the invisible, visible](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/world-water-day-2022-groundwater-making-the-invisible-visible/) - World Water Day, held on 22 March every year, celebrates water and raises awareness of the 2 billion people living without access to safe water. In 2022, the focus is on groundwater – Making the invisible, visible. Groundwater is water found underground. In many countries, it supplies a large proportion of the water people use
- [New journal publication: What do consumers think about water sensitive housing designs?](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/new-journal-publication-what-do-consumers-think-about-water-sensitive-housing-designs/) - We know that water sensitive housing designs can help Australia cities meet housing demand while minimising the environmental impacts associated with typical infill development. But what do consumers think about water sensitive housing designs? This was the subject of a paper recently published by researchers who were involved in the CRC for Water Sensitive Cities
- [‘Melbourne Cool Lines’ runner up at international Rethinking the Future Awards 2022](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/melbourne-cool-lines-runner-up-at-international-rethinking-the-future-awards-2022/) - ‘Melbourne Cool Lines’ reimagines Melbourne’s inner north and west, using innovative local solutions to address the urban heat challenges affecting our cities. The urban heat island affects human health, particularly for vulnerable populations. It can also increase stress, hospital admissions, mortality and traffic pollution. The project – created by XPACE architecture + urban design, Monash
- [Valuing the improvement of a decommissioned heritage site to a multifunctional water sensitive greenspace](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/valuing-the-improvement-of-a-decommissioned-heritage-site-to-a-multifunctional-water-sensitive-greenspace/) - Abstract In this paper, we assess residents' preferences for different options of large-scale water sensitive urban improvement of a heritage site in Melbourne, the Main Outfall Sewer (MOS) reserve. We use a hedonic pricing analysis and a discrete choice experiment to understand the benefits associated with improving the MOS reserve. We find that there are significant non-market
- [Capitalised non-market benefits of local government involvement in the planning of residential developments](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/capitalised-non-market-benefits-of-local-government-involvement-in-residential-development-planning/) - Summary This study examines whether higher levels of local government involvement in the early stages of residential infill planning results in project that provide higher levels of amenity. It used a hedonic pricing model to examine house prices in 3 South Australian council areas since 2000, examining the level of local government involvement: limited, medium
- [Water Sensitive Cities Knowledge Platform Tour](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/water-sensitive-cities-knowledge-platform-tour/)
- [Social preferences for water sensitive housing features in Australia](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/social-preferences-for-water-sensitive-housing-features-in-australia/) - Abstract Without the designing and implementing of water sensitive housing designs, unplanned infill developments could have a substantial adverse effect on the natural environment. Water sensitive housing options could help meet housing demand while minimising the environmental impacts associated with typical infill development. However, whether the market will accept these designs is not known. In
- [What roles to architectural design and on-site water servicing technologies play in the water performance of residential infill?](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/what-roles-to-architectural-design-and-on-site-water-servicing-technologies-play-in-the-water-performance-of-residential-infill/) - Abstract More than half of new urban residential developments are planned as infill in Australia's major cities. This provides an unprecedented opportunity to use innovative design and technology to address urban water challenges such as flooding, reduced water security and related infrastructure and urban heat island issues. However, infill can have positive or negative water
- [Capturing 9 years of the CRCWSC](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/capturing-9-years-of-the-crcwsc/) - The $120 million Cooperative Research Centre for Water Sensitive Cities (CRCWSC) achieved much over its 9-year period: We’ve captured these achievements and more in a commemorative video released at our final event in December 2021. You can also read about our achievements in our final stakeholder annual report. Thank you to all those involved in
- [Free access to a new article about residential infill](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/free-access-to-a-new-article-about-residential-infill/) - A new research article explores how architectural design and water servicing technologies affect the water performance of residential infill. More than half of new urban residential developments in Australia’s major cities are planned as infill. This trend is an opportunity to use innovative housing designs and water servicing technology to address urban water challenges such
- [Training programs for key Water Sensitive Cities tools](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/training-programs-for-key-water-sensitive-cities-tools/) - Water Sensitive Cities Australia is developing training programs for some key Water Sensitive Cities tools. Identifying strategies to progress transition to a water sensitive city We know the transition to a water sensitive city takes time. Many factors can influence progress, particularly when new technologies and practices challenge business-as-usual approaches. The Transition Dynamics Framework (TDF)
- [City of Joondalup wins WSC Award](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/city-of-joondalup-wins-wsc-award/) - The City of Joondalup in WA won the third ever Water Sensitive Cities Award. Professor Tony Wong, founding CEO of the Cooperative Research Centre for Water Sensitive Cities (CRCWSC), announced the award at the CRCWSC’s final event in December 2021. The City of Joondalup won the award for its outstanding Water Sensitive City initiatives on
- [CRCWSC tools being used to manage urban heat](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/crcwsc-tools-being-used-to-manage-urban-heat/) - A new project at Sydney’s 40 ha Bicentennial Park uses the CRCWSC’s Scenario Tool to model how new technology and recycled water can help reduce urban temperatures. The Smart Irrigation Management for Parks and Cool Towns (SIMPACT) project uses evapotranspiration – when plants release moisture through their leaves – to cool the park’s microclimate for
- [A Behavioural Rebound Effect: Results from a laboratory experiment](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/a-behavioural-rebound-effect-results-from-a-laboratory-experiment/) - Abstract Significant attention has been paid to leveraging behavioural motivators (non-price interventions) to increase energy conservation (Allcott and Mullainathan, 2010). Technological change that improves energy efficiency is also important (The Global Commission on the Economy and Climate, 2014). While both focus on reducing energy use, these two strands of literature have yet to be joined
- [Valuing the benefits of nature-based solutions for IUFM in the Greater Mekong Region - Project flyer](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/valuing-the-benefits-of-nature-based-solutions-for-iufm-in-the-greater-mekong-region-project-flyer/) - Summary Floods are the most frequent natural disaster globally, and cause more damage than any other weather or non-weather related event. Yet, flood-related damages are expected to grow, driven by urbanisation, land use changes and climate uncertainty. Countries in the Mekong region, such as Thailand and Vietnam, are among the world's most exposed countries to
- [Valuing the benefits of nature-based solutions for IUFM in the Greater Mekong Region - Project summary guide](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/valuing-the-benefits-of-nature-based-solutions-for-iufm-in-the-greater-mekong-region-project-summary-guide/) - Summary Countries in the Mekong region, such as Thailand and Vietnam, are among the world's most exposed countries to flooding. This guide summarises a detailed integrated urban flood management (IUFM) guide and supporting tools which have been developed around a 5 step process for selecting the best portfolio of grey, green and non-structural solutions to
- [Free place available to WSCA partners for IWES online course on integrated urban water management](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/free-place-available-to-wsca-partners-for-iwes-online-course-on-integrated-urban-water-management/) - What: IWES Integrated Urban Water Assessment and Management When: 14–18 February 2022 (5 morning sessions, ~4 hours/day) Where: Online Cost: FREE (1 free place is available to WSCA partners) IWES is one of Australia’s largest education programs for water industry professionals. Owned by the Queensland Government, its run out of the University of Queensland, a
- [Tools and Products](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/tools-products-tap/) - Overview The Tools and Products (TAP) program aims to develop user-friendly software-based tools that enable industry to adopt and utilise outputs from CRCWSC Research. TAP assists in creating and/or evaluating various concept designs, technologies, or policy solutions to address and promote water sensitive objectives and outcomes across the urban development sector. The suite of tools
- [BCA Tool download instructions](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/bca-tool-download-instructions/) - Instructions for downloading the BCA Tool.
- [Stakeholder annual report FY2021](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/stakeholder-annual-report-fy2021/) - The CRC for Water Sensitive Cities' term ended on 30 June 2021. Our final stakeholder report captures what we've achieved over 9 years: We leave a lasting IMPACT. We delivered an ambitious RESEARCH agenda. We created the COLLABORATION platform needed for transformative change. Our ADOPTION activities established the foundations for seeing water sensitive practice, in
- [Comprehensive economic evaluation framework (IRP2)](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/project-irp2/) - Overview IRP2 developed an economic evaluation framework and associated tools to identify and quantify economic, environmental and community values of investments in water sensitive systems and practices. They can be applied to business case development and decision making at multiple levels in public and private sector organisations, and contribute towards achieving water sensitive, liveable and
- [Conference putting the spotlight on water’s role in climate resilient cities](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/conference-putting-the-spotlight-on-waters-role-in-climate-resilient-cities/) - Find out how nature-based solutions can be applied in Mekong countries What: Valuing the Benefits of Nature Based Solutions for Integrated Urban Flood Management in the Mekong Region When: 24–25 November 2021 Where: via Zoom This virtual conference launches case studies that apply nature-based solutions (NbS) in 4 different urban contexts in Thailand and Vietnam:
- [New research hub brings water sensitive city knowledge to Western Australia](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/new-research-hub-brings-water-sensitive-city-knowledge-to-western-australia/) - WA Water Minister Dave Kelly announced the launch of a new hub for water sensitive city research and practice in Western Australia in October 2021. The hub is a partnership between Perth’s Water Sensitive Transition Network (WSTN) and Water Sensitive Cities Australia. “The new Water Sensitive Cities Australia hub to be based in Perth will
- [We’ve got a plan for mainstreaming water sensitive cities](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/weve-got-a-plan-for-mainstreaming-water-sensitive-cities/) - Water Sensitive Cities Australia’s mission is to: help change the way cities are designed, built and managed by valuing the contribution water makes to economic development, quality of life and the ecosystems of which they are a part. We have developed a 3-year plan to implement this mission, identifying short and medium term strategies. The
- [The Benefit: Cost Analysis Tool has been updated](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/the-benefit-cost-analysis-tool-has-been-updated/) - Maintaining and updating WSC tools is a key strategy of Water Sensitive Cities Australia’s mission to mainstream water sensitive cities principles and practices. One of our flagship tools is the INFFEWS (Investment Framework for Economics of Water Sensitive Cities) Benefit: Cost Analysis (BCA) Tool. It applies a structured and systematic process to comparing the benefits
- [Be part of some ‘franc’ conversations about stormwater](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/be-part-of-some-franc-conversations-about-stormwater/) - What: franc.sydney 2022 When: 29–30 March 2022 Where: Dockside Darling Harbour, Sydney So what is franc? It's an initiative of Stormwater NSW, together with Stormwater Victoria, Stormwater Queensland, Parramatta River Catchment Group, Sydney Institute of Marine Science, Georges Riverkeeper, Cooks River Alliance, UNSW Water Research Centre and Water Sensitive Cities Australia. This passionate group of
- [A final word from the chair of the CRC for Water Sensitive Cities](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/a-final-word-from-the-chair-of-the-crc-for-water-sensitive-cities/) - The Board of the CRC for Water Sensitive Cities (CRCWSC) held its last meeting in October 2021, completing the final step in wrapping up the CRCWSC’s 9-year term and handing its legacy over to Monash University for the next phase. “The CRC for Water Sensitive Cities started with a vision of sustainable, resilient, productive and
- [Community engagement in the water sector: An outcome-focused review of different engagement approaches](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/community-engagement-in-the-water-sector-an-outcome-focused-review-of-different-engagement-approaches/) - The purpose of this review is to highlight different approaches available to organisations wishing to work with communities, and to examine the types of outcomes that these different approaches can generate. There is a focus in the review on research that evaluates the effectiveness of different ways of engaging with communities. The review also provides
- [Offering evidence-based solutions for urban water management](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/offering-evidence-based-solutions-for-urban-water-management/) - Summary Water Sensitive Cities Australia offers local governments evidence-based solutions for urban water management. Whatever your challenges in becoming a water sensitive city, we have TOOLS, RESOURCES and CASE STUDIES to help you respond.
- [Water sensitive outcomes for infill developments (IRP4)](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/project-irp4/) - Overview Most major cities in Australia expect significant infill development over the coming decades. Without significant intervention, 'business as usual' is expected to have considerable influence on the hydrology, resources efficiency, liveability and amenity of our cities. This project aims to develop and apply a performance framework to understand infill impacts, create design options and
- [NSW Webinar Series](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/nsw-webinar-series/) - Many metro and regional councils in New South Wales are in the process of integrating water sensitive design into their Local Strategic Planning Statements as a way to strategically manage water in all its forms. To support these councils in their efforts, the CRC for Water Sensitive Cities hosted a series of webinars from November
- [Recent reports](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/recent-reports/) - To maintain the momentum for change, one of the final papers released by the CRC for Water Sensitive Cities (CRCWSC) – Harnessing hybrid systems for transformative cities – sets out an agenda for the next phase of scaling up water sensitive practices. It provides a framework and direction for collective research and action. This Think
- [We’re as busy as ever supporting water sensitive practice](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/were-as-busy-as-ever-supporting-water-sensitive-practice/) - As well as our portfolio of 'mainstreaming' activities, Water Sensitive Cities Australia undertakes research and fee-for-service impact support projects with individual organisations. Here’s a quick rundown on some of our recent activities: We examined the urban metabolism opportunities (i.e. circular economy) in Byron Shire (NSW), to guide recycled water strategic planning. In particular, we: developed
- [We‘re continuously improving CRCWSC tools](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/were-continuously-improving-crcwsc-tools/) - Water sensitive cities (WSC) tools have helped many cities and towns, both nationally and internationally, to develop and start their water sensitive transitions. Current versions of these tools are available on Water Sensitive Cities Australia’s Knowledge Platform. But, an important part of mainstreaming these tools is continuously improving them to support our Water Sensitive Cities
- [Farewell CRC for Water Sensitive Cities. Welcome Water Sensitive Cities Australia.](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/farewell-crc-for-water-sensitive-cities-welcome-water-sensitive-cities-australia/) - Welcome to Water Sensitive Cities Australia. The CRC for Water Sensitive Cities (CRCWSC) wrapped up on 30 June 2021, having demonstrated that new ways to design and deliver urban water services work in practice, and in a range of settings nationally and internationally. Through works on-ground and in policy, the CRCWSC created new tools, processes
- [Value proposition for water sensitive development in Townsville](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/value-proposition-for-water-sensitive-development-in-townsville/) - Summary This case study focuses on applying the Scenario Tool and INFFEWS Benefit: Cost Analysis and Value tools to assess the benefits of various water sensitive city interventions in Townsville. The tools were applied at both the whole-of-city scale, along with the precinct scale, to explore how they add value across different scales and how
- [Scenario Tool worked example: Highett Gasworks](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/scenario-tool-worked-example-highett-gasworks/) - Summary The Scenario Tool was used to assess how various development options will impact urban heat and the water cycle in a hypothetical development at the Highett Gasworks. The heat maps and water cycle infographics produced by the tool clearly communicate the development impacts and benefits of including water sensitive initiatives. These results make the
- [Brisbane infill integrated water management strategy](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/brisbane-infill-integrated-water-management-strategy/) - Summary This case study investigates the impacts of a water sensitive cities approach to infill development in Brisbane. In particular, the study demonstrates how the Infill Performance Evaluation Framework, the Scenario Tool and the Benefit: Cost Analysis Tool have been applied to this site. The case study: identifies alternative development typologies - current (EX), business
- [Harnessing hybrid systems for transformative cities](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/harnessing-hybrid-systems-for-transformative-cities/) - Water sensitive cities principles are evident across Australia and globally. Working with partners, the Cooperative Research Centre for Water Sensitive Cities (CRCWSC) operationalised water sensitive practice at a range of scales. For example, we have demonstrated: (i) proofs-of-concept for new technologies and urban designs, applied in pilot-scale and development-scale works on-ground; (ii) a methodology for
- [Measuring the performance of water sensitive infill development at Knutsford](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/measuring-the-performance-of-water-sensitive-infill-development-at-knutsford/) - Summary This case study summarises how CRCWSC tools have been applied to the proposed Knutsford medium density infill development in Perth. In particular, the study demonstrates how the Infill Performance Evaluation Framework and the Benefit: Cost Analysis Tool have been applied to this site. It examines the performance of three scenarios: existing (EX) - the
- [Liveability and its interpretation in urban water management: Systematic literature review](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/liveability-and-its-interpretation-in-urban-water-management-systematic-literature-review/) - Abstract Liveability is a term widely used in literature, but there does not appear to be a consensus around its definition. This is a problem for the water management sector who are increasingly extending the articulation of their services to capture the liveability value of water in the urban landscape. Recognising that liveability is a
- [Water Sensitive Cities - Partner Declaration](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/water-sensitive-cities-partner-declaration/) - Summary Water Sensitive Cities - Partner Declaration form.
- [INFFEWS worked example: Princes Park Stormwater Harvesting](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/inffews-worked-example-princes-park-stormwater-harvesting/) - Summary This document presents a worked example of using the INFFEWS tools to develop a business case for a water sensitive project, specifically the Benefit Cost Analysis Tool and the Value Tool. The worked example is a benefit–cost analysis (BCA) of a proposed stormwater harvesting scheme for Princes Park, a major metropolitan parkland in Melbourne’s
- [Managing urban heat in water sensitive cities: research and policy responses](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/managing-urban-heat-in-water-sensitive-cities-research-and-policy-responses/) - Summary Urban heat is an increasing threat to the liveability and productivity of cities, made worse by more frequent and extreme heat days and heat waves caused by climate change. Exacerbated by population growth and urban densification, urban heat has emerged as a key policy and planning issue for governments around the world. This paper
- [Designing collaborative governance for nature-based solutions](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/designing-collaborative-governance-for-nature-based-solutions/) - Abstract Urbanisation, population growth and climate change, among other challenges, have put pressure on urban infrastructure systems, prompting a shift from large-scale centralised infrastructure to localised nature-based solutions. Mainstreaming nature-based solutions requires a change in the planning and governance systems, and mediating new relationships and configurations between different actors through collaborative governance.
- [The CRC for Water Sensitive Cities laid the foundations for water sensitive practice in every city, every day](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/the-crc-for-water-sensitive-cities-laid-the-foundations-for-water-sensitive-practice-in-every-city-every-day/) - The CRC for Water Sensitive Cities (CRCWSC) began in 2012 with a vision: Sustainable, resilient, productive and liveable cities and towns that value water’s contribution to economic development and growth, our quality of life, and the ecosystems of which cities are a part. Over 9 years, we formed a strong, national partnership between practitioners and
- [A decade of our bold journey – a reflection and acknowledgement by Tony Wong](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/a-decade-of-our-bold-journey-a-reflection-and-acknowledgement-by-tony-wong/) - As we conclude the CRC for Water Sensitive Cities (CRCWSC), I want to sincerely thank all of our partners for their enthusiastic participation over this past 9 years. Our bold journey started some 10 years ago, when 8 people came together to develop the bid for a new Cooperative Research Centre. We had great ambition
- [Tools for creating cooler suburbs win at the 2021 Greater Sydney Planning Awards](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/tools-for-creating-cooler-suburbs-win-at-the-2021-greater-sydney-planning-awards/) - The Western Sydney Regional Organisation of Councils won the Great Sustainability Initiative at the 2021 Greater Sydney Planning Awards. These annual awards recognise collaborative, innovative and bold initiatives that will deliver benefits to communities, the economy and the environment. The Western Sydney consortium of stakeholders – which includes the CRC for Water Sensitive Cities and
- [Valuing water the key to achieving UN Sustainable Development Goals](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/valuing-water-the-key-to-achieving-un-sustainable-development-goals-china-and-the-mekong-look-to-nature-based-solutions-for-urban-flood-management/) - ‘Those who control how water is valued control how it is used.’ Valuing water is the title and theme of the UN World Water Development Report 2021. The report argues that too often, decisions do not reflect the full value of water. Further, recognising, measuring and expressing water’s worth, and incorporating it into decision making,
- [Find out more about Water Sensitive Cities Australia](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/find-out-more-about-water-sensitive-cities-australia/) - We’d love to see you at one of our upcoming workshops, where we’ll be identifying mainstreaming projects for the CRCWSC’s legacy vehicle – Water Sensitive Cities Australia. You’ll find us in these cities: Perth – 25 May 2021 Adelaide – early June 2021, date to be confirmed Melbourne– early June 2021, date to be confirmed.
- [Find out what happened at the 5th Water Sensitive Cities Conference](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/find-out-what-happened-at-the-5th-water-sensitive-cities-conference/) - We’re making it easy to find out what happened at the 5th Water Sensitive Cities Conference. You’ll find recordings of the livestream sessions on the conference livestream site: https://wscconference.org.au/ Listen to keynote addresses from Herbert Dreiseitl and Distinguished Professor Billie Giles-Corti. See water sensitive technologies and solutions in practice. Discover how we foster the political
- [We’ve launched our new look Knowledge Platform](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/weve-launched-our-new-look-knowledge-platform/) - We designed the new Knowledge Platform to make it simple to search and find what you need. In a waterSENSE article last month, we explained the 5 main ways to find what you are looking for: Choose a topic from the ‘water wheel’ Go straight to a tool (select ‘Tools’) Go straight to a case
- [Hydrology and nutrient transport  processes in groundwater/surface  water systems (Project B2.4)](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/b2-4/) - Overview In many urban regions of Australia, the interactions between groundwater and surface water strongly impact the overall urban hydrology affecting the effectiveness of water sensitive urban design (WSUD). This project is designed to advance the understanding of how water and nutrients are transported from the surface to the receiving waters (including groundwater), and how
- [Assessment of social preferences of water sensitive housing features](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/assessment-of-social-preferences-of-water-sensitive-housing-features/) - Summary Infill development and urban densification have been used to manage housing demand throughout Australian cities. The CRC for Water Sensitive Cities developed housing typologies that could help meet housing demand while minimising environmental impacts associated with typical infill development. But we don't know if the market will accept these designs. This report assesses people's
- [Site-scale Urban Water Mass Balance Assessment (SUWMBA) to quantify water performance of urban design-technology-environment configurations](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/site-scale-urban-water-mass-balance-assessment-suwmba-to-quantify-water-performance-of-urban-design-technology-environment-configurations/) - Abstract Historically, little consideration has been given to water performance of urban developments such as “hy- drological naturalness” or “local water self-sufficiency”. This has led to problems with increased stormwa- ter runoff, flooding, and lack of local contributions to urban water security. Architectural design, water servicing technologies and environmental conditions are each known to influence
- [Water sensitive outcomes for infill development: final report](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/water-sensitive-outcomes-for-infill-development-final-report-2/) - Executive summary Australian cities have experienced significant growth recently, a trend that is expected to continue. One response from governments has been to promote ‘infill development’, which increases urban density, but also has significant adverse effects on urban water cycles, resource use efficiency, and the amenity and liveability of urban areas. The CRC for Water
- [Water Sensitive Outcomes for Infill Development: Knutsford Case Study Final Report](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/water-sensitive-outcomes-for-infill-development-knutsford-case-study-final-report/)
- [Demonstrating water sensitive practice in every city, every day](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/demonstrating-water-sensitive-practice-in-every-city-every-day/) - Water sensitive practice. Every city. Every day. This was the focus of the 5th Water Sensitive Cities Conference (15–18 March 2021). After 9 years, we wanted to explore the activities and celebrate the achievements of the CRC for Water Sensitive Cities (CRCWSC). In the days after the conference, the feedback from attendees has been very
- [City of Armadale wins Water Sensitive City Award](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/city-of-armadale-wins-wsc-award/) - The City of Armadale in WA won the second ever Water Sensitive Cities Award during the 5th Water Sensitive Cities Conference earlier this month. Armadale won the award for its outstanding water sensitive city initiatives on ground, as measured by the Water Sensitive Cities Index, a tool for benchmarking urban areas against 34 indicators that
- [Keep the conference vibe going by joining our National webinars](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/keep-the-conference-vibe-going-by-joining-our-national-webinars/) - Before the CRCWSC ends on 30 June 2021, we invite you to join a series of webinars that showcase each of our major research projects. COVID was a significant disrupter of our 5th Water Sensitive Cities Conference plans. We had to modify the conference format, and take many of the sessions online. But this change
- [Framework that can help integrate urban and water planning](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/framework-that-can-help-integrate-urban-and-water-planning/) - A key topic of research for the CRC for Water Sensitive Cities has been understanding the interdependency between urban planning and water planning in creating water sensitive cities. In particular, we’ve been investigating how we can better integrate these two processes to deliver water sensitive outcomes. To that end, our Integrated Research Project 3 team
- [New report outlines 6 steps to a WSC transition](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/new-report-outlines-6-steps-to-a-wsc-transition/) - As we near the June 2021 conclusion of the CRCWSC, we proudly report that in Australia the concept of the water sensitive city (WSC) is now widely used to represent an aspirational state in which efficient, sustainable and productive water use and management is integrated throughout the urban system. But the shift from conventional water
- [Salisbury case study final report: Water sensitive outcomes for infill development](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/water-sensitive-outcomes-for-infill-development-salisbury-case-study-final-report/) - Executive Summary This report documents an integrated assessment of greyfield development scenarios for an urban precinct. We used a suburban precinct of approximately 1,900 residents (2019) in the City of Salisbury (Greater Adelaide, South Australia) to identify, quantify and mitigate the adverse effects of infill development on water, urban heat and architectural space quality. Specifically,
- [RESTORE Tool](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/restore-tool/) - Contact Dr Leah Beesley +61 8 6488 1300 leah.beesley@uwa.edu.au What is the Water Sensitive Cities RESTORE Tool? The Water Sensitive Cities RESTORE Tool is a prioritisation tool that assists managers with their on ground efforts for the restoration of urban waterways. The tool should be used to assist managers in decision-making around which type of
- [Impact to Date, Future Potential](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/ey-impact-to-date-future-potential/) - The Cooperative Research Centre for Water Sensitive Cities – Impact to Date, Future Potential Ernst & Young (EY) were engaged by The CRC for Water Sensitive Cities to identify opportunities for future impact in relation to a proposed The CRC for Water Sensitive Cities’ transition planning activities. The analysis indicates the CRC for Water Sensitive
- [How to set up a Zoom meeting Guide](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/how-to-set-up-a-zoom-meeting-guide/) - This document outlines how to set up and join a meeting using Zoom conferencing facilities. Zoom can be used for video and teleconference calls. Note that this is a free service for Monash University (MU) and the University of Queensland (UQ) staff members. For participants not based in either University, please contact the Portfolio Manager
- [Moving from discovery to action](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/discovery-to-action-2017-21/) - As the CRC for Water Sensitive Cities moves into the next four years and beyond, our activities will increasingly focus on promoting the impact of our research gains. The attached "Moving from discovery to action" flyer provides a 2 page summary of our progress over the past 5 years and the shape of our research
- [Our Strategic Plan at a glance: 2017–2021](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/strategic-plan-glance-2017-2021/) - With a solid plan for the coming years, the CRC for Water Sensitive Cities is working to provide the knowledge and tools for cities to design and deliver their own water sensitive future. Our full Strategic Plan maps out the path for 2017-2021: catalysing action, and creating a legacy for a water sensitive future. But
- [CRCWSC graphics and style guide](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/crcwsc-style-guide/) - The CRCWSC graphics and style guide have been developed to inform the style of the CRCWSC's brand identity. The manual is intended as a reference document to establish how to best convey the organisation's culture, personality and core brand values. Elements should be used thoughtfully and carefully. Any questions in relation to the manual should
- [Cities of the future will be water sensitive](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/international-brochure/) - The CRC for Water Sensitive Cities can offer real-world solutions to support the transition to a water sensitive city. We leverage our world-class urban water research, and engage with local stakeholders to create cities that are more sustainable, resilient, productive and liveable. Find out more in the international brochure attached.
- [Toward water sensitive cities: a collaborative approach](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/collaborative-approach/) - Collaborative research and industry-led application is the foundation of the Cooperative Research Centre for Water Sensitive Cities. Read about our research project in Elwood, a flood-prone bayside suburb in Melbourne's southeast, in Victoria.
- [The CRCWSC:  Transforming  research into action](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/transforming-research/) - This resource briefly outlines how the CRCWSC transforms research into action (Research Synthesis)
- [CRC Business logo - Department of Industry, Innovation and Science](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/crc-business-logo-department-industry-innovation-science/) - This logo is to be used for content produced by the CRCWSC in recognition of the CRC Program.
- [CRCWSC logo](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/crcwsc-logos-jpg-format/) - CRCWSC logos in JPG format.
- [Publication template - portrait](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/publication-template-portrait/) - General template for portrait-oriented publications
- [CRCWSC generic presentation - template](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/crcwsc-generic-powerpoint-presentation-template/) - PowerPoint presentation template for the CRCWSC. This template is to be used when presenting on behalf of the CRCWSC unless otherwise agreed.
- [CRCWSC introduction presentation](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/crcwsc-introduction-presentation/) - PowerPoint presentation template for a general introduction and overview of the CRCWSC. This can be used when presenting on behalf of the CRCWSC.
- [Letterhead template](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/crcwsc-letterhead-template/) - General letterhead with CRCWSC branding.
- [CRCWSC meeting templates](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/crcwsc-meeting-template/) - General Meeting Agenda and Meeting Minutes templates with CRCWSC branding.
- [CRCWSC poster presentation](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/crcwsc-poster-presentation/) - Generic poster presentation template to be used when presenting on behalf of the CRCWSC.
- [Publication template - landscape](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/report-template-landscape/) - General template for landscape-oriented publications
- [CRCWSC New look PowerPoint Presentation (standard 4x3)](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/crcwsc-introduction-presentation-2/) - NEW look PowerPoint presentation (standard 4x3) template. This can be used when presenting on behalf of the CRCWSC. Hints & tips: All styles have been set. You can add a new slide with a white or black background by clicking 'new slide', scroll down and select the desired slide style. You can change the background picture
- [CRCWSC New look PowerPoint Presentation (widescreen 16x9)](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/crcwsc-introduction-presentation-2-2/) - NEW look PowerPoint presentation (widescreen 16x9) template. This can be used when presenting on behalf of the CRCWSC. Hints & tips: All styles have been set. You can add a new slide with a white or black background by clicking 'new slide', scroll down and select the desired slide style. You can change the background picture
- [Request to publish form](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/crcwsc-request-publish-form/) - A request to publish form must be submitted along with intended content for approval prior to publishing of information that contains CRCWSC information. All details must be completed prior to it being submitted for approvals. This collected information is used when promoting publications on the website or newsletter to correctly label content so that it
- [How to create a Project Agreement](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/how-to-create-a-project-agreement/) - This flowchart provides a step-by-step guide on the process for preparing and executing a project agreement.
- [How to create a Project Variation Agreement](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/how-to-create-a-project-variation-agreements/) - This flowchart provides a step-by-step guide on the process for preparing and executing a project variation agreement.
- [Industry note reference guide](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/industry-note-reference-guide/) - Reference guide for industry notes.
- [5th Water Sensitive Cities Conference Program 2021](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/wscc-program-2021/) - Attendees at our 5th Water Sensitive Cities Conference (15–18 March 2021) will help us celebrate 9 years of the CRC for Water Sensitive Cities, and examine the next steps in achieving our goal—Water sensitive practice. Every city. Every day.
- [5th WSC Conference—Water Sensitive Practice. Every city. Every day](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/5th-water-sensitive-cities-conference/) - Get tickets Conference speakers Virtual site tours Training sessions NEWSFLASH More of the 5th Water Sensitive Cities Conference will be online. And attendance is FREE. (Venue capacity limits apply for in-person sessions) Integrating urban land use planning with water system planning to create opportunities for water sensitive solutions through urban development processes Debating centralised and
- [How to access the online sessions for the 5th Water Sensitive Cities Conference](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/how-to-access-the-online-sessions-for-the-5th-water-sensitive-cities-conference/) - As you know, much of the 5th Water Sensitive Cities Conference will be online. You’ll find everything you need on our conference platform (https://wscconference.org.au/). How to get the most out of conference The first step is to select your conference hub – Queensland, New South Wales, South Australia, Western Australia or Victoria. Once there, you
- [CRCWSC Evaluation and Learning Framework](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/crcwsc-evaluation-and-learning-framework/) - Summary Evaluation is regarded as a critical component of all good program management. Appropriately staged evaluations present an opportunity for embedding reflexivity and adaptation mechanisms into large-scale, complex, long-term research-industry collaborations. Considering the time-lag associated with achieving full-scale research adoption and impact, it is important to acknowledge and recognise the importance of ‘societal impact’
- [CRCWSC Stormwater Quality Database](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/crcwsc-stormwater-database/) - Authors: Wolfgang GERNJAK, Dr., Jane-Louise LAMPARD, Janet TANG, Dr. Overview This database summarises the water quality of urban run-off events across Australia based on monitoring conducted by the CRC for Water Sensitive Cities in collaboration with the Urban Water Security Alliance. It provides the largest single database for Australian stormwater quality to date with the
- [Extended ATP approach to include the four domains of Flood Risk Management: Manual and prototype software tool](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/extended-atp-approach-to-include-the-four-domains-of-flood-risk-management/) - Summary When, where and how a water sensitive system (structural or non-structural) will no longer provide the required service or performance in the future is an important question for planners and designers. With major uncertainties due to climate and other changes, it is no longer possible to be confident that the system will continue to
- [Interactive graphics for exploring water use signature patterns](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/interactive-graphics-for-exploring-water-use-signature-patterns/) - Citation CRCWSC and University of Western Australia (2015). Interactive graphics for exploring water use signature patterns. Available at: https://staffhome.ecm.uwa.edu.au/~00047104/waterusesignatures-june2015/ Click here to view
- [Infill Performance Evaluation Framework v2- DRAFT for consultation](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/infill-performance-evaluation-framework-draft-for-consultation/) - This document describes the methods being developed by the IRP4 research team to evaluate the performance of infill development at site-scale and at precinct-scale. Performance refers to water-sensitivity, quality urban spaces and thermal comfort. A mixture of quantitative and qualitative methods are used to generate a set performance indicators, which can be used to compare
- [Water sensitive outcomes for infill development: Infill performance evaluation framework](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/water-sensitive-outcomes-for-infill-development-infill-performance-evaluation-framework/) - Executive Summary Most major Australian (and many global) cities expect intensified infill development over the coming decades. Infill development is promoted nationwide as a way of accommodating growing urban populations by increasing urban densities (densification) rather than allowing urban sprawl. Currently, the bulk of infill development occurring in Australian capital cities involves subdivisions of single
- [Performance assessment of Wharf St Constructed Wetland 2009-2014](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/uploads201607c4-1_1_2015_mh_wharf_web-pdf/) - 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 to improve the quality of urban stormwater runoff and reduce nutrients and other contaminants entering
- [Determining the extent of groundwater interference on the performance of infiltration trenches](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/determining-the-extent-groundwater-interference-on-the-performance-infiltration-trenches/) - Abstract Infiltration trenches are widely used in stormwater management, but their capacity decreases when installed in areas with shallow groundwater where infiltration is limited by groundwater drainage. Here the hydrological performance of single infiltration trenches in areas with shallow water tables is quantified in terms of their capability to reduce peak flow, peak volume and
- [Hydrologic impact of urbanization with extensive stormwater infiltration](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/hydrologic-impact-of-urbanization-with-extensive-stormwater-infiltration/) - Abstract This paper presents a novel modeling analysis of a 40-year-long dataset to examine the impact of urbanization, with widespread stormwater infiltration, on groundwater levels and the water balance of a watershed. A dataset on the hydrologic impact of urbanization with extensive stormwater infiltration is not widely available, and is important because many municipalities are
- [The value of restoring urban drains to living streams](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/value-restoring-urban-drains-living-streams/) - Abstract Waterway restoration work can involve substantial costs, and if water sensitive urban design concepts such as the creation of living streams are to be widely adopted, it is important to demonstrate that the benefits from restoration are greater than the costs. Dr James Fogarty, Dr Fan Zhang and Dr Maksym Polyakov, researchers in the
- [Water experts welcome plan to cool Australian cities](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/water-experts-welcome-plan-to-cool-australian-cities/) - The CRCWSC has welcomed a Federal Government plan to make cities greener and cooler. The plan was announced in Sydney by acting Cities Minister Mr Greg Hunt. The Centre’s acting Chief Executive Officer, Professor Jurg Keller from The University of Queensland, said water played a key role in making cities and towns more liveable. “Heat
- [Smart meter trials used to improve water use behaviours](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/smart-meter-trials-used-to-improve-water-use-behaviours/) - Analysing data gleaned from a water meter used to provide automatic meter readings at billing intervals has revealed a surprising wealth of information on customers’ water use behaviours in remote Western Australian towns. Smart water meters also capture hourly water use data, which can be used to gain network intelligence and to underpin demand management
- [Hydrology and nutrient transport processes in groundwater/surface water systems (Project B2.4)](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/hydrology-and-nutrient-transport-processes-in-groundwatersurface-water-systems-project-b2-4/) - This project is designed to advance the understanding of how water and nutrients are transported from the surface to the receiving waters (including groundwater), and how the nutrient cycling works that occurs along the way. This project aims, in particular, to define the hydrological responses to the urbanisation of areas where groundwater-surface water interactions exist,
- [Ideas for Bentley](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/ideas-for-bentley/) - The Bentley Regeneration Project is a 25-hectare precinct approximately 8 km south-east of Perth CBD and 1.5 km north of the Canning River in the suburb of Bentley, Western Australia. This document represents the compilation and refinement of the ideas generated through a two-day research synthesis workshop for the Bentley Regeneration Project held in June
- [WA groundwater replenishment trial – a case study of creating the enabling environment for regulatory change](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/wa-groundwater-replenishment-trial/) - The Groundwater Replenishment Trial (GWRT) was the first of its kind in Australia. This case study explores how the idea to recycle and recharge water gained traction, how the processes of testing and development were managed, and how eventual acceptance of groundwater replenishment as a new source of water was achieved within water licencing and
- [Groundwater control and supply for sustainable urban development](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/groundwater-control-and-supply-for-sustainable-urban-development/) - Groundwater control and supply for sustainable urban development. Poster presented by Carl Davies (University of Western Australia) at the 2nd Water Sensitive Cities Conference, Brisbane, Australia, 8-9 September, 2015.
- [Application of machine learning algorithms for nitrogen prediction in urban catchment](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/application-of-machine-learning-algorithms-for-nitrogen-prediction-in-urban-catchment/) - Application of machine learning algorithms for nitrogen prediction in urban catchment. Poster presented by Benya Wang (University of Western Australia) at the 2nd Water Sensitive Cities Conference, Brisbane, Australia, 8-9 September, 2015.
- [Evaluating success of groundwater replenishment trial](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/evaluating-success-of-groundwater-replenishment-trial/) - Water authorities aiming to trial novel water supply options need to be prepared to invest significant time and appropriate funding to encourage a project success, according to a new CRC for Water Sensitive Cities report. ‘WA Groundwater Replenishment Trial: A case study of creating the enabling environment for regulatory change’ was produced by Dr Yvette
- [Protection and restoration of urban  freshwater ecosystems: informing  management and planning (Project  B2.23)](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/project-b2-23/) - Overview Rivers, streams, waterways and wetlands are important components of urban landscapes. These freshwater habitats are valuable to people because they help create a safe environment by mitigating flooding and keeping our water clean. Unfortunately, streams face many threats including altered hydrology, elevated levels of nutrients and other pollutants, increased water temperature and sedimentation, and
- [Integrated multi-functional urban  water systems (Project C4.1)](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/project-c4-1/) - Overview Stormwater biofilters (also known as raingardens or bioretention systems) and constructed wetlands are currently regarded as two of the most promising water sensitive urban design (WSUD) technologies. For example, biofilters are highly efficient in reducing runoff volumes, and in removing solids, nutrients and metals from stormwater while having a relatively small footprint. Stormwater
- [Regulatory renovation for managed aquifer recharge using alternative water resources: a Western Australian perspective](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/regulatory-renovation-for-managed-aquifer-recharge-using-alternative-water-resources-a-western-australian-perspective/) - Abstract Managed aquifer recharge is increasingly used worldwide as a means of storing treated wastewater and stormwater for later use. This article proposes three areas in which to assess the effectiveness of legal frameworks governing managed aquifer recharge: rights to access alternative water resources; legal requirements concerning the quality and quantity of recharged water; and
- [Performance assessment of the Anvil Way Compensation Basin living stream: 2004-2013](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/performance-assessment-anvil-way-compensation-basin-living-stream-2004-2013-3/) - Abstract This report summarises the results of a performance assessment of the Anvil Way Compensation Basin (AWCB) restoration project. AWCB is an artificial wetland on the Swan Coastal Plain of Western Australia with an area of 9,000 m2 and maximum volume of 11,400 m3. It was constructed to improve the quality of urban and industrial
- [Performance of two urban stormwater biofilters in an area with seasonally high groundwater](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/performance-two-urban-stormwater-biofilters-area-seasonally-high-groundwater/) - 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 the biofilters it is more challenging to determine the consequences for biofilter performance. This report
- [Adaptation Pathways For Maintaining Ecological Objectives Of Urban Wetlands In A Drying Climate](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/adaptation-pathways-maintaining-ecological-objectives-urban-wetlands-drying-climate/) - Adaptation tipping points of ecological objectives of an urban wetland. Poster presented by PhD candidate, Amar Nanda, at the International Water Association's World Water Congress, Brisbane, 2016.
- [Assessment of options to improve amenity and performance of the Roselea Boulevard Compensation Basin](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/assessment-of-options-to-improve-amenity-and-performance-of-the-roselea-boulevard-compensation-basin/) - The Roselea Boulevard Compensation Basin (RBCB) was developed together with surrounding public open space within the Roselea Residential Estate, situated in the City of Stirling, Western Australia. The RBCB is susceptible to algal blooms (Potamogeton cripsus), particularly in the summer months, resulting in amenity and odour complaints from residents. Water Corporation commissioned The University of
- [Ideas for Townsville](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/ideas-for-townsville/) - About this document This report synthesises the outcomes of a workshop held on 8 October 2019 with Townsville City Council and its stakeholders. The workshop aimed to redefine what good urban development in Townsville would look like, when considered with water management in mind. It reflected the need to consider Townsville’s water context in the
- [A guide for monitoring the performance of WSUD elements in areas with high groundwater](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/guide-monitoring-performance-wsud-elements-areas-high-groundwater/) - 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 built and natural landscapes to provide multiple benefits to society. Citation Hunt et al. (2017).
- [White Gum Valley case study](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/white-gum-valley-case-study/) - Setting a new standard for waterwise development in WA, White Gum Valley includes a communal groundwater irrigation system, lot scale rainwater harvesting and demonstrates how to transform a infiltration basin eyesore into a sought-after public space.
- [Application of machine learning algorithms for nitrogen prediction in urban areas](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/application-of-machine-learning-algorithms-for-nitrogen-prediction-in-urban-areas/) - Application of machine learning algorithms for nitrogen prediction in urban areas. Poster presented by Benya Wang (The University of Western Australia) at the 3rd Water Sensitive Cities Conference, Perth, Australia, 18-20 July, 2017.
- [Guiding urban water management in areas that experience high seasonal groundwater (IRP5)](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/project-irp5/) - Overview This project aims to better understand how to manage urban development in high groundwater impacted environments (that is, where the water table is within 4 m of the natural ground surface). Stage 1 was a scoping study to evaluate academic and non-academic research and 'grey' literature from Australian and international sources, and define the
- [Impact of water allocation strategies to manage groundwater resources in Western Australia: Equity and efficiency considerations](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/impact-of-water-allocation-strategies-to-manage-groundwater-resources-in-western-australia-equity-and-efficiency-considerations/) - Abstract In many parts of the world groundwater is being depleting at an alarming rate. Where groundwater extraction is licenced, regulators often respond to resource depletion by reducing all individual licences by a fixed proportion. This approach can be effective in achieving a reduction in the volume of water extracted, but the approach is not
- [Minimising Fill in Low Lying Urban Land](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/minimising-fill-in-low-lying-urban-land/) - Minimising Fill in Low Lying Urban Land. Poster presented by Carl Davies (The University of Western Australia) at the 3rd Water Sensitive Cities Conference, Perth, Australia, 18-20 July, 2017.
- [Urban subsurface drainage as an alternative water source in a drying climate](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/urban-subsurface-drainage-as-an-alternative-water-source-in-a-drying-climate/) - Abstract The Swan Coastal Plain in Western Australia has been undergoing rapid urban growth and with it comes two primary water related concerns. The first is the spread of development into areas with shallow water tables which requires costly water management to control groundwater level rise; the second is the limited groundwater allocation available in
- [The most cost-effective ways to maintain public open space with less water: Perth case study](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/the-most-cost-effective-ways-to-maintain-public-open-space-with-less-water-perth-case-study/) - Abstract Local governments in Perth, Western Australia, use groundwater to irrigate high value public open space. Due to a sustained decline in rainfall current groundwater extraction rates are unsustainable and are set to be reduced. We investigate the cost-effectiveness of different water efficiency improvement technology solutions. There is significant variation in the cost-effectiveness of different
- [The most cost-effective ways to maintain public open space with less water](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/the-most-cost-effective-ways-to-maintain-public-open-space-with-less-water/) - Reduced irrigation water available for public open space (POS) due to groundwater depletion is an emerging problem in many urban areas. Local governments in Perth face mounting pressure to maintain high quality POS while being driven to use less groundwater for irrigation. Options are to either obtain irrigation water from alternative sources or reduce water
- [Ideas for Brabham](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/ideas-for-brabham/) - Ideas for Brabham This discussion paper compiles ideas generated at a workshop hosted by Peet, The Department of Communities and the CRC for Water Sensitive Cities on 13 and 14 June 2018. These ideas focus on the Brabham development project in the north east urban growth corridor in Perth. This development can provide a practical
- [Effectiveness of nitrogen removal using urban wetlands – summary report](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/effectiveness-of-nitrogen-removal-using-urban-wetlands-summary-report/) - This report summarises the Monash University research outcomes for Project B2.2/2.3—Protection and restoration of urban freshwater ecosystems: informing management and planning. As urban development increases, constructed wetlands are becoming more common as tools for reducing nitrogen and other pollutant loads, but their effectiveness is variable and limited. In particular, information about temporal changes and the
- [The impact of urbanisation and stormwater management practices on water balances and nutrient pathways in areas of high groundwater: a review of recent literature](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/urbanisation-and-stormwater-management-practices-on-water-balances-and-nutrient-pathways-in-areas-of-high-groundwater/) - The need to understand the impact of urbanisation and changing land use on water and solute mass balances in the groundwater underlying urban areas has been increasingly recognised over the past 25 years. Groundwater resources are now included, for example, as part of integrated urban water management (IUWM). The knowledge gained from this literature review
- [Mind the gap–what we don’t know about urban areas with high groundwater](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/mind-the-gap-what-we-dont-know-about-urban-areas-with-high-groundwater/) - Urban development in high groundwater areas can create specific challenges, but it’s an issue the global water industry doesn’t completely understand. We’ve uncovered the knowledge gaps and made recommendations for how to address them.
- [Integrated Research Project 5 Stage 1 Report](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/integrated-research-project-5-stage-1-report/) - Executive Summary The CRC for Water Sensitive Cities’ Integrated Research Project 5 (IRP5, Knowledge-based water sensitive city solutions for groundwater impacted developments) aims to better understand the impact of urban development in groundwater impacted environments. Project outputs will include guidelines and innovative solutions that achieve more effective, water sensitive outcomes for groundwater impacted developments. Stage
- [Ideas for Ocean Reef Marina](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/ideas-for-ocean-reef-marina/) - About this document This document is the main output from a workshop that imagines a water sensitive future for the Ocean Reef Marina in Perth (WA). The Ideas for Ocean Reef Marina assists DevelopmentWA as the developer to consider: • Alternative non-potable supply for public open space irrigation and boat wash-down. • Stormwater management to
- [Brabham Action Learning Partnership: Case report](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/brabham-action-learning-partnership-case-report/) - Summary This report documents the outcomes of the first two stages of the Brabham Action Learning Partnership, a research initiative of the CRC for Water Sensitive Cities and key Western Australian government and industry partners. After describing the case objectives and methodology, the report summarises the technical and process constraints to innovation for Brabham, the
- [Guiding urban water management in areas that experience high seasonal groundwater: Expert Panel report.](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/guiding-urban-water-management-in-areas-that-experience-high-seasonal-groundwater-expert-panel-report/) - Executive Summary The Cooperative Research Centre for Water Sensitive Cities (CRCWSC), in collaboration with research and industry partners, has been progressing Integrated Research Project 5 (IRP5) – Knowledge-based water sensitive solutions for development in high groundwater environments) (CRCWSC 2017). As part of Stage 2 of IRP5—Guiding urban water management in areas of the Swan Coastal
- [Ideas for a Water Sensitive Sydenham to Bankstown Urban Renewal Corridor](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/ideas-for-a-water-sensitive-sydenham-to-bankstown-urban-renewal-corridor/) - Summary The research synthesis project was led by the CRC for Water Sensitive Cities (CRCWSC) who, in conjunction with experienced researchers and practitioners from the government and industry, undertook an innovative and collaborative co-design process to promote water sensitive outcomes for the Sydenham to Bankstown Urban Renewal Corridor (Corridor). The Sydenham to Bankstown Corridor is
- [Sydenham to Bankstown Urban Renewal Corridor, On Ground Opportunities](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/sydenham-to-bankstown-urban-renewal-corridor-on-ground-opportunities/) - Outline Welcome Workshop 2 - Recap On-ground challenges, opportunities, solutions Revisit Principals Next Steps
- [Ideas for Sydenham to Bankstown, Workshop Three: Corridor Planning Principles](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/ideas-for-sydenham-to-bankstown-workshop-three-corridor-planning-principles/) - About this document This document is the final in a series of workshop outputs that imagine a water sensitive future for the Sydenham to Bankstown Corridor in Sydney (NSW). This document reviews and refines the draft planning principles that were proposed in report one. These principles relate specifically to the Sydenham to Bankstown corridor, and
- [Ideas for Sydenham to Bankstown, Workshop Two: Precinct Case Studies, May 2019](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/ideas-for-sydenham-to-bankstown-workshop-two-precinct-case-studies-may-2019/) - About this document This document is part of a series of workshop outputs that imagine a water sensitive future for the Sydenham to Bankstown Corridor in Sydney (NSW). This document demonstrates how corridor level planning principles can be grounded in two case study precincts – Campsie and Marrickville. The purpose of this exercise was to
- [Ideas for Sydenham to Bankstown, Workshop One: The Corridor](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/ideas-for-sydenham-to-bankstown-workshop-one-the-corridor/) - About this document This document summarises the key outcomes of a workshop held on 5th and 6th of September 2018 with the agencies who are planning water services and infrastructure for the Sydenham to Bankstown growth corridor. This first workshop (of three) applied the concepts of a water sensitive city to identify sustainability, resilience and
- [INFFEWS Benefit-Cost Analysis Tool Booklet of Applied Examples](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/inffews-benefit-cost-analysis-tool-booklet-of-applied-examples/) - Introduction What is the INFFEWS Benefit Cost Analysis Tool? The INFFEWS Benefit Cost Analysis Tool (the ‘BCA Tool’) is an Excel-based framework that allows the user to develop a benefit cost analysis (BCA). It was developed in response to industry feedback highlighting that developing a holistic business case is an important factor in delivering water
- [Assessment of non-market benefits of implementing large-scale WSUD: Greening the pipeline case study](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/assessment-of-nonmarket-benefits-of-implementing-large-scale-wsud-greening-the-pipeline-case-study/) - Executive Summary Many cities around the world are experiencing rapid population growth and land-use changes, which are putting substantial pressure on existing green infrastructure and public open spaces. In Australia, water utilities are undertaking many liveability improvement projects to tackle these challenges. However, making a decision about investing in these projects requires information on all
- [Multi-scale characterisation of stream nutrient and carbon dynamics in sandy near coastal catchments of south-western Australia,](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/multi-scale-characterisation-of-stream-nutrient-and-carbon-dynamics-in-sandy-near-coastal-catchments-of-south-western-australia/) - Abstract Managers tasked with repairing degraded stream ecosystems require restoration strategies that are tailored to local and regional characteristics. Emerging evidence suggests that local reach-scale approaches may be as effective, if not more so, than catchment-scale actions in highly permeable coastal landscapes, particularly if there is hydraulic connectivity to shallow groundwater and where recharge is
- [Assessment of non-market benefits of implementing large-scale WSUD: Greening the Pipeline Case study](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/assessment-of-non-market-benefits-of-implementing-large-scale-wsud-greening-the-pipeline-case-study/) - Introduction Many councils and water utilities around Australia are undertaking liveability improvement projects to tackle population growth and land use changes. However, making decisions about investing in these water sensitive urban design (WSUD) projects require considering all benefits, including social benefits. The CRCWSC, in close consultation with Melbourne Water and case study partners, assessed community
- [Creating water sensitive cities in Australia](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/creating-water-sensitive-cities-in-australia/) - Summary Most Australian cities have made only limited progress towards becoming water sensitive. This report examined the barriers to water sensitive projects and identified options to remove them. The report identified six reforms that could help move Australia towards a nation of water sensitive cities, including strengthening government support for water sensitive projects, changing the
- [New Knowledge Platform will house all CRCWSC resources](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/new-knowledge-platform-will-house-all-crcwsc-resources/) - Practitioners will be able to easily find and use the tools, resources and products that the CRC for Water Sensitive Cities has produced since it began in 2012. We’ve made it simple to search and find what you need. We’ll launch the new Water Sensitive Cities Knowledge Platform at our 5th Water Sensitive Cities Conference,
- [Planning for water sensitive infill development: case study of Salisbury East precinct](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/planning-for-water-sensitive-infill-development-case-study-of-salisbury-east-precinct/) - Summary This case study explored the extent to which the new South Australian planning system facilitates the implementation of proposed water sensitive infill typologies, focusing on a precinct in Salisbury East. This suburban area in northern Adelaide is undergoing urban regeneration, driven by the City of Salisbury City Plan 2030. The case work builds upon
- [Characterisation of chemical hazards in stormwater](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/characterisation-chemical-hazards-stormwater/) - 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 Quality Hazards within the scope of the CRC for Water Sensitive Cities. Water quality data
- [Urban stormwater harvesting and reuse: a probe into the chemical, toxicology and microbiological contaminants in water quality](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/urban-stormwater-harvesting-reuse-probe-chemical-toxicology-microbiological-contaminants-water-quality/) - Abstract Stormwater is one of the last major untapped urban water resources that can be exploited as an alternative water source in Australia. The information in the current Australian Guidelines for Water Recycling relating to stormwater harvesting and reuse only emphasises on a limited number of stormwater quality parameters. In order to supply stormwater as
- [Restoring natural flow regimes: the importance of multiple scales](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/restoring-natural-flow-regimes-the-importance-multiple-scales/) - Abstract Urbanisation changes flow regimes which negatively impact the ecology, water quality and geomorphology of receiving waters. These flow regimes need to be restored to more natural levels to improve stream health. We measured the performance of precinct scale (infiltration basin) and household scale (water tanks) stormwater retention systems against flow objectives developed from a
- [Water(way) sensitive urban design: Addressing the causes of channel degradation through catchment-scale management of water and sediment](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/waterway-sensitive-urban-design-addressing-causes-channel-degradation-through-catchment-scale-management-of-water-sediment/) - Abstract Waterway channel morphology is primarily the product of two main agents: Water and sediment. Urbanisation of a catchment alters these agents and drives degradation of channel morphology. The common management response involves expensive, site-scale works (e.g. rock protection) that have been found to not improve ecological condition. An alternative channel restoration approach that will
- [New urban storm water management approaches: using the water generated by cities for ecosystem services](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/new-urban-storm-water-management-approaches-using-the-water-generated-by-cities-for-ecosystem-services/) - Note: Journal articles and conference papers (and links where available) are available under open access arrangements where possible. Otherwise please contact your institution’s library, the authors, or publishers to organise full access.
- [Modelling the impact of retention–detention units on sewer surcharge and peak and annual runoff reduction](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/modelling-the-impact-of-retention-detention-units-on-sewer-surcharge-peak-annual-runoff-reduction/) - Abstract Stormwater management using water sensitive urban design is expected to be part of future drainage systems. This paper aims to model the combination of local retention units, such as soakaways, with subsurface detention units. Soakaways are employed to reduce (by storage and infiltration) peak and volume stormwater runoff; however, large retention volumes are required
- [Setting objectives for hydrologic restoration: from site-scale to catchment-scale](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/setting-objectives-for-hydrologic-restoration-from-site-scale-catchment-scale/) - Abstract The protection and eventual restoration of natural ecological functions and values in urban streams requires approaches to stormwater management that restore natural hydrologic processes at small scales, with the ultimate goal of returning catchment-scale flow-regimes towards their predevelopment behaviour. Adoption of such approaches is however, currently limited by a lack of stormwater management design
- [Toxicity characterization of urban stormwater with bioanalytical tools](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/toxicity-characterization-urban-stormwater-with-bioanalytical-tools/) - Abstract Stormwater harvesting has become an attractive alternative strategy to address the rising demand for urban water supply due to limited water sources and population growth. Nevertheless, urban stormwater is also a major source of surface water pollution. Runoff from different urban catchments with source contributions from anthropogenic activities and various land uses causes variable
- [The stormwater retention performance of rainwater tanks at the landparcel scale](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/stormwater-retention-performance-rainwater-tanks-at-the-landparcel-scale/) - Abstract The use of tanks to harvest and store rainwater has the potential to simultaneously: 1) augment potable water supplies and 2) restore some aspects of pre-development flow regimes in receiving waters. However, the use of rainwater tanks to achieve these multiple objectives has not been well quantified. Such quantification is required to assist the
- [Water retention by raingardens: implications for local-scale soil moisture and water fluxes](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/water-retention-raingardens-implications-for-local-scale-soil-moisture-water-fluxes/) - Abstract A key feature of biofiltration systems, or 'raingardens', is the modification of the local water balance through the enhancement of the infiltration and evapotranspiration fluxes. Thus, widespread implementation of raingardens has the potential to bring the catchment water balance closer to its pre-development state. However, the magnitude of these effects is still unclear, partly
- [Urban retention basin in developing city: from theoretical effectiveness to practical feasibility](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/urban-retention-basin-in-developing-city-from-theoretical-effectiveness-practical-feasibility/) - Abstract Urban retention basin has been introduced as one of the promising measures to address increased storm water flow in urbanized areas. This man-made water space may not just help existing storm water drainage systems regulating extreme events but also improve urban landscape and micro-climate conditions. Can Tho city, a largest city in Mekong delta
- [Retrofitting urban drainage capacity to cope with change: A case study for Nhieu Loc - Thi Nghe Basin change in Ho Chi Minh city](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/retrofitting-urban-drainage-capacity-cope-change-case-study-for-nhieu-loc-thi-nghe-basin-change-hochi-minh-city/) - Abstract Inherent uncertainties are the main matter of constrain and concern for any fool proof urban flood management programme. Selection of better retrofitting options to tackle uncertainties involves the process of evaluating the technical and financial feasibility of wide range of options. In this paper, we present a case study of a catchment in Ho
- [Influence of pH on Organic and Inorganic Colloids in Stormwater](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/influence-of-ph-on-organic-and-inorganic-colloids-in-stormwater/) - Abstract Urban runoff usually contains significant amounts of organic and inorganic colloidal particles. Due to their high surface area and associated surface charges, these colloidal particles become a strong binding site and carriers for many contaminants found in the runoff. This paper presents a study on the physicochemical properties and behaviors of organic colloidal particles
- [The impact of short-term weather variations on the valuation of local stormwater management projects](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/the-impact-of-short-term-weather-variations-on-the-valuation-of-local-stormwater-management-projects/) - Introduction Do recent weather conditions affect the community’s willingness to pay for the benefits associated with local stormwater management projects? For example, is the public willing to pay more for flood protection following a period of heavy rain? Does it place a greater value on urban cooling after a heatwave? In an important finding for
- [Valuing the benefits of local stormwater management](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/valuing-benefits-local-stormwater-management/) - Introduction How much is the community willing to pay for additional improvements of local stormwater management? Which benefits are valued the most? Are these preferences reflected in current public policy? A recent study has found that the community places a very high value on projects that improve the health of local waterways and decrease water restrictions, but not
- [The interaction of risk allocation and governance arrangements in innovative urban stormwater and recycling projects](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/the-interaction-risk-allocation-governance-arrangements-in-innovative-urban-stormwater-recycling-projects/) - Abstract Successful innovation requires clarity around the identification and allocation of risk and the responsibilities of stakeholders in its management. The quest for water security in large cities has led to consideration of alternative water sources, which may involve new risks. In initiatives for integrated urban water management, stormwater is increasingly viewed as a resource
- [Pesticide occurrence and spatio-temporal variability in urban run-off across Australia](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/pesticide-occurrence-and-spatio-temporal-variability-in-urban-run-off-across-australia/) - Abstract Stormwater is a major driving factor of aquatic ecosystem degradation as well as one of the largest untapped urban freshwater resources. We present results from a long-term, multi-catchment study of urban stormwater pesticides across Australia that addresses this dichotomous identity (threat and resource), as well as dominant spatial and temporal patterns in stormwater pesticide
- [Microbial quality of untreated stormwater in Australian catchments: human health perspectives](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/microbial-quality-of-untreated-stormwater-in-australian-catchments-human-health-perspectives/) - 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 yet to be realised. Understanding the range of chemicals and microorganisms likely to be present
- [Ideas for Vic. Planning Controls](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/ideas-vic-planning-controls/) - This "Ideas for Vic Planning Controls" document outlines a potential approach to improve stormwater management in Victoria, centred around changes to planning controls. It compiles feedback and ideas generated by stakeholders during a research synthesis workshop hosted by the CRCWSC and Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning (DELWP) in March 2017. The workshop generated
- [Getting the message right: The use of frames, community-friendly terminology and visuals](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/getting-message-right-use-frames-community-friendly-terminology-visuals/) - An important aspect of effectively engaging communities in a water sensitive future is to communicate messages using easy to understand terminology, appealing visuals and suitable message framing. The findings from Project A2.3 indicate that messages need to be tailored to effectively engage different audiences, as messages intended for “everyone” are unlikely to appeal to everyone.
- [How clean is raw stormwater? Understanding the hazards](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/clean-raw-stormwater-understanding-hazards/) - Stormwater runoff is now commonly used as a valuable water source for non-drinking purposes, and is beginning to be used for potable reuse in some places. Since raw stormwater is likely to contain chemical, microbial and toxicological contaminants, understanding its quality is a key first step in planning a stormwater harvesting scheme. The attached Industry
- [Valuing Environmental Services Provided by Local Stormwater Management](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/valuing-environmental-services-provided-by-local-stormwater-management/) - Abstract Decentralized stormwater management systems deliver a number of environmental services that go beyond the reduction of flood risk, which has been the focus of conventional stormwater systems. Not all of these services may be equally valued by the public, however. This paper estimates households’ willingness to pay (WTP) for improvements in water security, stream
- [Simulating flood risk under non-stationary climate and urban development conditions – Experimental setup for multiple hazards and a variety of scenarios](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/simulating-flood-risk-under-non-stationary-climate-and-urban-development-conditions-experimental-setup-for-multiple-hazards-and-a-variety-of-scenarios/) - Abstract A framework for assessing economic flood damage for a large number of climate and urban development scenarios with limited computational effort is presented. Response surfaces are applied to characterize flood damage based on physical variables describing climate-driven hazards and changing vulnerability resulting from urban growth. The framework is embedded in an experimental setup where
- [Orange stormwater to potable case study](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/orange-stormwater-to-potable-case-study/) - The regional city of Orange is located approximately 260km west of Sydney in the Central West of NSW. Water supply in Orange was provided by two water storages which captured runoff from predominately rural catchments. By late 2007 the city’s water storages were below 40% and significant resources were directed to reduce water consumption. The
- [The South Bank Rain Bank case study](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/the-south-bank-rain-bank-case-study/) - The South Bank Parklands is a 17.5ha public parkland within the broader South Bank Precinct, featuring 20 landscaped spaces, water features, swimming and water play areas, rainforest walks, picnic and barbeque areas. The parklands use approximately 120ML/year of potable water and 60ML/yr of on-site treated water (both harvested stormwater and treated backwash). High quality potable
- [Optimization of Pumping Costs and Harvested Volume for a Stormwater Harvesting System](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/optimization-of-pumping-costs-and-harvested-volume-for-a-stormwater-harvesting-system/) - Abstract A harvested stormwater and managed aquifer recharge system has been analyzed through both simulation sensitivity analysis and optimization to reduce operational pumping costs and increase the volume of water harvested. The simulation sensitivity analysis explored increasing the size of a storage tank, replacing the three harvesting pumps, and using wider tank trigger levels in
- [Waterproofing the west](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/waterproofing-the-west/) - Region-wide system that harvests, treats and stores stormwater and distributes harvested water through western Adelaide, sustaining a growing economy and enhancing the natural environment. The project will result in sound water management and will treat and inject up to 2,400ML of stormwater each year. The recycled water is now used for irrigation and for flushing
- [Factors controlling dissimilatory nitrate reduction processes in constructed stormwater urban wetlands](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/factors-controlling-dissimilatory-nitrate-reduction-processes-in-constructed-stormwater-urban-wetlands/) - Abstract Water treatment wetlands are increasingly being used to reduce pollutant loads including nitrogen (N) in urban runoff. Processes such as denitrification (DNF) and anaerobic ammonium oxidation (anammox), which remove N, and dissimilatory nitrate reduction to ammonium (DNRA), which recycles N, play an important role in controlling NOx (NO3− + NO2−) removal versus recycling in wetlands. The
- [Community perceptions of the implementation and adoption of WSUD for stormwater systems](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/community-perceptions-of-the-implementation-and-adoption-of-wsud-for-stormwater-systems/) - Abstract Approaches to Water Sensitive Urban Design: Potential, Design, Ecological Health, Economics, Policies and Community Perceptions covers all aspects on the implementation of sustainable storm water systems for urban and suburban areas whether they are labeled as WSUD, Low Impact Development (LID), Green Infrastructure (GI), Sustainable Urban Drainage Systems (SUDS) or the Sponge City Concept.
- [Enhancing Escherichia coli removal in stormwater biofilters with a submerged zone: balancing the impact of vegetation, filter media and extended dry weather periods](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/enhancing-escherichia-coli-removal-in-stormwater-biofilters-with-a-submerged-zone-balancing-the-impact-of-vegetation-filter-media-and-extended-dry-weather-periods/) - Abstract Stormwater biofilters have shown promising yet variable removal of faecal microorganisms. The effects of vegetation, filter media and extended drying on the removal of Escherichia coli are investigated in the current study. Semi-synthetic stormwater was applied to 25 biofilters representing five different design configurations, all of which contained a submerged zone (SZ). The influence
- [WASH Futures 2016: Pathways to universal and sustained water, sanitation and hygiene](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/wash-futures-2016-pathways-to-universal-and-sustained-water-sanitation-and-hygiene-2/) - In May practitioners and professionals from civil society, governments, private sectors, donors, students and academic institutions, will come together to contribute to the broader international WASH (water, sanitation and hygiene) dialogue and share knowledge with the Australian WASH community and partners. The International WaterCentre has joined with the Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT) and
- [Science-policy partnerships (Project D3.1)](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/science-policy-partnerships-project-d3-1/) - This project worked with industry participants to develop new, or strengthen existing, relationships that increase the adoption and use of CRCWSC research in policy. It has tested relevant partnership models that focus on policy championed by state and local governments.
- [New publication: CRCWSC Evaluation and Learning Framework](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/new-publication-crcwsc-evaluation-and-learning-framework/) - Measuring the uptake and impact of CRC for Water Sensitive Cities (CRCWSC) research using an evaluation framework is a vital step in learning from and improving research and adoption processes, according to a new report. Dr Megan Farrelly, Dr Annette Bos and Sylvia Tawfik have developed the ‘CRCWSC Evaluation and Learning Framework’ as part of
- [Sign up to present at Young Water Professionals event](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/sign-up-to-present-at-young-water-professionals-event/) - Members of the Young Water Professionals group of the Australian Water Association are invited to submit expressions of interest to present at a Professional Development Series event in Melbourne in September. The event, to be held on Thursday 8 September, will be themed ‘Leadership in Research and Innovation’ and will feature six-minute presentations from up
- [Learning through demonstration and integration (Project D1.4)](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/project-d1-4/) - Overview Generating learning opportunities through demonstration projects and case studies will deliver tangible and practical outcomes for CRCWSC participants. Through focused, well-designed demonstrations of on-ground technologies and non-structural innovations (i.e. new guidance or strategic planning), Project D1.4 will deliver an important platform for collective action. Demonstration projects will be critical sites for researchers to work
- [Strengthening educational programs to foster water sensitive cities leaders (Project D4.1)](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/project-d4-1/) - Overview The ambition of the CRC for Water Sensitive Cities (CRCWSC) is to play a critical and catalytic role in reshaping how urban design and urban water are viewed and managed with respect to one another. This is necessarily a multi-scale agenda across different sectors and disciplines which will require the development of capacity in
- [Delivering water sensitive city professional learning - Understanding the learning needs and preferences of the Australian urban water sector](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/understanding-learning-needs-preferences-australian-urban-water-sector/) - Abstract Building capacity involves a range of interventions from building the skills and knowledge of individuals through developing organisational processes, systems and strategies to changing governance and regulatory arrangements, and building broader community water literacy. "Strengthening education programs to foster future water sensitive city leaders" (Project D4.1) is focussed on individual scale capacity by working with
- [Towards a Water Sensitive Elwood](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/towards-water-sensitive-elwood/) - Community views on a flood-prone Melbourne suburb – the site of a former swamp and now a fashionable bayside enclave – are the focus of a new publication. ‘Towards a Water Sensitive Elwood: A Community Vision and Transition Pathways’ is part of research for the CRC for Water Sensitive Cities (CRCWSC) project Mapping Water Sensitive
- [Tranche 2 Project Development Workshop #1](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/tranche-2-project-development-workshop-1/) - This important event follows a series of consultation workshops held with CRCWSC industry participants and key stakeholders in Australian cities to discuss the transition of these cities and regions to being more water sensitive, and importantly their ‘needs and objectives’ to support their transition. As a result of these city/region ‘Needs and Objectives’ workshops we
- [Water-related jargon: How much does the community understand?](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/13274/) - Abstract Communicating effectively with local citizens is an essential part of changing household behaviours, such as promoting shorter showers, and building public support or new policies and technologies. Many commonly used water terms, such as riparian, biofiltration and ‘urban heat island effect’, are not understood by the general public. Using technical terms in education campaigns
- [Community understanding of water terminology](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/13274-2/) - 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 community members. View the related industry note here.
- [Legal duties for restoration of waterways and wetlands: a Western Australian analysis and case study](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/legal-duties-for-restoration-of-waterways-and-wetlands/) - 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 under broad legislative powers. Yet many of these waterways and wetlands require significant ecological restoration.
- [You did, so you can and you will: Self-efficacy as a mediator of spillover from easy to more difficult pro-environmental behaviour](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/can-will-self-efficacy-mediator-spillover-easy-difficult-pro-environmental-behaviour/) - Abstract The dynamic relationship self-efficacy holds with behaviour leads us to suggest that self-efficacy may be a mediating mechanism for spillover. We tested this proposition by investigating whether engaging in simple and easy pro-environmental behaviour is associated with self-efficacy, which then increases intentions and subsequent actions towards new or more challenging pro-environmental behaviours. We tested
- [WaSH for human wellbeing](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/wash-for-human-wellbeing/) - WaSH for human wellbeing. Poster presented by Francesco M. Gimelli (Monash University) at the 3rd Water Sensitive Cities Conference, Perth, Australia, 18-20 July 2017.
- [Overview: IRP2 — Comprehensive economic evaluation framework](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/integrated-research-project-2-comprehensive-economic-evaluation-framework/) - Integrated Research Project 2 (IRP2) aims to create an evaluation framework to quantify economic, environmental, and community values of water-related investments. The attached flyer provides an overview of how IRP2 is developing an evaluation framework for developing business cases and informing decision-making on water-related investments.
- [WSC Index - Process, guidance and supporting materials for CRCWSC accredited benchmarking providers](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/wsc-index-guidance/) - Introduction The WSC Index benchmarking workshop is delivered by accredited providers who have successfully completed the WSC Index benchmarking training developed and delivered by the CRCWSC. The benchmarking process involves a number of participants from relevant organisations scoring a number of water sensitive indicators (based on their knowledge and expertise), and participating in discussion to
- [Water Utilities of the Future: Australia's experience in starting the transition](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/water-utilities-of-the-future-australias-experience-in-starting-the-transition/) - Urban areas facing 21 st century water management challenges need 21 st century water utilities—utilities of the future. And around the world, water utilities are addressing liveability challenges, by transitioning to become these utilities of the future that: manage urban water sustainably, and enhance liveability partner in local economic development foster evolving urban spaces that
- [Catalysing water sensitive cities through professional learning: Design and delivery recommendations](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/catalysing-wscs-through-professional-learning-design-and-delivery-recommendations/) - Abstract The CRCWSC has invested in research to better understand how to develop the skills and knowledge required across urban water and related professionals, to enable and catalyse the implementation of WSC approaches. The CRCWSC has also invested in developing and running a range of professional learning products from Masters courses through to training courses
- [Benefit: Cost Analysis and Strategic Decision Making for Water-Sensitive Cities](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/benefit-cost-analysis-and-strategic-decision-making-for-water-sensitive-cities/) - Introduction Benefit: Cost Analysis (BCA) is widely used to support decision making about investments in projects or policies, and to underpin business cases for investment (Brent 2006; Hanley and Barbier 2009). There have been countless applications of BCA, to projects or policies as wide ranging as: wastewater management in Sri Lanka; construction of the Three
- [INFFEWS Benefit: Cost Analysis Tool: Guidelines](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/inffews-benefit-cost-analysis-tool-guidelines/) - Introduction These guidelines provide advice on the INFFEWS Benefit: Cost Analysis (BCA) Tool for projects related to urban water and green infrastructure. They are not a comprehensive guide to BCA. For that, we recommend several text books and practical guidelines prepared by various governments (see ‘Learning more’ at the end of this document). These guidelines
- [INFFEWS Benefit: Cost Analysis Tool:  User Guide](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/inffews-benefit-cost-analysis-tool-user-guide/) - Introduction The INFFEWS BCA Tool for conducting Benefit: Cost Analysis (BCA) consists of a set of guidelines and spreadsheets. This User Guide for the BCA Tool spreadsheet provides step-by-step support for completing a BCA using the spreadsheet tool. To assess each project, users complete one copy of the spreadsheet in Microsoft Excel. The spreadsheet captures
- [Tips for virtual engagement](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/tips-for-virtual-engagement/) - Abstract 2020 has been the year of virtual meetings and workshops. Many have embraced this new form of working, but experiences have been mixed: we are collectively recognising that virtual engagement is hard work for hosts, presenters and audiences alike. In this document, we show how to approach online engagements in a smarter way. It
- [BCA Tool (INFFEWS) Webinar - insights from industry applications](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/inffews-webinar-insights-gained-from-industry-applications-2/)
- [A biofilm model to predict the impacts of wastewater flow and composition on the in-sewer reaction kinetics (Session 2d)](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/wscc2015_2d_sharmak/) - Abstract Reliable modelling of sulfide and methane production from sewer systems is desirable for efficient sewer emission management. However, current mathematic models for predicting sulfide and methane production consider the effect of wastewater flow and composition on biofilm activities through model calibration. This limits the ability of the models as a planning tool for water
- [Understanding social preferences to reduce land use conflicts in wastewater treatment plant buffer zones (Session 1d)](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/wscc2015_1d_zhang/) - Abstract Growth in urban centres and increased housing density in the urban environment are global trends. Water utilities are, consequently, under increasing pressure to better manage their urban foot print, including areas surrounding wastewater treatment plants. Wastewater treatment plants are an important part of the urban water management infrastructure, and should, more generally, be thought
- [Wastewater treatment technologies for resource recovery: Economic and technological feasibility (Session 2d)](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/wscc2015_2d_batstoned/) - Abstract There has been a large amount of developmental work recently on next generation technologies for wastewater treatment, which can meet existing nutrient removal limits while recovering resources such as energy, nitrogen, and phosphorous. Some of these processes are nearing market readiness, but the technological capability and economic feasibility vs existing processes of these emerging
- [Ideas for Aquarevo](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/ideas-for-aquarevo/) - Aquarevo is a 42 ha urban development site located 38 km south east of central Melbourne. The former wastewater treatment plant site is to be developed through a joint venture between South East Water and Villawood Properties. The Aquarevo development presents an exciting opportunity to synthesise and apply the latest research from the CRC for
- [Tapping into Localised Wastewater Reuse](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/tapping-into-localised-wastewater-reuse/) - Socio-technical modelling tools to examine urban water management scenarios. Presented by Jeddah Breman at the 2nd Water Sensitive Cities Conference, September, Brisbane.
- [Sludge fermentation: on-site production of VFAs for PPB nutrient recovery](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/sludge-fermentation-on-site-production-of-vfas-for-ppb-nutrient-recovery/) - Sludge fermentation: on-site production of VFAs for PPB nutrient recovery. Poster presented by Robert Hoelzle (The University of Queensland) at the 2nd Water Sensitive Cities Conference, Brisbane, Australia, 8-9 September, 2015.
- [Domestic wastewater treatment with purple phototrophic bacteria at ambient and cold temperatures](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/domestic-wastewater-treatment-with-purple-phototrophic-bacteria-at-ambient-and-cold-temperatures/) - Domestic wastewater treatment with purple phototrophic bacteria at ambient and cold temperatures - non destructive partitioning. Poster presented by Tim Hülsen at the 2nd Water Sensitive Cities Conference, Brisbane, Australia, 8-9 September, 2015.
- [Use of ornamental plants in greywater biofilters](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/use-of-ornamental-plants-in-greywater-biofilters/) - Use of ornamental plants in greywater biofilters. Poster presented by Harsha Fowdar (Monash University) at the 2nd Water Sensitive Cities Conference, Brisbane, Australia, 8-9 September, 2015.
- [Green walls for greywater reuse](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/green-walls-for-greywater-reuse/) - Green walls for greywater reuse. Poster presented by Veljko Prodanovic (Monash University) at the 2nd Water Sensitive Cities Conference, Brisbane, Australia, 8-9 September, 2015.
- [Ideas for Ripley Valley](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/ideas-for-ripley-valley/) - Located approximately 5km southwest of Ipswich in Queensland, the Ripley Valley Priority Development Area covers a total area of 4680 hectares and is one of the largest industry growth areas in Australia. The Ripley Valley provides an opportunity for the CRCWSC to apply new and emerging knowledge derived from its research and the latest thinking
- [Opportunities and obligations for residential developers to undertake wastewater recycling and stormwater capture: a Western Australian perspective](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/opportunities-and-obligations-for-residential-developers-to-undertake-wastewater-recycling-and-stormwater-capture-a-western-australian-perspective/) - Abstract This article explores the potential for legal measures in Western Australia to facilitate opportunities and impose obligations on land developers to design and construct large-scale residential developments with a capacity for wastewater recycling and stormwater capture. The development of these alternatives sources of water presents one sustainable long-term option for significantly reducing potable water
- [Ideas for Batavia Coast Marina Stage 2](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/ideas-for-batavia-coast-marina-stage-2/) - This report outlines ideas for the urban development of Batavia Coast Marina Stage 2, situated in the City of Greater Geraldton, Western Australia. These ideas, formulated from emerging research and international best practice, have been integrated into a design that demonstrates how a water sensitive approach can address the water management, community wellbeing and infrastructure constraints
- [Impact of reduced water consumption on sulfide and methane production in rising main sewers](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/impact-of-reduced-water-consumption-on-sulfide-and-methane-production-in-rising-main-sewers/) - Abstract Reduced water consumption (RWC), for water conservation purposes, is expected to change the wastewater composition and flow conditions in sewer networks and affect the in-sewer transformation processes. In this study, the impact of reduced water consumption on sulfide and methane production in rising main sewers was investigated. Two lab-scale rising main sewer systems fed
- [Phototrophic bacteria for nutrient recovery from domestic wastewater](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/phototrophic-bacteria-for-nutrient-recovery-from-domestic-wastewater/) - Abstract The organics and nutrients in industrial and domestic wastewater are increasingly being regarded as a valuable resource for energy and nutrient recovery. Emerging concepts to redesign wastewater treatment as resource recovery systems include the use of different bacteria and algae to partition carbon and nutrients to the particulate phase through assimilation or bio-accumulation. This
- [Wastewater - An untapped resource? Report of a study by the Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering.](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/wastewater-untapped-resource-report-study-australian-academy-technological-sciences-engineering/) - Abstract Population growth, increasing demand for natural resources, rising costs and community expectations place a confluence of pressures to manage natural resources, and on the water industry to develop innovative and more efficient processes. Phosphorus, nitrogen and energy are necessary for life and continued extraction of non-renewable forms of these resources is ultimately not possible.
- [The magic of a small molecule - it all started from an accidental observation (Keynote)](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/wscc2015__plenary_yuan/) - Abstract For a decade, a research team at the Advanced Water Management Centre (AWMC) of The University of Queensland, led by Professor Zhiguo Yuan, has been working on the science and applications of the effects of free nitrous acid (FNA i.e. HNO2) on microorganisms. The research has not only led to dozens of high quality
- [Water technology and the urban environment: Water, sewerage, and disease in San Francisco and Melbourne before 1920](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/water-technology-urban-environment-water-sewerage-disease-san-francisco-melbourne-1920/) - Abstract The challenges cities face in supplying safe water and disposing effectively of sewerage and wastewater are affected by historical and environmental conditions and the long-standing effects of choices of infrastructure. This article provides case studies of two similar cities, San Francisco and Melbourne, from the mid-nineteenth-century gold rushes to 1920, to show how differences
- [Can direct conversion of used nitrogen to new feed and protein help feed the world?](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/can-direct-conversion-of-used-nitrogen-to-new-feed-and-protein-help-feed-the-world/) - Abstract The increase in the world population, vulnerability of conventional crop production to climate change, and population shifts to megacities justify a re-examination of current methods of converting reactive nitrogen to dinitrogen gas in sewage and waste treatment plants. Indeed, by up-grading treatment plants to factories in which the incoming materials are first deconstructed to
- [Platforms for energy and nutrient recovery from domestic wastewater: A review](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/platforms-for-energy-and-nutrient-recovery-from-domestic-wastewater-review/) - Abstract Alternative domestic wastewater treatment processes that recover energy and nutrients while achieving acceptable nutrient limits (
- [Domestic wastewater treatment with purple phototrophic bacteria using a novel continuous photo anaerobic membrane bioreactor](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/domestic-wastewater-treatment-with-purple-phototrophic-bacteria-using-novel-continuous-photo-anaerobic-membrane-bioreactor/) - Abstract A key future challenge of domestic wastewater treatment is nutrient recovery while still achieving acceptable discharge limits. Nutrient partitioning using purple phototrophic bacteria (PPB) has the potential to biologically concentrate nutrients through growth. This study evaluates the use of PPB in a continuous photo-anaerobic membrane bioreactor (PAnMBR) for simultaneous organics and nutrient removal from
- [Low temperature treatment of domestic wastewater by purple phototrophic bacteria: Performance, activity, and community](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/low-temperature-treatment-of-domestic-wastewater-by-purple-phototrophic-bacteria-performance-activity-and-community/) - Abstract Low wastewater temperatures affect microbial growth rates and microbial populations, as well as physical chemical characteristics of the wastewater. Wastewater treatment plant design needs to accommodate changing temperatures, and somewhat limited capacity is a key criticism of low strength anaerobic treatment such as Anaerobic Membrane Bioreactors (AnMBR). This study evaluates the applicability of an
- [A kinetic model based on utilization of purple phototrophic bacteria for nutrient recovery](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/a-kinetic-model-based-on-utilization-of-purple-phototrophic-bacteria-for-nutrient-recovery/) - Abstract In this work, the development of a kinetic model for wastewater treatment and nutrient recovery (N and P) by purple phototrophic bacteria is presented. The model is based on chemical oxygen demand (COD) and it is uptake-based, similarly to the IWA anaerobic digestion model 1 (ADM1). Parameters estimation has been carried out for both
- [Stratified microbial structure and activity in sulfide- and methane-producing anaerobic sewer biofilms](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/stratified-microbial-structure-activity-in-sulfide-and-methane-producing-anaerobic-sewer-biofilms/) - Abstract Simultaneous production of sulfide and methane by anaerobic sewer biofilms has recently been observed, suggesting that sulfate-reducing bacteria (SRB) and methanogenic archaea (MA), microorganisms known to compete for the same substrates, can coexist in this environment. This study investigated the community structures and activities of SRB and MA in anaerobic sewer biofilms (average thickness
- [Corrosion and odor management in sewer systems](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/corrosion-and-odor-management-in-sewer-systems/) - Abstract Sewers emit hydrogen sulfide and various volatile organic sulfur and carbon compounds, which require control and mitigation. In the last 5–10 years, extensive research was conducted to optimize existing sulfide abatement technologies based on newly developed in-depth understanding of the in-sewer processes. Recent advances have also led to low-cost novel solutions targeting sewer biofilms.
- [Feasibility of sulfide control in sewers by reuse of iron rich drinking water treatment sludge](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/feasibility-of-sulfide-control-in-sewers-by-reuse-of-iron-rich-drinking-water-treatment-sludge/) - Abstract Dosage of iron salt is the most commonly used method for sulfide control in sewer networks but incurs high chemical costs. In this study, we experimentally investigate the feasibility of using iron rich drinking water treatment sludge for sulfide control in sewers. A lab-scale rising main sewer biofilm reactor was used. The sulfide concentration
- [Reducing sewer corrosion through integrated urban water management](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/reducing-sewer-corrosion-through-integrated-urban-water-management/) - Abstract Sewer systems are among the most critical infrastructure assets for modern urban societies and provide essential human health protection. Sulfide-induced concrete sewer corrosion costs billions of dollars annually and has been identified as a main cause of global sewer deterioration. We performed a 2-year sampling campaign in South East Queensland (Australia), an extensive industry
- [Adapting Sewers Infrastructure for a Water Sensitive Future](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/adapting-sewers-infrastructure-for-a-water-sensitive-future/) - Adapting Sewers Infrastructure for a Water Sensitive Future. Poster presented by Adam Sypanski (The University of Queensland) at the 3rd Water Sensitive Cities Conference, Perth, Australia, 18-20 July 2017.
- [Sulfide and methane production in sewer sediments: Field survey and model evaluation](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/sulfide-and-methane-production-in-sewer-sediments-field-survey-and-model-evaluation/) - Abstract Sewer sediment processes have been reported to significantly contribute to overall sulfide and methane production in sewers, at a scale comparable to that of sewer biofilms. The physiochemical and biological characteristics of sewer sediments are heterogeneous; however, the variability of in-sediments sulfide and methane production rates among sewers has not been assessed to date.
- [Effects of carbon source in nutrient assimilation of purple phototrophic bacteria](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/effects-of-carbon-source-in-nutrient-assimilation-of-purple-phototrophic-bacteria/) - Effects of carbon source in nutrient assimilation of purple phototrophic bacteria. Poster presented by Emily Yi Yuan Lee (The University of Western Australia) at the 3rd Water Sensitive Cities Conference, Perth, Australia, 18-20 July, 2017.
- [Sewer Solids Modelling to Reduce Blockages and Overflows](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/sewer-solids-modelling-to-reduce-blockages-and-overflows/) - Sewer Solids Modelling to Reduce Blockages and Overflows. Poster presented by Madhu Krishna Murali (The University of Western Australia) at the 3rd Water Sensitive Cities Conference, Perth, Australia, 18-20 July 2017.
- [Nutrient Removal](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/nutrient-removal/) - For full recovery of all resources from domestic wastewater, it is essential to limit destructive processes. There is a strong interest in novel, and more sustainable solutions that allow for resource recovery (e.g. energy, N, P) from domestic wastewater while ensuring a high-quality effluent that can be discharged to receiving surface waters. The application of
- [Ideas for the Subiaco Strategic Resource Precinct](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/ideas-subiaco-strategic-resource-precinct/) - The Water Corporation of Western Australia has developed the Strategic Resource Precinct concept – also known as “buffertopia” – to transform the way it manages its wastewater treatment plants and the buffer zones that surround them. The result is a range of benefits beyond simply treating and disposing of wastewater. To explore the concept in
- [A mechanistic model for anaerobic phototrophs in domestic wastewater applications: Photo-anaerobic model (PAnM)](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/a-mechanistic-model-for-anaerobic-phototrophs-in-domestic-wastewater-applications-photo-anaerobic-model-panm/) - Abstract Purple phototrophic bacteria (PPB) have been recently proposed as a key potential mechanism for accumulative biotechnologies for wastewater treatment with total nutrient recovery, low greenhouse gas emissions, and a neutral to positive energy balance. Purple phototrophic bacteria have a complex metabolism which can be regulated for process control and optimization. Since microbial processes governing
- [Modelling the long-term effect of wastewater compositions on maximum sulfide and methane production rates of sewer biofilm](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/modelling-the-long-term-effect-of-wastewater-compositions-on-maximum-sulfide-and-methane-production-rates-of-sewer-biofilm/) - Abstract Reliable modelling of sulfide and methane production in sewer systems is required for efficient sewer emission management. Wastewater compositions affect sulfide and methane production kinetics through both its short-term variation influencing the substrate availability to sewer biofilms, and its long-term variation affecting the sewer biofilm structure. While the short-term effect is well considered in
- [Resource Recovery from Wastewater by Biological Technologies: Opportunities, Challenges, and Prospects](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/resource-recovery-from-wastewater-by-biological-technologies-opportunities-challenges-and-prospects/) - Abstract Limits in resource availability are driving a change in current societal production systems, changing the focus from residues treatment, such as wastewater treatment, toward resource recovery. Biotechnological processes offer an economic and versatile way to concentrate and transform resources from waste/wastewater into valuable products, which is a prerequisite for the technological development of a
- [Nitrogen Removal in Greywater Living Walls: Insights into the Governing Mechanisms](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/nitrogen-removal-in-greywater-living-walls-insights-into-the-governing-mechanisms/) - Abstract Nitrogen is a pollutant of great concern when present in excess in surface waters. Living wall biofiltration systems that employ ornamentals and climbing plants are an emerging green technology that has recently demonstrated significant potential to reduce nitrogen concentrations from greywater before outdoor domestic re-use. However, there still exists a paucity of knowledge around
- [Understanding social preferences for land use in wastewater treatment plant buffer zones](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/understanding-social-preferences-for-land-use-in-wastewater-treatment-plant-buffer-zones/) - Abstract This study explores community preferences regarding alternative land uses in wastewater treatment plant buffer zones in Western Australia. The study uses the choice experiment method, and is the first study to apply this method to the context of wastewater treatment plant buffer zone management. In the study there are two information conditions and four
- [Park Orchards community sewerage trial](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/park-orchards-community-sewerage-trial/) - Yarra Valley Water’s Community Sewerage Program seeks to provide properties that cannot contain wastewater via customer owned and maintained septic systems, with a fit-for-purpose sewerage system. As part of one of the delivery projects of the Park Orchards and Ringwood North Community Sewerage Area, a trial area of 100 properties in the Park Orchards area
- [Dual-mode stormwater-greywater biofilters: The impact of alternating water sources on treatment performance](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/dual-mode-stormwater-greywater-biofilters-the-impact-of-alternating-water-sources-on-treatment-performance/) - Abstract The intermittent nature of stormwater runoff impacts the treatment performance of biofilters, also known as stormwater biofiltration or bioretention systems and raingardens. During extended dry periods, which are common even in temperate climates, plants can perish, creating unattractive and nonfunctional systems that might leach pollutants during the next rainfall event. The current solution is
- [Subiaco strategic resource precinct case study: Non-market valuation of recycled water – final report](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/subiaco-strategic-resource-precinct-case-study-non-market-valuation-of-recycled-water-final-report/) - Abstract This study explored the possible role of recycled water in transforming Subiaco Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP) into a Strategic Resource Precinct (SRP). Subiaco WWTP is one of the largest treatment plants in Western Australia, currently servicing a catchment of around 240,000 people that includes the Perth Central Business District. The SRP concept re-imagines WWTPs
- [Resource recovery from wastewater](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/case-study-resource-recovery-from-wastewater-2/) - Project description The project developed a new way of recovering energy, water and valuable nutrients (phosphorous, nitrogen and potassium) from wastewater (treated sewage). The aim was to develop a suite of technologies that, together, can supplement or even completely replace existing domestic and industrial wastewater treatment systems at different scales.
- [Josh’s House](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/joshs-house/) - Josh’s House is an innovative housing-scale sustainable design and construction project based in Hilton WA, led by environmental scientist and national media personality Dr Josh Byrne in conjunction with Curtin University and the CRC for Low Carbon Living. Consisting of two dwellings, the project aims to demonstrate that high performance water sensitive and energy efficient
- [Salisbury alternative water scheme](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/salisbury-alternative-water-scheme/) - Non-drinking water in the City of Salisbury is called ‘Salisbury Water’ and is a mix of treated stormwater and native groundwater which is used to irrigate parks, reserves, and schools. It is also used in industry and for toilet/garden use in some new residential developments. Collection, storage and distribution of the water uses constructed wetlands,
- [INFFEWS application review: Hartfield Park managed aquifer recharge project](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/inffews-application-review-hartfield-park-managed-aquifer-recharge-project/) - About this document This report outlines a user experience of applying INFFEWS. It is one of a series of industry application reviews prepared for practitioners to read in advance of embarking on their own application. The reports aim to provide new and existing users of INFFEWS with a process focused resource to better understand how
- [Expansion of stormwater quality requirements in the City of Moonee Valley local planning scheme](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/expansion-of-stormwater-quality-requirements-in-the-city-of-moonee-valley-local-planning-scheme/) - The City of Moonee Valley, a local government municipality in Melbourne, Victoria, made an amendment (C108) that introduces a new Local Planning Policy, ‘Stormwater Management (Water Sensitive Urban Design)’ to Clause 22.03 of the Moonee Valley Planning Scheme. At the time of the amendment in Victoria, a statewide policy in the Victorian Planning Policy (VPP)
- [Queensland Children’s Hospital therapeutic landscapes](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/queensland-childrens-hospital-therapeutic-landscapes/) - Insight Green infrastructure can do more than improve stormwater quality; it also provides healing benefits for hospital patients. This case study shows how green infrastructure can be integrated into a hospital. The project and subsequent research challenge not only how we design hospitals but also cities for health and wellbeing.
- [Quantifying sediment export from an urban development site: Heron Park](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/quantifying-sediment-export-from-an-urban-development-site-heron-park/) - Executive Summary This report summarises findings from a research project commissioned by the Sediment Task Force, which is a partnership between Perth Natural Resource Management (NRM), the Department of Biodiversity, Conservation, and Attractions (DBCA) and other government environmental managers and enforcement agencies, leading housing industry groups, local government authorities, and community groups. The Sediment Task
- [Embedding water sensitive thinking in councils (Session 3a)](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/wscc2015_3a_lloyd/) - Abstract This paper reflects on the learnings from the development of the water sensitive Maroondah and water sensitive Darebin strategies (two municipalities in metropolitan Melbourne). The strategies, led by the councils and developed in collaboration with local partners, set visions for a resilient, green and sustainable cities, where water management underpin broader liveability aspirations. Both
- [The new normal: Changing domestic water use habits after drought in Melbourne, Perth and Brisbane (Session 3b)](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/wscc2015_3b_lindsayj/) - Abstract One of the major challenges in the move to water sensitive cities is to change everyday water use habits in Australian households. This paper provides an insight into the distinct water cultures in different Australian cities and how residents have responded to water scarcity and drought and their commitment to gardens and showers. The
- [Intelligent urban water systems (Project C5.1)](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/intelligent-urban-water-systems-project-c5-1/) - The project aims to develop innovative analysis techniques for smart water data to optimise the efficiency and safety of urban water systems and to learn more about water consumption behaviours of customers. The project will focus on smart household water meters and water pumping in pipe delivery systems that manage water from alternative sources.
- [Water literacy in Australia (Project A2.3)](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/water-literacy-in-australia-project-a2-3/) - CRC for Water Sensitive Cities 2015 - Water literacy in Australia.
- [Can water saving behaviours spill over in Australian households through 'spillover'?](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/can-water-saving-behaviours-spill-over-in-australian-households-through-spillover/) - Can water saving behaviours spill over in Australian households through 'spillover'? Poster presented by Sarah Kneebone (Monash University) at the 2nd Water Sensitive Cities Conference, Brisbane, Australia, 8-9 September, 2015.
- [Australian Domestic Water Use Cultures: A Literature Review](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/australian-domestic-water-use-cultures-a-literature-review/) - This literature review is part of the CRCWSC project 'Understanding social processes to achieve water sensitive futures' (Project A2.1). The objectives of this project are to understand the social and historical processes of water use in Australian cities. The aim of this literature review is to: identify key concepts useful to understand Australian domestic water
- [You do, so you can, and you will. How self-efficacy may facilitate behaviour change.](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/you-do-so-you-can-and-you-will-how-self-efficacy-may-facilitate-behaviour-change/) - You do, so you can, and you will. How self-efficacy may facilitate behaviour change. Poster presented by Nita Lauren at the 2nd Water Sensitive Cities Conference, Brisbane, Australia, 8-9 September, 2015.
- [Promoting cooperation in nonlinear social dilemmas through peer punishment](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/promoting-cooperation-in-nonlinear-social-dilemmas-through-peer-punishment/) - Many social dilemmas exhibit nonlinearities and equilibrium outcomes in the interior of the choice space. This paper reports a laboratory experiment studying whether peer punishment promotes socially efficient behavior in such environments, which have been ignored in most experimental studies of peer punishment. It compares the effectiveness of peer punishment in a linear public good
- [Demystifying high water use: data analytics for personalised customer feedback about peak days (Session 2d)](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/wscc2015_2d_wangj/) - Abstract Smart metering and intelligent water networks (IWNs) are growing industry trends. A recent Australasian survey reported that 80% of utilities were actively pursuing IWN projects and 66% had projects underway (Beal and Flynn 2014). However, harnessing smart meter data for improving utility efficiency and customer service excellence remains a challenge. It has been shown
- [Swords without covenants do not lead to self-governance](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/swords-without-covenants-do-not-lead-to-self-governance/) - This paper presents an experimental study of two mechanisms for managing common pool resources. Decentralized peer punishment (swords) has been shown to increase cooperation in related social dilemmas, but only with linear private benefits and costs of public goods provision. We investigate the effectiveness of this mechanism for a more realistic nonlinear public goods environment,
- [Anomalies in water consumption](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/anomalies-water-consumption/) - Anomalies in water consumption: detecting anomalies in water consumption time series. Poster presented by Samitha Madduma Patabendige (The University of Western Australia) at the 2nd Water Sensitive Cities Conference, Brisbane, Australia, 8-9 September, 2015.
- [The allure of climate and water independence: desalination projects in Perth and San Diego](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/allure-climate-water-independence-desalination-projects-perth-san-diego/) - Abstract In the past decade, Perth and San Diego have both added desalination technology to their suite of water resources. In both contexts, the "independence" that desalination purportedly offers is a shorthand for diversification and drought-proofing in places where future water supplies appear uncertain. Yet the rhetoric of independence may be little more than an
- [Smart meter analytics to pinpoint opportunities for reducing household water use](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/smart-meter-analytics-to-pinpoint-opportunities-for-reducing-household-water-use/) - Abstract Knowledge of when, how, and by whom water is being used is crucial for planning ways to conserve drinking water. The goal of this paper is to identify groups of similar households (whom) based on their regular high-magnitude behaviors (RHMBs) of water consumption (when and how). RHMBs are frequent recurrences of high water use
- [The Impact-Likelihood Matrix: A policy tool for behaviour prioritisation](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/the-impact-likelihood-matrix-policy-tool-for-behaviour-prioritisation/) - Abstract The proliferation of applied behaviour change science over the past decade has provided new ways of thinking about policy making. Policy makers now have a range of frameworks and methods to assist in formulating change for social and environmental benefits. However, the development of strategies for the identification and prioritisation of target behaviours has
- [It's what you do and where you do it: Perceived similarity in household water saving behaviours](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/its-what-you-do-and-where-you-do-it-perceived-similarity-in-household-water-saving-behaviours/) - Abstract In the face of continued environmental degradation, policy makers need to accelerate public uptake of pro-environmental behaviours. Promoting behaviours which catalyse the adoption of other similar behaviours through the spillover effect has been proposed as a potential solution. This requires understanding which behaviours are seen as similar and what criteria are used to identify
- [Greening the pipeline - Williams Landing pilot park](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/greening-the-pipeline-williams-landing-pilot-park/) - Greening the Pipeline is the transformation of a heritage listed Main Outfall Sewer reserve into a 27km linear park in Melbourne’s west. The project is delivered through organisational partnerships (Melbourne Water, Wyndham City Council, City West Water, VicRoads), community engagement, and supported by the Greening the West initiative. The Williams Landing Pilot Park is the
- [Currumbin Ecovillage rainwater harvesting](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/currumbin-ecovillage-rainwater-harvesting/) - The Currumbin Ecovillage is a 147 lot development over 270 acres of land in the Gold Coast Hinterland. The development contains community title blocks which range from 400 to 1400m2. All of the water supplied to the houses in the development is from a combination of large (greater than 20kL) rainwater tanks. For further information,
- [Currumbin Ecovillage wastewater management](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/currumbin-ecovillage-wastewater-management/) - The Currumbin Ecovillage is a 147 lot development over 270 acres of land in the Gold Coast Hinterland. The development contains community title blocks which range from 400 to 1400m2. A sewerage treatment plant located within the development accepts and treats all wastewater which is then provided back to the houses in a purple pipe
- [Outdoor human thermal comfort in Melbourne’s botanic gardens](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/outdoor-human-thermal-comfort-in-melbournes-botanic-gardens/) - Abstract Climate change is likely to increase the frequency of hotter days, which will affect the thermal comfort of visitors to botanic gardens and outdoor parks. Urban green space has previously been shown to reduce the perception of thermal discomfort under hot conditions. However, the overall cooling benefits of gardens in Australia are not well
- [Enhancing our Dandenong Creek program](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/enhancing-our-dandenong-creek-program/) - This case study delivers a range of waterway enhancements that the community helped to identify. Projects include daylighting a section of Dandenong Creek, creating new fish habitats, installing signage and public amenities, and working with industry to control pollution. For further information download the case study below.
- [Bannister Creek living stream](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/bannister-creek-living-stream/) - This project includes transformation of a number of drains in the heavily urbanised 23.35 km² Bannister Creek Catchment into living streams and wetlands. An economic study was undertaken on one of the sites which involved the conversion of a 320m section of the main drain into a natural channel to understand if these works improved
- [Transitioning Weipa towards a Water Sensitive Town](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/transitioning-weipa-towards-a-water-sensitive-town/) - What would a Water Wise Weipa look like? And might your town or city look similar? This presentation, Transitioning Weipa to a Water Sensitive Town, prepared for Weipa Town Authority, presents ideas for a Water Wise Weipa. The ideas are designed to: support a growing population retain people beyond their working life attract and retain
- [Linking greenspace frameworks to delivery of water sensitive cities](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/linking-greenspace-frameworks-to-delivery-of-water-sensitive-cities/) - Overview Legacies from past land use and water infrastructure planning decisions have greatly altered hydrological functions of urban areas. In some areas, this has reduced areas of green open space to small fragments that are geographically disconnected from each other. Planning for the location and function of green spaces which considers water resource context can
- [Assessment of non-market benefits of WSUD for a residential development: a case study](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/assessment-of-non-market-benefits-of-wsud-for-a-residential-development-a-case-study/) - Introduction Water sensitive urban design (WSUD) is an approach for planning and designing urban environments that are sensitive to water sustainability, resilience, and environmental protection. Elements of WSUD investments, such as constructed wetlands and living streams, could provide many intangible benefits, for instance aesthetic, recreation and ecological improvements. These benefits are often not considered when
- [Local councils' involvement in the planning of infills generates benefits to the residents – preliminary results [Video]](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/local-councils-involvement-in-the-planning-of-infills-generates-benefits-to-the-residents-preliminary-results-video/) - This is a recording of a presentation of the preliminary results of a case study in Adelaide using Hedonic Modelling. This presentation was given to UWA colleagues and is available on their UWA/ARE youtube channel. The project partners have received the same presentation. This video is for people who couldn’t attend the presentation in person.
- [Public preferences for ‘greening the pipeline’ – preliminary results [video]](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/public-preferences-for-greening-the-pipeline-preliminary-results-video/) - This is a recording of a presentation of the preliminary results of a case study called Greening the Pipeline in Melbourne. This presentation was given to UWA colleagues and is available on their UWA/ARE youtube channel. The project partners have received the same presentation. This video is for people who couldn’t attend the presentation in
- [Water and liveability – beyond the obvious](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/water-and-liveability-beyond-the-obvious/) - Abstract How can water make cities more liveable? This study takes the first step in answering this question by reviewing non-academic literature to identify liveability attributes associated with water. In particular, we investigate how the concepts of (1) liveable, smart and sustainable cities on the one hand, and (2) water-themed city visions on the other,
- [Glenelg to Adelaide Pipeline (GAP) case study](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/glenelg-to-adelaide-pipeline-gap-case-study/) - Insight The Glenelg to Adelaide pipeline delivers a reliable climate-independent water supply to irrigate open space in western and central Adelaide. Retrofitting a centralised, fit-for-purpose water supply system dedicated to maintaining green, open spaces consolidates Adelaide as a leader in urban water management.
- [Wanyarram Dhelk case study](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/wanyarram-dhelk-case-study/) - Insight Traditional ecological knowledge, combined with water sensitive design, can restore cultural, social and environmental values to a degraded urban creek
- [Marrickville West Primary School eco water garden](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/marrickville-west-primary-school-eco-water-garden/) - Insight Stakeholders used a co-governance model to create an eco water garden at Marrickville West Primary School. This co-governance model helped overcome barriers to create a functional and dynamic community asset
- [Central Park recycled water scheme](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/central-park-recycled-water-scheme/) - A decentralised recycled water system has been delivered within a 5.8ha mixed use high density infill development site in Sydney. Wastewater is collected from precinct buildings (residential, commercial and retail) and an adjacent public sewer with top-up from stormwater runoff and rainwater. Wastewater is treated to the highest Australian standards for recycled water using a
- [Water sensitive Elwood](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/water-sensitive-elwood/) - Elwood has a history of water management issues related to flooding and water quality, and is home to an active engaged community that feels a strong connection to their local area. Twenty-four local residents participated in research discussions to develop a citizen-led vision of a future water sensitive Elwood: a suburb celebrating, rather than resisting,
- [Kalkallo stormwater harvesting and reuse](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/kalkallo-stormwater-harvesting-and-reuse/) - The Kalkallo Stormwater Harvesting and Reuse Scheme is the first facility in Australia attempting to harvest and treat stormwater to a standard acceptable for direct injection into the drinking water system. The facility is located in the major greenfield development of Merrifield, next to the existing township of Kalkallo in Melbourne’s northern development corridor. For
- [Ideas for the Liverpool Collaboration Area](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/ideas-for-the-liverpool-collaboration-area/) - About this document Water is a key enabler of a more liveable and resilient Liverpool. This project focuses on these water cycle opportunities. It builds upon the Liverpool Place Strategy and the existing collaborative networks of stakeholders who comprise the Liverpool Collaboration Area (LCA). This project approaches Liverpool from the perspective of creating a water
- [Models for water-sensitive middle suburban infill development (State of Australian Cities Conference presentation)](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/models-for-water-sensitive-middle-suburban-infill-development/) - Abstract Infill development in Australian cities over the coming decades is expected to have considerable negative influence on the hydrology, resource efficiency, liveability and amenity of our cities. This project aims to develop and apply a performance evaluation framework to understand infill impacts, create design options and processes for improved outcomes through case studies, and
- [Transforming Built Environments: Towards Carbon Neutral and Blue-Green Cities](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/transforming-built-environments-towards-carbon-neutral-and-blue-green-cities/) - Abstract In the 21st century, the creation of built environments that are carbon neutral and water sensitive is critical for addressing sustainable urban development challenges. Both require transformative change: Decarbonisation to mitigate greenhouse gas emissions and incorporation of green-blue water sensitive solutions thttps://www.mdpi.com/2071-1050/12/11/4745/htmo adapt to climate change impacts. Transition pathways in both arenas involve combinations
- [User Manual for Site-scale Urban Water Mass Balance Assessment (SUWMBA) Tool V2](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/user-manual-for-site-scale-urban-water-mass-balance-assessment-suwmba-tool-v2/) - Introduction Managers of urban area and urban water systems are investigating water sensitive urban design (WSUD) and water servicing options to mitigate the effects of urbanisation on natural hydrological flows, increase water efficiency, and improve resilience to droughts and floods. They increasingly need to know the current water sensitive performance of urban areas in relation
- [Infill typologies catalogue](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/infill-typologies-catalogue/) - Introduction This catalogue was prepared as a component of the Cooperative Research Centre for Water Sensitive Cities (CRCWSC) Integrated Research Project 4 (IRP4), exploring water sensitive outcomes for residential infill developments. Its purpose is to provide evidence-based design guidelines, developed through comparative analyses, to enable better informed residential infill practice. We have prepared a range
- [Kalamunda managed aquifer recharge project](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/kalamunda-managed-aquifer-recharge-project/) - The Hartfield Park managed aquifer recharge (MAR) project in the Shire of Kalumunda involves recharging an aquifer under controlled conditions to store water for later abstraction for irrigation use. The scheme harvests approximately 30% of high flows (25–50kL/yr) from an existing urban drain, which is then filtered and stored in Leederville aquifer. Water is then
- [Angus Creek stormwater and reuse scheme](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/angus-creek-stormwater-and-reuse-scheme/) - The Blacktown International Sportspark Sydney (the Sportspark) is an elite international sporting facility, attracting 750,000 visitors per year, which requires substantial volumes of water for irrigation. The Angus Creek stormwater harvesting and reuse scheme (the scheme) extracts excess stormwater flows from Angus Creek and harvests stormwater runoff from the Sportspark’s hard surfaces to irrigate the
- [Gladstone East Shores Precinct](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/gladstone-east-shores-precinct/) - The Gladstone East Shores Precinct is a major new recreational hub for the City of Gladstone located on the foreshore of Auckland Inlet. The integrated parkland design features an innovative application of ‘wicking bed’ technology to store locally harvested stormwater runoff for passive irrigation of a high use open lawn area. For further information, download
- [Adelaide Airport irrigation trial](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/adelaide-airport-irrigation-trial/) - SA Water and Adelaide Airport have been running a trial using stormwater to irrigate a 4ha site within the airport land to understand the potential benefits that maintaining appropriate vegetative cover and reducing surface and air temperatures can provide airport operations. The trial has been running since 2015 and the data collected to date has
- [Forest Park ecological wetland](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/forest-park-ecological-wetland/) - Built in 2001, the Kunshan Forest Park is a National Urban Wetland Park covering an area of 166 hectares in the northwest of Kunshan city in Jiangsu province, China. The Forest Park boasts an array of eco-tourism resources and is characterised by parklands, forests and lakes. The ecological wetland project aims to improve the water
- [Kunshan Ring Road case study](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/kunshan-ring-road-case-study/) - Project description The Kunshan Ring Road project was completed in 2017. The Ring Road is a major asset enabling the growth and development of Kunshan. It is approximately 44 km long, crossing many canals within Kunshan. The CRC for Water Sensitive Cities worked with the local government in Kunshan to explore possibilities for the land
- [Ideas for Queens Park Regional Open Space](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/ideas-for-queens-park-regional-open-space/) - About this document This report presents a series of ideas to maximise the value delivered through efficient use of water at the proposed Queens Park Regional Open Space (QPROS) and to make it a WaterWiseDevelopment. This is a large open space renewal that will accommodate a mix of sporting facilities, natural vegetation areas and passive
- [Water sensitive urban design (WSUD) voluntary contribution scheme for Moonee Valley City Council case study](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/water-sensitive-urban-design-wsud-voluntary-contribution-scheme-for-moonee-valley-city-council-case-study/) - Insight Voluntary contribution schemes can reduce compliance costs for developers and increase stormwater quality improvements. Local government can learn from each other, and as a result achieve better stormwater treatment outcomes from new developments and deliver broader community benefits
- [INFFEWS case study narrative: Ideas for a waterwise Queens Park regional open space](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/inffews-case-study-narrative-ideas-for-a-waterwise-queens-park-regional-open-space/) - About this document This report outlines a user experience of applying INFFEWS. It is one of a series of industry application reviews prepared for practitioners to read in advance of embarking on their own application. The reports aim to provide new and existing users of INFFEWS with a process focus resource to better understand the
- [Randolph Avenue streetscape upgrade](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/randolph-avenue-streetscape-upgrade/) - The Randolph Avenue streetscape upgrade converts an underutilised space into a softer, more environmentally friendly area through the inclusion of raingardens. It improves local amenities, and achieves stormwater quality objectives. This project was delivered as a pilot project to demonstrate street level action that can be taken to improve urban water quality and the quality
- [Kings Square raingardens](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/kings-square-raingardens/) - The Kings Square development in Perth’s central business district is part of Perth City Link – an urban renewal project including offices, retail space, community open space and residential development. The project extends the commercial core of Perth and reconnects the city with Northbridge. As part of the development’s approach to sustainability and total water
- [NSW Webinar Series – Webinar 4 – Passively Irrigated Landscapes](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/nsw-webinar-series-webinar-4-passively-irrigated-landscapes/)
- [One Central Park green walls](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/one-central-park-green-walls/) - One Central Park is the largest green walls project in the Southern Hemisphere, irrigated with locally treated wastewater, rainwater, stormwater runoff and groundwater. It shows how nature can be integrated into urban development and densely populated areas. Plant selection and positioning was critical in the design. For further information, download case study below.
- [Victorian Planning Provisions Amendment (V154 – Stormwater management) case study](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/victorian-planning-provisions-amendment-v154-stormwater-management-case-study/) - Insight This state-wide initiative aims to enable stronger stormwater management planning provisions for urban development and clearer integrated water management planning policies
- [Green walls, roofs and facades in the City of Melbourne](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/green-walls-roofs-and-facades-in-the-city-of-melbourne/) - Insight Local council leadership, and support for green infrastructure on private land, can help to achieve greening targets. Collaborating and advocating can promote use of green infrastructure in high density urban areas. It’s particularly important to get buy in from developers and building owners in high density urban infill developments
- [INFFEWS application: Proposed Blacktown green roof demonstration project](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/inffews-application-proposed-blacktown-green-roof-demonstration-project/) - Introduction This report outlines a user experience of applying INFFEWS. It is one of a series of industry application reviews prepared for practitioners to read in advance of embarking on their own application. The reports aim to provide new and existing users of INFFEWS with a process-focused resource to better understand how INFFEWS can be
- [Opportunities for a Water Sensitive Greater Sydney](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/opportunities-water-sensitive-greater-sydney/) - Abstract There is currently an exciting conversation occurring about the future of planning in Greater Sydney. A Plan for Growing Sydney and the formation of the Greater Sydney Commission sets the direction for a more liveable, sustainable and prosperous city. Water managers and key stakeholders across the city are discussing the importance of integrating water
- [Strengthening the delivery of WASH in urban informal settlements: addressing multiple exposure pathways in urban environments](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/strengthening-the-delivery-of-wash-in-urban-informal-settlements-addressing-multiple-exposure-pathways-in-urban-environments/) - Delivering water and sanitation services to people living in informal settlements at the edges of cities and towns is complex. This new thought piece from the CRC for Water Sensitive Cities ThinkTank calls for an holistic approach to providing water and sanitation services in these settlements. Often, the centralised (networked) approach will take decades to
- [Ensuring a water sensitive future (Queensland)](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/ensuring-a-water-sensitive-future-queensland/) - As an interdisciplinary research centre, the Cooperative Research Centre for Water Sensitive Cities has brought together world renowned subject matter experts and industry thought leaders who want to revolutionise urban water management. Our current term expires on 30 June 2021. We will have much to celebrate by then, but we know that there will be
- [Stakeholder annual report FY1920](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/stakeholder-annual-report-fy1920/) - Water sensitive practice. Every city. Every day. This vision—that we’ll see water sensitive practices in daily use everywhere—guided the CRC for Water Sensitive Cities through a challenging but ultimately successful FY1920. Our FY1920 stakeholder report celebrates our many achievements through the year: finalising high quality, award-winning research creating and refining tools, products and processes that
- [CRCWSC Annual Report 2012/13](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/annual-report-201213/) - This first annual report of the CRC for Water Sensitive Cities (CRCWSC) highlights substantial achievements in 2012–13 establishing a solid base for continued success over the lifetime of the CRCWSC to 2021. Key aspects of CRC governance have been established, including: Board Committees, Stakeholder Committees, and Research Committees. In addition, the CRC now has elements
- [CRCWSC Annual Report 2013/14](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/crcwsc-annual-report-201314/) - This annual report highlights the CRCWSCs second year – a year building research capacity and consolidation of research activities, developing productive connections among researchers and government and industry partners, and synthesising interim research outputs. The urban microclimate team gained media attention developing an index to measure the heat vulnerability of suburbs, helping to focus heat
- [CRCWSC Annual Report 2014/15](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/annual-report-201415/) - This annual report covers the third year of the CRCWSC. 2014/15 was about consolidation of research activities, developing productive connections among researchers and government and industry partners, synthesising interim research outputs, and influencing the projects and policies of our participants. Highlights of 2014/15 included the completion of three Research Synthesis charrettes in collaboration with CRCWSC
- [Summary of Research Outputs (Tranche 1, 2012/13 – 2016/17) - Version 2 (released June 2017)](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/summary-of-research-outputs-tranche-1-201213-201617/) - This document presents a summary of the research outputs delivered by the CRCWSC during its first phase, or Tranche 1, from 2012/13 through to 2016/17. This summary provides a quick guide to the key research outputs and how they relate to some of the major transition needs and issues facing practitioners in delivering Water Sensitive
- [CRCWSC Research 2012 to 2016](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/crcwsc-research-2012-to-2016/) - This report provides an overview of research undertaken over a nine-year research and development program. The first phase covers years one to four and involves 35 discrete research projects and have been grouped into four research themes or Programs. Individual fact sheets and PhD posters included in this research report can be also found under
- [CRCWSC Strategic Plan 2014/15 - 2016/17](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/crcwsc-strategic-plan-201415-201617/) - This CRC for Water Sensitive Cities Strategic Plan document provides and overview of who the CRCWSC is, why we exist, programs, and resources utilisation.
- [2nd Water Sensitive Cities Conference 2015 Program](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/2nd-water-sensitive-cities-conference-2015/) - The 2nd Water Sensitive Cities Conference 2015 Brisbane City Hall, 8-9 September 2015 This program booklet outlines the conference proceedings and abstracts for presentations held throughout the conference.
- [Ensuring a water sensitive future (National)](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/ensuring-a-water-sensitive-future-national/) - As an interdisciplinary research centre, the Cooperative Research Centre for Water Sensitive Cities has brought together world renowned subject matter experts and industry thought leaders who want to revolutionise urban water management. Our current term expires on 30 June 2021. We will have much to celebrate by then, but we know that there will be
- [Research adoption action plan 2017-2021](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/research-adoption-action-plan-2017-2021/) - Introduction The CRCWSC has commenced its second tranche of activities and have moved to a much stronger focus on practical adoption to influence the planning and management of our water resources and cities. This shift in focus will ensure that the knowledge attained so far is applied and the experience of that application and adaptation
- [CRCWSC Stakeholder Annual Report 2016/17](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/crcwsc-stakeholder-annual-report-2016-17/) - FY1617 was another very successful year for the CRCWSC. Starting our second tranche of work (T2), we ramped up adoption activities. We also established mechanisms for turning T2 plans into action, gearing up for a possible third tranche (T3) after 2021. The CRCWSC’s 2017 stakeholder report looks back on the year’s many highlights. We are
- [CRCWSC Strategic Plan 2016/17 - 2020/21](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/crcwsc-strategic-plan-201617-202021/) - The promise of sustainable, resilient, productive, liveable communities is closer than ever before, and is a goal greater than any one institution. Towards that goal, the CRC for Water Sensitive Cities brings together governments, universities, businesses, and their communities to ensure they have the knowledge and tools needed to design and deliver their own water
- [CRCWSC Annual Report 2015/16](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/annual-report-201516/) - This annual report covers the fourth year of the CRCWSC. 2015/16 has been a year of transition and planning for the Cooperative Research Centre for Water Sensitive Cities (CRCWSC). As we approach the end of our Tranche 1 program (2012–2016), we find ourselves at an important strategic juncture. After investing and delivering our first four
- [The world's water sensitive cities start here](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/worlds-water-sensitive-cities-start/) - This resource briefly outlines the role and purpose of the CRC for Water Sensitive Cities. It was created as a resource to be used at the World Water Congress in Brisbane in October 2016.
- [Ensuring a water sensitive future (South Australia)](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/ensuring-a-water-sensitive-future-south-australia/) - As an interdisciplinary research centre, the Cooperative Research Centre for Water Sensitive Cities has brought together world renowned subject matter experts and industry thought leaders who want to revolutionise urban water management. Our current term expires on 30 June 2021. We will have much to celebrate by then, but we know that there will be
- [Ensuring a water sensitive future (New South Wales)](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/ensuring-a-water-sensitive-future-nsw/) - As an interdisciplinary research centre, the Cooperative Research Centre for Water Sensitive Cities has brought together world renowned subject matter experts and industry thought leaders who want to revolutionise urban water management. Our current term expires on 30 June 2021. We will have much to celebrate by then, but we know that there will be
- [Ensuring a water sensitive future (Western Australia)](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/ensuring-a-water-sensitive-future-western-australia/) - As an interdisciplinary research centre, the Cooperative Research Centre for Water Sensitive Cities has brought together world renowned subject matter experts and industry thought leaders who want to revolutionise urban water management. Our current term expires on 30 June 2021. We will have much to celebrate by then, but we know that there will be
- [Ensuring a water sensitive future (Victoria)](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/ensuring-a-water-sensitive-future-victoria/) - As an interdisciplinary research centre, the Cooperative Research Centre for Water Sensitive Cities has brought together world renowned subject matter experts and industry thought leaders who want to revolutionise urban water management. Our current term expires on 30 June 2021. We will have much to celebrate by then, but we know that there will be
- [CRCWSC Stakeholder Annual Report FY1718](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/crcwsc-stakeholder-annual-report-2017-18/) - During FY1718 we made significant progress in delivering the impact we envision. Well into our second tranche of work (T2), we focused on applying the knowledge that Tranche 1 (T1) generated—and, excitingly, we began firming our plans for T3 and ways to continue to add value once our current term expires in 2021. Our FY1718
- [4th Water Sensitive Cities Conference Program](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/4-wsc-conference-program/) - Attendees at our 2019 Water Sensitive Cities Conference in Brisbane 26–28 March, will hear from an exciting line-up of leading Australian and international water and urban management experts and industry practitioners, speaking to the theme of Delivering the transition to water sensitive cities: approaches, activities and achievements.
- [How water sensitive is your city?](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/how-watersensitive-2/) - Have you ever wondered how water sensitive is your city? Module 1 of the Cooperative Research Centre for Water Sensitive Cities’ Water Sensitive Cities Transition Planning Process will help you discover the answer to this question. In this step, you will apply the Water Sensitive Cities Index, unite all stakeholders in determining how well your
- [Need help transitioning to a water sensitive city?](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/need-transitioning-to-a-water-sensitive-city/) - Do you need help transitioning to a water sensitive city? Module 3 of our Water Sensitive Cities Transition Planning Process is about transition planning—and a proven way to plan is to use our Transition Dynamics Framework. The framework identifies your city’s enabling environment for driving your transition to a water sensitive city, and helps you
- [Stakeholder annual report FY1819](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/stakeholder-annual-report-fy1819/) - FY1819 was another remarkable year for the CRC for Water Sensitive Cities. Working together we’re delivering what we promised and more. High quality, award-winning research, industry-directed adoption activities and collaborative on-ground works that put water sensitive principles into practice locally and globally defined FY1819 for the CRCWSC. Significantly this year, we are securing our legacy
- [Investment Framework for Economics of Water Sensitive Cities](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/investment-framework-for-economics-of-water-sensitive-cities/) - Summary The INFFEWS package features: • BCA Tool—an Excel-based benefit cost analysis tool • Value Tool—a comprehensive Excel-based database of 2000+ non-market values of water sensitive systems and practices • supporting resources to conduct an economic evaluation for business case development. The INFFEWS tools can be used together or separately.
- [The behavioural rebound effect: what is it and why does it matter?](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/the-behavioural-rebound-effect-what-is-it-and-why-does-it-matter/) - Overview New, more efficient technologies are a great way to save water. For example, a water saving showerhead means a household will use significantly less water for every minute the shower is on. But installing a water efficient showerhead could mean members of the household start showering for longer. Research funded by the CRC for
- [Strategies for preparing robust business cases](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/strategies-for-preparing-robust-business-cases/) - Description This synthesis report is the outcome of the Industry Partners Workshop held in March 2014 in Coogee, Sydney. All of the presentations and discussions were linked by a common theme: what is the business case for a water sensitive city? The topic responds to a need to demonstrate the social and economic benefits of a
- [Ideas for Fishermans Bend](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/ideas-for-fishermans-bend/) - Regeneration of brownfield areas on the scale envisaged at Fishermans Bend provides unique opportunities for pursuing multiple urban development objectives aligned to the Council of Australian Government’s vision for the performance of Australian cities (Department of Infrastructure and Transport, 2011): competitive and productive, liveable, environmentally sustainable and socially inclusive. The precinct scale of these developments
- [Ideas for Tonsley](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/ideas-for-tonsley/) - Located 10 km south of Adelaide’s CBD, the 61 hectare former Mitsubishi site at Tonsley will deliver an integrated mixed use precinct that combines industry, education, training, research, and residential living and community amenities. It will be supported by low carbon and climate resilient infrastructure, technology and systems that will demonstrate innovation and excellence in
- [Ideas for UQ St Lucia](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/ideas-for-uq-st-lucia/) - Ideas for UQ St Lucia This Ideas for UQ St Lucia document contains water and energy initiatives identified by stakeholders as part of the UQ St Lucia research synthesis workshop hosted by the Cooperative Research Centre for Water Sensitive Cities (CRCWSC) and Bligh Tanner at the University of Queensland (UQ) Global Change Institute on 28
- [Ideas for the greater Darwin region](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/rs-ideas-greater-darwin/) - Developing ideas for the greater Darwin region The research synthesis workshop focused on four design questions to address the challenges and opportunities for Darwin. Challenges: Water quality in the Harbour remains good. Managing the impacts of continuing development in its catchment will require a coordinated approach. Providing water security, initially by addressing high water demand.
- [blueprint2013](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/blueprint2013/) - Stormwater Management in a Water Sensitive City To harness the potential of stormwater to overcome water shortages, reduce urban temperatures, and improve waterway health and the landscape of Australian cities. blueprint2013 builds on the previous versions released in January 2011 and March 2012, and on subsequent and ongoing discussions and workshops with industry partners of
- [blueprint2012](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/blueprint2012/) - Stormwater Management in a Water Sensitive City. To harness the potential of stormwater to overcome water shortages, reduce urban temperatures, and improve waterway health and the landscape of Australian cities. blueprint2012 builds on the previous version released in January 2011 and subsequent and ongoing discussions and workshops with our industry partners of the Cities as
- [Revitalising Canning City Centre:  A water sensitive perspective](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/rs-canning-city/) - Introduction Revitalising Canning City Centre – A Water Sensitive Perspective The revitalisation of Canning City Centre was explored from a water sensitive perspective in a two-day design charrette in August 2015. The design charrette was hosted by City of Canning and facilitated by the Cooperative Research Centre for Water Sensitive Cities (CRCWSC). Individuals from the
- [Enhancing the economic evaluation of WSUD](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/rs-enhancing-the-economic-evaluation-of-wsud/) - Enhancing the economic evaluation of WSUD A new research synthesis report adds to the CRCWCS’s growing portfolio of practical ideas for implementing water sensitive urban design (WSUD). Enhancing the economic evaluation of WSUDcollates much of the CRCWSC’s economics research on non-market values and advocates for an investment approach to economic evaluation that shifts the thinking
- [Ideas for South Bank](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/ideas-south-bank/) - Ideas for South Bank This "Ideas for South Bank" document contains potential water and energy initiatives for the South Bank business precinct, a prime lifestyle and culture destination in the city of Brisbane, Queensland. It compiles ideas generated by stakeholders during the South Bank research synthesis workshop, which was hosted by the Cooperative Research Centre
- [Solutions for Norman Creek](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/solutions-for-norman-creek/) - Solutions for Norman Creek This Discussion Paper proposes flood resilience initiatives for Norman Creek, Brisbane. It compiles ideas generated during a research synthesis workshop hosted by the Cooperative Research Centre for Water Sensitive Cities (CRCWSC) and Brisbane City Council on the 16th and 17th August 2016. The workshop participants gathered to develop innovative flood management
- [Ideas for Catalysing Flood Resilient Design](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/ideas-for-catalysing-flood-resilient-design/) - Ideas for Catalysing Flood Resilient Design This Ideas Report outlines concepts and initiatives identified by stakeholders at a workshop that spanned 12 and 19 March 2018. These ideas respond to the need for, and can catalyse the uptake of, flood resilience design for urban development; guidance for the designs themselves are described in a separate
- [NSW Webinar Series 2021 – Webinar 1 – Scenario Tool overview and case studies](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/nsw-webinar-series-2021-webinar-1-scenario-tool-overview-and-case-studies/)
- [Guiding integrated urban and water planning: Project overview](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/guiding-integrated-urban-and-water-planning-project-overview/) - Summary This document provides an overview of the project, Guiding Integrated Urban and Water Planning (IRP3), beginning with a brief summary of the need for research in this area, the research approach taken by the project, the key elements of the framework, and a description of project outputs. Suggestions for future areas of research inquiry
- [Practising integrated urban and water planning: framework and principles](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/practising-integrated-urban-and-water-planning-framework-and-principles/) - Summary This document describes a framework and series of principles for integrating urban and water planning, illustrated with case examples from across Australia. The framework seeks to guide practitioners in designing more enabling forms of planning that are responsive to community and stakeholder aspirations, and able to deliver innovative urban form and servicing solutions that
- [What’s online and what’s in person at the 5th Water Sensitive Cities Conference?](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/whats-online-and-whats-in-person-at-the-5th-water-sensitive-cities-conference/) - From the start, we’ve aimed to safely provide the full conference experience for the 5th Water Sensitive Cities Conference. But all along, we’ve had contingency plans in place to manage any COVID-19 outbreaks. Unfortunately, with what’s happened in Victoria, we’ve had to change how we’re delivering the conference. The good news is the conference will
- [New RISE video shows nature-based solutions in action](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/new-rise-video-shows-nature-based-solutions-in-action/) - The RISE (Revitalising Informal Settlements and their Environments) project is taking a different approach to delivering water, sanitation and hygiene (WASH) services to some of the world’s poorest and disadvantaged communities. As Professor Stephen Luby (RISE Human Health Leader) explains, previous WASH responses shifted responsibility for cleaning up water to households. “We’re asking the poorest
- [Winners of applied benefit cost analysis scholarships](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/winners-of-applied-benefit-cost-analysis-scholarships/) - What do Millie Wells (Whitehorse City Council), Thomas Sinclair (Cooks River Alliance), Celeste Morgan (E2Designlab), Melissa Sartori (Yarra Valley Water) and a representative from GHD have in common? They each received a fully funded place on a new online course about Applied Benefit: Cost Analysis (BCA), developed by Professor David Pannell, creator of INFFEWS and member
- [Vision and Transition Strategy for a Water Sensitive Greater Perth](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/vision-and-transition-strategy-for-a-water-sensitive-greater-perth/) - This Vision and Transition Strategy defines a vision of a water sensitive future for Greater Perth, WA, and outlines the broad steps the city should take to enable a transition towards this future. It is the outcome of the Cooperative Research Centre for Water Sensitive Cities research program, which considered Perth’s water system from a
- [Vision and Transition Strategy for a Water Sensitive Greater Sydney](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/vision-and-transition-strategy-for-a-water-sensitive-greater-sydney/) - This Vision and Transition Strategy defines a vision of a water sensitive future for Greater Sydney, NSW, and outlines the broad steps the city should take to enable a transition towards this future. It is the outcome of a project by the Cooperative Research Centre for Water Sensitive Cities, which brought together 51 leading thinkers
- [Vision and Transition Strategy for a Water Sensitive Bendigo](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/vision-and-transition-strategy-for-a-water-sensitive-bendigo/) - This Vision and Transition Strategy defines a vision of a water sensitive future for Bendigo, Victoria, and outlines the broad steps Bendigo should take to enable a transition towards this future. It is the outcome of nine months of research, analysis and engagement with 31 community champions and 47 leading thinkers from across water, planning,
- [Vision and Transition Strategy for a Water Sensitive Townsville](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/vision-and-transition-strategy-for-a-water-sensitive-townsville/) - A project by the Cooperative Research Centre for Water Sensitive Cities brought together 29 leading thinkers across water, planning, environment and development in Townsville in a series of 3 action research workshops. They considered the city’s long-term water aspirations, benchmarked today’s water sensitive performance and explored strategic priorities for the short- to medium-term that will
- [Vision and Transition Strategy for a Water Sensitive Gold Coast](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/vision-and-transition-strategy-for-a-water-sensitive-gold-coast/) - The City of Gold Coast (the City) engaged the Cooperative Research Centre for Water Sensitive Cities (CRCWSC) to develop a water sensitive city vision and transition strategy for the Gold Coast, drawing on its ongoing research focused on developing methods and tools to guide cities and towns in their water sensitive transition. The project involved
- [Vision and Transition Strategy for a Water Sensitive Adelaide](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/vision-and-transition-strategy-for-a-water-sensitive-adelaide/) - The Cooperative Research Centre for Water Sensitive Cities (CRCWSC) was invited to develop a WSC vision and transition strategy for Adelaide, encompassing the Greater Adelaide region. This forms part of the Water Sensitive City Visions and Transition Strategies integrated research project (IRP1), which aims to deliver a suite of participatory methods and associated tools for
- [TAP Co-Design Workshop 3 in Perth, WA](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/tap-wa-codesign/) - This session is for anyone wanting to actually use/trial the Tools and Products in a Co-Design Workshop. This workshop will showcase an early stage prototype of the CRCWSC’s Design Platform, with the purpose of refining the end-user functionality of the Platform’s modules. Similar exercises have been held throughout the development of the Design Platform, including
- [TAP Co-Design Workshop 2 in Brisbane, QLD](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/tap-qld-codesign/) - This workshop showcased an early stage prototype of the CRCWSC’s Design Platform, with the purpose of refining the end-user functionality of the Platform’s modules. The platform has gone through several development cycles, including new features and modules, with minimal partner input and feedback. This workshop offers an opportunity for Queensland partners to engage with the
- [TAP Co-Design Workshop 1 in Melbourne, VIC](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/tap-vic-codesign/) - This workshop showcased an early stage prototype of the CRCWSC’s Design Platform, with the purpose of refining the end-user functionality of the Platform’s modules. The platform has gone through several development cycles, including new features and modules, with minimal partner input and feedback. This workshop offers an opportunity for Victoria partners to engage with the
- [WSC Scenario Tool - Urban Water Cycle module](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/wsc-scenario-tool-urban-water-cycle-module/) - Summary The updated beta WSC Scenario Tool includes the newly integrated Urban Water Cycle module, one of four performance assessment modules. The UWC module quantifies the impact of different urban form and blue– green infrastructure initiatives for a given site, considering various scales. Applying a conceptual hydrological model, the UWC module simulates the different urban
- [Urban Water Cycle module Launch Recording](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/urban-water-cycle-module-launch-recording/)
- [Transitioning to water sensitive cities: insights from six Australian cities](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/transitioning-to-water-sensitive-cities-insights-from-six-australian-cities/) - Executive Summary The Cooperative Research Centre for Water Sensitive Cities’ (CRCWSC) first integrated research project (IRP1), Water Sensitive City Visions and Transition Strategies, aimed to deliver a suite of participatory methods and associated tools for guiding cities and towns to accelerate their water sensitive city (WSC) transitions. The project involved transdisciplinary action research, drawing on
- [Water Sensitive Cities Index:  A diagnostic tool to assess water sensitivity and guide transitions](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/water-sensitive-cities-index-a-diagnostic-tool-to-assess-water-sensitivity-and-guide-transitions/) - Abstract Cities are wrestling with the practical challenges of transitioning urban water services to become water sensitive; capable of enhancing liveability, sustainability, resilience and productivity in the face of climate change, rapid urbanisation, degraded ecosystems and ageing infrastructure. Indicators can be valuable for guiding actions for improvement, but there is not yet an established index
- [Evaluation of collaborative integrated water management planning in Melbourne’s growth regions](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/evaluation-of-collaborative-integrated-water-management-planning-in-melbournes-growth-regions/) - Summary This report documents the evaluation findings of two recent examples of collaborative IWM planning in Melbourne’s growth corridors: the Upper Merri Creek IWM sub-catchment planning pilot project, and the Western Growth IWM master planning project. Each case was individually assessed, based on interview and survey data. Then a comparative analysis of case findings was
- [Guiding Integrated Urban and Water Planning (IRP3)](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/project-irp3/) - Overview Achieving water sensitive city aspirations for liveability, resilience, sustainability and productivity requires greater integration between urban planning and water planning processes. This project seeks to advance water sensitive outcomes by guiding urban growth and renewal at a range of scales and in different contexts through the application of a conceptual framework for integrated urban
- [An enhanced WSC visioning and transition planning methodology](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/an-enhanced-wsc-visioning-and-transition-planning-methodology/) - Summary This report describes the methods and principles supporting a recent research program on water sensitive city (WSC) transitions undertaken by the Cooperative Research Centre for Water Sensitive Cities (CRCWSC). The main aim of this report is to provide readers with a sound understanding of the key transition planning steps adopted in the research program
- [Designing cross-sectoral collaborations for integrated urban and water planning](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/designing-cross-sectoral-collaborations-for-integrated-urban-and-water-planning/) - Summary Collaborative governance or, in the context of this paper, cross-sectoral collaboration between the water and urban planning sectors, is about sharing information, activities, capacities, resources and decision making between multiple actors to realise a set of outcomes that would be difficult to achieve separately. Establishing such collaborations is a complex task. This paper offers
- [Recycled urban waste is improving liveability and sustainability in Kunshan](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/recycled-urban-waste-is-improving-liveability-and-sustainability-in-kunshan/) - One of the innovative ideas you’ll hear about at the 5th Water Sensitive Cities Conference is a stormwater planter box made from recycled urban waste that is putting circular economy principles into practice in Kunshan (China). Developed in conjunction with the Kunshan City Construction, Investment and Development Company (KCID), and SME Associate Coolth Inc., this
- [See water sensitive city principles and tools in practice at the 5th Water Sensitive Cities Conference](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/see-water-sensitive-city-principles-and-tools-in-practice-at-the-5th-water-sensitive-cities-conference/) - We’re opening and closing the 5th Water Sensitive Cities Conference with deep dives into how to apply water sensitive cities principles, tools and processes in practice. Register Now Day 1—Seeing water sensitive cities in action The first day will include virtual site tours. Each tour will include a video of key features and how they
- [WSC Index being applied to more international settings](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/wsc-index-being-applied-to-more-international-settings/) - To date, our WSC Index Tool has been applied to 55 cities, predominantly in Australia. As well as helping cities to understand their own water sensitive performance and aspirations to inform action planning, these applications generate useful information for comparing and benchmarking performance between cities. In other words, it means cities can learn from each
- [Using the WSC Index to support green infrastructure solutions](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/using-the-wsc-index-to-support-green-infrastructure-solutions/) - In December 2020, Jamie Ewert (our National Engagement Executive) shared insights on how the WSC Index can support green infrastructure solutions with an international audience at the Online International Knowledge Conclave on Green Infrastructure hosted by Centre for Science and Environment (CSE). The knowledge conclave, opened by Dr Kala Vairavamoorthy, Executive Director of the International
- [NSW Webinar Series – Webinar 5 – INFFEWS Tool](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/nsw-webinar-series-webinar-5-inffews-tool/)
- [Industry Note: Key insights for users of INFFEWS](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/industry-note-key-insights-for-users-of-inffews/) - The CRCWSC’s economic evaluation project (IRP2) has developed INFFEWS, which includes a Benefit: Cost Analysis (BCA) Tool, a Value Tool, a Rough BCA Tool, a Comparison Tool and detailed resources to guide applications and decision making processes. INFFEWS has been applied to several existing and proposed projects across Australia, providing a structured approach that facilitates
- [Green and living walls with greywater](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/green-and-living-walls-with-greywater/)
- [New housing designs encourage environmentally friendly infill developments](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/new-housing-designs-encourage-environmentally-friendly-infill-developments/) - One of the major outputs of the CRCWSC’s Integrated Research Project 4 (IRP4—Water sensitive outcomes for infill developments) is the Infill Typologies Catalogue, which contains water sensitive housing designs for infill developments. We’ve now released the final version of the catalogue, which reflects extensive consultation, feedback and evaluation of the housing designs. Infill development is
- [Inviting expressions of interest in a new online course on benefit: cost analysis](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/inviting-expressions-of-interest-in-a-new-online-course-on-benefit-cost-analysis/) - What: Applied Benefit: Cost Analysis When: Starting 22 February 2021 Where: Online Professor David Pannell—creator of INFFEWS and member of the CRCWSC’s Integrated Research Project 2—Comprehensive economic evaluation framework—has developed a new online course on Applied Benefit: Cost Analysis (BCA). The CRC for Water Sensitive Cities has 5 places available and is inviting expressions of
- [Register now for FREE webinars on CRCWSC tools and products](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/register-now-for-free-webinars-on-crcwsc-tools-and-products/) - Click here to register for webinar series! Our NSW Regional Advisory Panel and Stormwater NSW have joined forces to organise a series of free webinars that demonstrate CRCWSC tools and products in action. Over 6 sessions, the webinars will cover topics such as developing and maintaining water sensitive urban design elements, applying the Scenario Tool,
- [CRCWSC 2019-20 stakeholder annual report highlights achievements in a challenging year](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/crcwsc-2019-20-stakeholder-annual-report-highlights-achievements-in-a-challenging-year/) - Water sensitive practice. Every city. Every day. That’s the vision of the CRC for Water Sensitive Cities. And our 2019-20 stakeholder annual report celebrates our many achievements throughout the year towards achieving this vision: We released 156 publications, bringing the total to more than 1,700 resources. We conducted four research synthesis projects that applied water
- [NSW Webinar Series – Webinar 3 – Water  Sensitive City Index and Transition Dynamics Framework PART 2](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/nsw-webinar-series-webinar-3-water-sensitive-city-index-and-transition-dynamics-framework-part-2/)
- [NSW Webinar Series – Webinar 2 – Water  Sensitive City Index and Transition Dynamics Framework PART 1](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/nsw-webinar-series-webinar-2-water-sensitive-city-index-and-transition-dynamics-framework-part-1/)
- [Our international projects: outcomes and lessons](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/our-international-projects-outcomes-and-lessons/) - Our international activities not only help us create more water sensitive urban areas globally, they teach us valuable lessons from applying water sensitive principles on the ground—lessons we can bring back to Australia. Our activities also generate opportunities for our Participants to provide services in these overseas markets. Since the CRC for Water Sensitive Cities
- [RISE—co-designing successful water sensitive solutions](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/rise-co-designing-successful-water-sensitive-solutions/) - Working with communities, governments, local leaders and partner institutions, the Revitalising Informal Settlements and their Environments (RISE) program is co-designing location-specific solutions that integrate green infrastructure to strengthen the whole-of-life water and sanitation cycle. The program is demonstrating that nature-based solutions—such as constructed wetlands and biofiltration gardens—deliver sustainable, cost-effective health and environmental improvements to informal
- [INDIA—tailoring site-specific water sensitive solutions](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/india-tailoring-site-specific-water-sensitive-solutions/) - Our work in India began in 2017, collaborating with the Australian Water Partnership (AWP) and the Australian Government Department of Foreign Affairs and Trade (DFAT), to help to enhance sustainable water management in the Indo-Pacific region. Our work was really two projects in one; both aimed at seeing water sensitive cities adopted in India where
- [CHINA—scaling up water sensitive approaches](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/china-scaling-up-water-sensitive-approaches/) - Since 2012, the CRC for Water Sensitive Cities has been making innovative water sensitive principles and practices ‘business as usual’ in a complex and challenging urban environment. Indeed, the International Water Association recently profiled our successes in the City of Kunshan (Jiangsu Province) in an excellent expose. This experience in China demonstrates how implementing water
- [Formalising sub-catchment IWM planning workshop](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/formalising-sub-catchment-iwm-planning-workshop/) - This workshop is part of the IRP3 evaluation of collaborative integrated water management (IWM) planning in Melbourne’s growth corridors. It sought to explore the ideal scope and attributes of IWM planning at the sub-catchment scale, with a focus on growth areas (greenfield and infill) and lessons from recent Upper Merri and Western Growth IWM planning
- [Significant success in a challenging year](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/significant-success-in-a-challenging-year/) - End-of-year message from the CEO — 2020 has been a year of unprecedented challenges but also inspiring stories of innovation, adaptation and dedication. We have been reminded of the value of things we may have previously taken for granted and found new ways of working and collaborating. The CRCWSC, like so many others, adapted and
- [Removal of E. coli from urban stormwater using antimicrobial-modified filter media](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/removal-of-e-coli-from-urban-stormwater-using-antimicrobial-modified-filter-media/) - Abstract Stormwater filters featuring traditional sand filter media cannot reliably treat indicator bacteria for stormwater harvesting. In this work, copper-modified zeolite and granular activated carbon (GAC) were prepared through Cu2+ impregnation and in situ Cu(OH)2precipitation. Their antibacterial properties and stability in natural stormwater were studied in gravity-fed columns for 24 weeks, under typical stormwater operational
- [Revisiting land use classification and spatial aggregation for modelling integrated urban water systems](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/revisiting-land-use-classification-and-spatial-aggregation-for-modelling-integrated-urban-water-systems/) - Abstract Land use and different scales of spatial data aggregation are important for integrated urban water modelling. Inadequacy of land use classification in such models, however, prompted development of a new water-centric classification. A thirteen-category system (considering land cover, utilisation, and urban zoning aspects) was devised and applied to Melbourne, Australia. Sensitivity of the classification
- [Stable copper-zeolite filter media for bacteria removal in stormwater](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/stable-copper-zeolite-filter-media-for-bacteria-removal-stormwater/) - Abstract Cu2+-exchanged zeolite (ZCu) as antibacterial media shows great potential for bacteria removal from stormwater, but its stability in high salinity water needs attention. In this study, stable antibacterial media were developed by modifying ZCu through calcination and in situ Cu(OH)2 coating. Their stability and Escherichia coli removal efficiency along with impact of salinity were
- [New resources to support integrated urban and water planning](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/new-resources-to-support-integrated-urban-and-water-planning/) - Our IRP3 program: Integrated Research Project 3: Guiding integrated urban and water planning has just published papers addressing its two core areas of inquiry: planning and collaboration. The first paper looks at facilitating water sensitive urban development through planning integration, and the second considers designing cross-sectoral collaborations for integrated urban and water planning. IRP3 has
- [Jianbin Wang receives his PhD](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/jianbin-wang-receives-his-phd/) - Congratulations to Dr Jianbin Wang, Chief Innovation Officer of the CRC for Water Sensitive Cities and the Water Sensitive Cities Institute, on the recent conferral of his PhD. Jianbin’s thesis is titled Water–energy nexus framework in urban water management at precinct scale, and recognises that water and energy services are the cornerstone of future sustainable
- [IRP4 case studies released](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/irp4-case-studies-released/) - Australian cities have experienced rapid urban growth in the past decades and this trend is projected to continue in the upcoming years. In response to estimates of continued growth, state governments are promoting development within the city boundaries, increasing urban densities through infill development (residential dwelling) targets. But infill development—if executed without due care for
- [A closer look at our Tools and Products program](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/a-closer-look-at-our-tap-program/) - The CRCWSC will end its term in June 2021. Here, we cover some of the popular tools in our Tools and Products program to show you what’s available to help on your journey to becoming a water sensitive city. These tools will remain on our legacy Knowledge Platform, which we will release at our 5th
- [NSW Webinar Series – Webinar 1 – Planning for a Water Sensitive City – why it’s important for metro and regional Councils](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/nsw-webinar-series-webinar-1-planning-for-a-water-sensitive-city-why-its-important-for-metro-and-regional-councils/)
- [Creating a circular economy in Sydney’s west](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/creating-a-circular-economy-in-sydneys-west/) - This year, the CRCWSC and two of its SME Participants, SEED Consulting Services and REALM Studios, collaborated with Sydney Water and Liverpool City Council to progress the vision for Liverpool in Greater Sydney as a rejuvenated river city. The project report from that collaboration, Ideas for the Liverpool Collaboration Area, is now available. The report
- [CRCWSC helps Liverpool LGA realise its river city vision](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/crcwsc-helps-liverpool-lga-realise-its-river-city-vision/) - The CRCWSC’s research synthesis process is a facilitated design process combining the latest research with local expertise to collaboratively develop practical ideas for addressing industry based challenges. In March, we applied our research synthesis process to what’s known as the Liverpool ‘collaboration area’ in Greater Sydney, at the request of Sydney Water and Liverpool City
- [Riparian design guidelines to inform the ecological repair of urban waterways](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/riparian-design-guidelines-inform-ecological-repair-urban-waterways/) - Riparian zones, the strips of land that run adjacent to streams and rivers, support an array of ecological processes important for healthy, well-functioning waterways. There is a strong incentive to manage and protect riparian zones because repairing a relatively small tract of land can deliver disproportionally large benefits, and because many restoration actions, such as
- [Adoption guidelines for green treatment technologies](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/adoption-guidelines-for-green-treatment-technologies/) - Abstract To increase the resilience and liveability of cities and to maintain their productivity, green infrastructure is being highly viewed as a sustainable development strategy. Green infrastructure or technologies, essentially, represent a set of engineered elements providing multiple ecosystem services at building and urban scales. They aim to integrate local water management with urban greening.
- [Enabling water sensitive urban development: planning and governance opportunities for Perth](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/enabling-water-sensitive-urban-development-planning-and-governance-opportunities-for-perth/) - Summary This report documents the outcomes of the final stage of the Brabham Action Learning Partnership, a research initiative of the CRC for Water Sensitive Cities and key Western Australian government and industry partners (see the companion report, Brabham Action Learning Partnership: Case report for a summary of the first two stages). The research found
- [Enabling water sensitive greenfield development in Townsville](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/enabling-water-sensitive-greenfield-development-in-townsville/) - Summary Over the next 20 years and beyond, Townsville will face water-related challenges and opportunities that provide impetus for a new approach to urban planning. A collaboration between the CRC for Water Sensitive Cities and Townsville City Council has elevated the profile of water through the Vision and Transition Strategy for a Water Sensitive Townsville.
- [Stormwater runoff from green urban areas: Modellers’ guideline](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/stormwater-runoff-from-green-urban-areas-modellers-guideline-project-b4-1/) - This document, representing a summary of a wider report “Modelling of Stormwater Runoff from Green Urban Areas” (DHI, January 2015), is a contribution to better understanding the issues and practices related to modelling of storm runoff from green areas in urban catchments during extreme rainfall events potentially causing urban flooding. The purpose is to provide
- [Flood resilience in water sensitive cities: Guidance for enhancing flood resilience in the context of an Australian water sensitive city](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/flood-resilience-in-water-sensitive-cities/) - 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 of IWM (e.g. Adamowicz, 2011). Such approaches are being used to maximise the quality and
- [Appropriate flood adaptation: Adapting in the right way, in the right place and at the right time](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/appropriate-flood-adaption/) - Climate change induced extreme weather events call for a reconsideration of how built-up areas are designed and are already forcing incremental adaptation of existing cities, neighbourhoods and properties. Yet, the magnitude of climate change and the associated consequences for the urban water cycle are highly uncertain. Even when minimised by further scientific progress, the propagation
- [Ranking projects for water sensitive cities: A practical guide](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/ranking-projects-water-sensitive-cities-practical-guide/) - Abstract Water agencies and utilities wishing to support water-sensitive projects face the challenge of deciding which of the many possible projects they should support with their limited resources. Projects vary greatly in their benefits and costs, so selecting the best projects can make a major difference to the level of benefits that can be generated
- [Can we model the implementation of water sensitive urban design in evolving cities?](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/can-we-model-the-implementation-water-sensitive-urban-design-evolving-cities/) - Abstract This study showcases the dynamic simulation capabilities of the Urban Biophysical Environments And Technologies Simulator (UrbanBEATS) on a Melbourne catchment. UrbanBEATS simulates the planning, design and implementation of water sensitive urban design (WSUD) infrastructure in urban environments. It considers explicitly the interaction between urban and water infrastructure planning through time. The model generates a
- [A critical review of integrated urban water modelling – Urban drainage and beyond](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/a-critical-review-integrated-urban-water-modelling-urban-drainage-and-beyond/) - Abstract Modelling interactions in urban drainage, water supply and broader integrated urban water systems has been conceptually and logistically challenging as evidenced in a diverse body of literature, found to be confusing and intimidating to new researchers. This review consolidates thirty years of research (initially driven by interest in urban drainage modelling) and critically reflects
- [INFFEWS case study review: Oaklands stormwater harvest and re-use project](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/inffews-case-study-review-oaklands-stormwater-harvest-and-re-use-project/) - About this document This report outlines a user experience of applying INFFEWS. It is one of a series of industry application reviews prepared for practitioners to read in advance of embarking on their own application. The reports aim to provide new and existing users of INFFEWS with a process-focused resource to better understand how INFFEWS
- [The role of community champions in long-term sustainable urban water planning](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/the-role-of-community-champions-in-long-term-sustainable-urban-water-planning/) - Abstract Community engagement and stewardship are important elements in urban water planning if we are to achieve the vision of water sensitive cities. The aim of this study was to explore how community members could participate in collaborative water planning processes that are adaptive, participatory and transdisciplinary. We conducted a case study of community participation
- [Estimating the economic benefits of urban heat island mitigation - biophysical aspects](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/estimating-the-economic-benefits-of-urban-heat-island-mitigation-biophysical-aspects/) - Introduction This report documents the work undertaken by E2DESIGN and Monash University in assessing the impact of different policy settings on the biophysical environment, including urban warmth, of a de-identified case study suburban landscape in Melbourne[1]. The partner report produced by RCMG “Estimating the economic benefits of urban heat island mitigation – economic analysis”, assesses
- [Estimating the economic benefits of urban heat island mitigation - economic analysis](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/estimating-the-economic-benefits-of-urban-heat-island-mitigation-economic-analysis/) - Introduction This report documents the application of a benefit estimation methodology for the estimation of economic values produced by urban heat island (UHI) mitigation in a new suburban development through urban greening and integrated water management (IWM). It presents the results of a case study application of the methodology in the west of Melbourne1, Australia,
- [Shaping future growth in Townsville](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/shaping-future-growth-in-townsville/) - The Cooperative Research Centre for Water Sensitive Cities (CRCWSC) and Townsville City Council have partnered to deliver a workshop that explores the links between urban and water planning. It will ask if, and how, urban planning can make Townsville more resilient to droughts, floods and heat waves. The workshop forms part of a larger research
- [Urban Water Cycle module launch: A new integration into the WSC Scenario Tool](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/urban-water-cycle-module-launch-a-new-integration-into-the-wsc-scenario-tool/) - The CRC for Water Sensitive Cities’ Tools and Products (TAP) team have completed the integration of the Urban Water Cycle module into the WSC Scenario Tool. We launch the release of this module with some presentations from experts who have been close to the development of the module. Our Commercial Manager, Malcolm Eadie will open
- [Explore the new ‘urban water cycle’ module of WSC Scenario Tool](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/explore-the-new-urban-water-cycle-module-of-wsc-scenario-tool/) - We’ll be introducing the next module of our popular WSC Scenario Tool developed by our TAP team during a webinar on Thursday 3 September. Join us online as we explore the new beta version of the ‘Urban water cycle’ (UWC) module and discuss the enhanced potential of the WSC Scenario Tool. The WSC Scenario Tool
- [The performance of rainwater tanks for stormwater retention and water supply at the household scale: An empirical study](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/the-performance-of-rainwater-tanks-for-stormwater-retention-and-water-supply-at-the-household-scale-an-empirical-study/) - Abstract Urban stormwater run-off degrades the ecological condition of streams. The use of rainwater tanks to supplement water supply can reduce the frequency and volume of urban stormwater run-off that is otherwise conveyed directly to streams via conventional stormwater drainage systems. Few studies, however, have examined the use of tanks in the context of managing
- [Integrated urban water management – a case study (Session 2b)](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/integrated-urban-water-management-case-study-session-2b/) - Presented by Zhiguo Yuan at Water Sensitive Cities Conference 2014
- [Pursuing sustainable urban water management through co-governance – a case study of Marrickville Council](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/pursuing-sustainable-urban-water-management-co-governance-case-study-marrickville-council-2/) - Summary Achieving sustainable urban environments requires an alternative approach to urban water management. Sustainable urban water management (SUWM) is one such approach that recognises the importance of involving stakeholders in decision-making processes. Scholars have proposed numerous mechanisms for engaging and collaborating with stakeholders. This report focuses on “co-governance”, which describes an inclusive and deliberative approach
- [Book chapter: Adapting urban environments to climate change – a case study of Melbourne, Australia](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/book-chapter-adapting-urban-environments-to-climate-change-a-case-study-of-melbourne-australia/) - Abstract Note: Journal articles and conference papers (and links where available) are available under open access arrangements where possible. Otherwise please contact your institution’s library, the authors, or publishers to organise full access.
- [Modelling of stormwater biofilters under random hydrologic variability – a case study of a car park at Monash University, Victoria (Australia)](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/modelling-of-stormwater-biofilters-under-random-hydrologic-variability-a-case-study-of-a-car-park-at-monash-university-victoria-australia/) - Abstract Biofiltration systems represent an effective technology for the management of urban stormwater runoff volumes and quality. The performance of these systems, although largely dependent on their physical characteristics, is also strongly affected by the natural variability of runoff occurrence and volumes. This article presents a model that describes the statistical behaviour of the main
- [Adapting urban environments to climate change: A case study of Melbourne, Australia](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/adapting-urban-environments-to-climate-change-case-study-melbourne/) - Abstract For the first time in global history more people worldwide are making their homes in the urban rather than the rural realm. Australian cities are world leaders in this trend. As a result of physical processes that are clearly understood scientifically, cities are considerably warmer than their rural surrounds. This is highly significant since
- [Structuring climate adaptation through multiple perspectives: Framework and case study on flood risk management](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/structuring-climate-adaptation-through-multiple-perspectives-framework-case-study-on-flood-risk-management/) - Abstract Adaptation to climate change is being addressed in many domains. This means that there are multiple perspectives on adaptation; often with differing visions resulting in disconnected responses and outcomes. Combining singular perspectives into coherent, combined perspectives that include multiple needs and visions can help to deepen the understanding of various aspects of adaptation and
- [Evaluation of retrofitting options in urban drainage systems based on flexibility: A case study for Nhieu Loc - Thi Nghe Basin in Ho Chi Minh City](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/evaluation-of-retrofitting-options-in-urban-drainage-systems-based-flexibility-case-study-nhieu-loc-thi-nghe-basin-in-ho-chi-minh/) - Abstract Inherent uncertainties are the primary constraints and concerns for any robust urban flood management programme. Selection of better retrofitting options to tackle uncertainties involves the process of evaluating the technical and financial feasibility of a wide range of options. In this paper, we present a case study of a catchment in Ho Chi Minh
- [Water in the city: Green open spaces, land use planning and flood management – an Australian case study](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/water-in-the-city-green-open-spaces-land-use-planning-and-flood-management-australian-case-study/) - Abstract With increasing worldwide recognition of the influence of urban development on the hydrological functions of water, there is growing pressure for urban planning to play a greater role in water resources management. Planning for green open spaces in particular can play an important role, as they support important ecosystem services, including those that assist
- [The sensitivity of urban meteorology to soil moisture boundary conditions: A case study in Melbourne, Australia](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/the-sensitivity-of-urban-meteorology-to-soil-moisture-boundary-conditions-a-case-study-in-melbourne-australia/) - Abstract The sensitivity of near-surface urban meteorological conditions to three different soil moisture initialization experiments under heat-wave conditions is investigated for the city of Melbourne, Australia. The Weather Research and Forecasting Model is used to simulate a domain over Melbourne and its surrounding rural areas. The experiments employ three suites of simulations. Two suites initialize
- [A new community at Officer case study](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/a-new-community-at-officer-case-study/) - Officer is an area on the south-eastern outskirts of Melbourne, Victoria, which had been earmarked as a ‘greenfield’ site for mixed-use development. The multi-functional corridors throughout the development provided ecological and social values, bringing communities closer to nature.
- [Aquarevo case study](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/aquarevo-case-studysmart-model-for-residential-water-management/) - Aquarevo is an urban residential development located at Evans Road, Lyndhurst. The site is being developed in a collaboration between the land owner, South East Water, and a property developer, Villawood Properties. By planning at a precinct scale, and with demonstration of best practice water management as a major objective, the site has successfully integrated a
- [Assessment of non-market benefits of WSUD in a residential development: Belle View case study](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/assessment-of-nonmarket-benefits-of-wsud-in-a-residential-development-belle-view-case-study/) - Abstract This report describes the application of benefit transfer methods for a specific site, Belle View Estate, in Western Australia. Belle View Estate is a proposed 44 ha residential development located in Bellevue, 16.5 km north-east of Perth. The land is a portion of a larger 99.5 ha landholding comprising Lot 239 Wilkins Street (formerly
- [Economic value of urban heat island (UHI) mitigation: a case study](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/economic-value-of-urban-heat-island-uhi-mitigation-a-case-study/) - Introduction The UHI effect can be mitigated by applying elements of WSUD, for example, lining large trees along suburban streets, irrigating public open space with fit-for-purpose water, and restoring wetlands. Increasingly, there are more investments in urban greening. These investments produce benefits from UHI mitigation through cooler land surface and air temperatures, but the dollar
- [Non-market valuation of recycled water: Subiaco Strategic Resource Precinct case study](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/non-market-valuation-of-recycled-water-subiaco-strategic-resource-precinct-case-study/) - Introduction Many cities and surrounding urban areas face increasing pressure on water supplies due to population growth and climate change. Options like recycling treated wastewater and stormwater could make a big difference to water security, sustainability and liveability. The CRCWSC explored current and future non-residential demand for recycled water from the Subiaco Wastewater Treatment Plant
- [Facilitating water sensitive urban development through planning integration](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/facilitating-water-sensitive-urban-development-through-planning-integration/) - Summary ‘Integration’ is often considered fundamental to realising holistic city shaping aspirations, like water sensitive cities, which demand strong linkages between urban and water planning activities. But what does integration mean? And more importantly, how can it be operationalised in practice? This discussion paper takes a step towards answering these questions. It draws on academic
- [OneOneFive Hamilton Hill (WA) makes water sensitive infill a reality](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/oneonefive-hamilton-hill-wa-makes-water-sensitive-infill-a-reality/) - The former Hamilton Senior High School site in Perth is set to be transformed into a thriving, sustainable residential community. It will employ precinct-level innovation and development approaches with the potential to impact future policy and industry frameworks and establish a high standard for residential infill redevelopments. The CRCWSC is watching this exciting DevelopmentWA project's
- [We welcome some new faces to our NSW team](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/we-have-a-new-nsw-regional-manager/) - Please make welcome Beth Salt, the new CRCWSC NSW Regional Manager, and Emma Brunton, the new Deputy Chair of the NSW Regional Advisory Panel. Beth is a creative and highly innovative program manager with wide experience in water, environmental sustainability and management projects, and policy and procedure development in the public and corporate sectors. She
- [IWA profiles our work in Kunshan](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/iwa-profiles-our-work-in-kunshan/) - The International Water Association has released a feature article profiling the City of Kunshan, China, and the work in bringing its ‘sponge city’ vision to life. The CRC for Water Sensitive Cities was a major contributor to this landmark project. Kunshan is in the north-west of Shanghai, is home to more than 2 million people,
- [Water leaders discuss how to mainstream the water sensitive city model](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/water-leaders-discuss-how-to-mainstream-the-water-sensitive-city-model/) - Chair of the Water Sensitive Cities Think Tank, Professor Tony Wong; Monash Sustainable Development Institute Director and the CRCWSC’s Chief Research Officer, Associate Professor Briony Rogers; and Director of the Rise Program and Senior Vice-Provost – Research at Monash University, Professor Rebekah Brown, have recently had an article published in One Earth. The piece is
- [Webinar series for NSW Councils: Planning for a Water Sensitive City - why its important for metro and regional councils](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/webinar-series-for-nsw-councils/) - Many metro and regional councils in New South Wales are in the process of integrating water sensitive design into their Local Strategic Planning Statements as a way to strategically manage water in all its forms. To support these councils in their efforts, the CRC for Water Sensitive Cities is hosting a series of webinars from
- [Dubbo urban heat island amelioration project](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/dubbo-urban-heat-island-amelioration-project/) - Dubbo urban heat island amelioration project Urban development, to cater for a growing urban population, replaces natural vegetated landscapes with roads and buildings. These impervious (hard) surfaces absorb heat but do not store water, leading to higher urban temperatures known as the ‘urban heat island (UHI) effect’. Heat waves combined with higher urban temperatures increase
- [Blue Mountains water strategy wins award](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/blue-mountains-water-strategy-wins-award/) - Blue Mountains City Council has won an award at the 2020 Local Government New South Wales Excellence in the Environment Awards for its new Water Sensitive Blue Mountains Strategic Plan. The plan sets the direction for the way Council manages its water assets into the future. The award falls within the Innovation in Planning, Policies
- [Norman Creek case study expands with the help of a Queensland Water Modelling Network grant](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/norman-creek-case-study-expands-with-the-help-of-a-queensland-water-modelling-network-grant/) - The Norman Creek integrated case study, a joint project with Brisbane City Council and led by our Queensland Regional Manager, Chris Tanner, has won a grant from the Queensland Water Modelling Network, to build capacity within the Queensland water modelling and use sector. The funding will be used for stakeholder engagement activities that 'catalyse and
- [IRP4 research students devise water security solution](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/irp4-research-students-devise-water-security-solution/) - Cities and regional towns in Australia are grappling with an enormous water security challenge. Already stressed water supplies and waterways are becoming increasingly vulnerable. Given the severity of Australia’s water scarcity issues, the topic was the focus of the University of Queensland’s inaugural Ventures Industry Challenge, which asked students to use their entrepreneurial skills to
- [Webinar series to explore WSC opportunities in India](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/webinar-series-to-explore-wsc-opportunities-in-india/) - The Victorian Department of Environment, Land, Water and Planning (DELWP) is sponsoring a special two-part webinar series by India’s Centre for Science and Environment, the CRCWSC and Alluvium International this month. The series aims to increase awareness and advocate for the planning and design of water sensitive cities in India, and to share experiences from
- [Register for our Water Sensitive Cities planning webinar for metro and regional councils](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/register-for-our-water-sensitive-cities-planning-webinar-for-metro-and-regional-councils/) - Many metro and regional councils in New South Wales are in the process of integrating water sensitive design into their Local Strategic Planning Statements as a way to strategically manage water in all its forms. To support these councils in their efforts, the CRC for Water Sensitive Cities is hosting a series of webinars from
- [Register for two new events in Queensland](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/register-for-two-new-events-in-queensland/) - We're hosting two new events in Queensland: Yarrabilba site tour Wednesday 25 November 2020, 12 noon to 6.00 pm Continuing our theme of design led, collaborative, inspirational practice delivering liveable places, we are pleased to offer the fourth and last of our Yarrabilba Happy Street Seminar Series. Join us for a site tour followed by
- [Eric Singleton Constructed Wetland: Monitoring and assessment for optimal stormwater treatment performance](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/eric-singleton-constructed-wetland-monitoring-and-assessment-for-optimal-stormwater-treatment-performance/) - Context This report presents findings from monitoring and assessment of the performance of the Eric Singleton Bird Sanctuary (ESBS) in Perth, Western Australia. The ESBS is situated on the banks of the Swan River, and tidal flows and high estuarine water have been observed travelling up Bayswater Brook from the river (GHD 2013). The impact
- [Case studies showcase water sensitive city features](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/case-studies-showcase-water-sensitive-city-features/) - Do you want to know how to optimise the use of rainwater and stormwater? Do you want examples of alternative water supply schemes that are up and running? Have you been asked to find examples of where initiatives have improved amenity and the benefits have been measured? Do you need to know how policy and
- [New Infill Performance Evaluation Framework released](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/new-infill-performance-evaluation-framework-released/) - Our IRP4 team has released two important tools this month: the Water Sensitive Outcomes for Infill Development Infill Performance Evaluation Framework and the Site-scale Urban Water Mass Balance Assessment (SUWMBA) Tool for testing. The Infill Performance Evaluation Framework is a way of assessing the water sensitive outcomes from infill development, and the SUWMBA Tool is
- [New tool for urban water mass balance assessments](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/new-tool-for-urban-water-mass-balance-assessments/) - Managers of urban area and urban water systems are investigating water sensitive urban design (WSUD) and water servicing options to mitigate the effects of urbanisation on natural hydrological flows, increase water efficiency, and improve resilience to droughts and floods. They increasingly need to know the current performance of urban areas in relation to these objectives,
- [Melbourne Water releases biofiltration guidelines](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/melbourne-water-releases-biofiltration-guidelines/) - Biofiltration systems are widely used in water sensitive urban design. Melbourne Water defines biofiltration systems (also known as biofilters, raingardens, or bioretention or bio-infiltration systems) as terrestrial stormwater treatment systems. They differ from aquatic systems such as constructed stormwater treatment wetlands. To help practitioners design and maintain these systems, Melbourne Water provides a guideline—Biofiltration systems
- [Salisbury East Rejuvenation case study workshop](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/salisbury-east-rejuvenation-case-study-workshop/) - This workshop is part of the IRP3 Salisbury case study seeking to explore the extent to which the South Australian planning system facilitates the implementation of water sensitive development scenarios and infill housing typologies. Through a hypothetical application of the draft Planning and Design Code (the Code) to different infill scenarios for the Salisbury East
- [In Time with Water: Design Studies of 3 Australian Cities](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/in-time-with-water-design-studies-of-3-australian-cities/) - In Time with Water: Design Studies of 3 Australian Cities, edited by Nigel Bertram and Catherine Murphy from the CRC for Water Sensitive Cities (CRCWSC), will be launched in Melbourne and Brisbane next month. Please join us in: Melbourne 3–5pm, Saturday 7 September 2019 Kathleen Syme Library 251 Faraday Street, Carlton Part of the Festival
- [Better policy key to water sensitive urban design](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/better-policy-key-to-water-sensitive-urban-design/) - Citation Better policy key to water sensitive urban design (2016). Australian Water Association Latest News, 13 April. Note: Journal articles and conference papers (and links where available) are available under open access arrangements where possible. Otherwise please contact your institution’s library, the authors, or publishers to organise full access.
- [Water Sensitive Cities Index](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/water-sensitive-cities-index/) - What is the Water Sensitive Cities Index? Moving towards integrated urban water management is a challenge faced by cities around the globe. While some cities are still grappling with the delivery of essential services like water and sanitation, others are struggling to address and overcome some of the vulnerabilities inadvertently created by their existing water
- [Better regulatory frameworks for water sensitive cities (Project A3.2)](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/better-regulatory-frameworks-for-water-sensitive-cities-project-a3-2/) - This project will assess current barriers to the adoption of new urban water practices, technologies and alternative water sources arising from legislative and regulative frameworks. It will also assess the risks associated with projects that utilise alternative water sources.
- [Strategies for influencing the political dynamics of decision-making (Project A3.3)](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/strategies-for-influencing-the-political-dynamics-of-decision-making-project-a3-3/) - This project is designed to address the question of how the voices of researchers, experts and practitioners might be better heard and positioned in the policy-making process; particularly in evidence based decision-making processes. The long-term goal is to develop the capacity of the CRCWSC to interact more effectively with policy- and decision-makers at all levels
- [Cities as water supply catchments — Society and institutions (Project A4.1)](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/cities-as-water-supply-catchments-society-and-institutions-project-a4-1/) - This project aims to address these barriers by identifying the key social and institutional structures and processes needed to actively advance the mainstream application of sustainable urban water management, in particular decentralised urban water systems such as stormwater harvesting and treatment. The practical focus of this research project is to understand how to facilitate widespread
- [Cities as Water Supply Catchments – Urban rainfall in a changing climate (Project B1.1)](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/cities-as-water-supply-catchments-urban-rainfall-in-a-changing-climate-project-b1-1/) - This project aims to develop a comprehensive model to simulate probable rainfall in Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne and Sydney at a small enough scale that would reliably support rigorous design of stormwater treatment and harvesting systems. The project also aims to provide reliable quantitative estimates of the uncertainties in such projections.
- [Cities as water supply catchments – Stream ecology (Project B2.1)](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/cities-as-water-supply-catchments-stream-ecology-project-b2-1/) - The project aims to determine the impact of integrated stormwater management strategies, including stormwater harvesting, on the hydrology and water quality of streams, and to assess the subsequent ecological and geomorphic responses. The project will produce a conceptual model and indicators that will underpin operating guidelines for stormwater harvesting.
- [Better governance for complex decision-making (Project A3.1)](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/better-governance-for-complex-decision-making-project-a3-1/) - This project aims to examine current institutional challenges to better enable the sustainable water management of a water sensitive city. The project explores how the complex decision-making processes involved might be supported through more adaptive governance arrangements, identifying where and how current centrally controlled governance systems can be supplemented with more flexible governance instruments.
- [Flexibility in adaptation planning - Guidelines for when, where and how to embed and value flexibility for urban flood resilience](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/flexibility-adaptation-planning-guildelines-embed-value-flexibility-urban-flood-resilience/) - 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 measures based on standardised techniques such as real options. There is little information about how
- [Principles for engaging communities in water sensitive city transitions](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/principles-for-engaging-communities-in-water-sensitive-city-transitions/) - Executive Summary The purpose of this report is to provide practical guidance on engaging communities in local water sensitive city transitions. It presents key principles for policymakers and practitioners, especially local and state government, water utilities and catchment management authorities. It was developed as part of the Cooperative Research Centre for Water Sensitive Cities’ first
- [Nonmarket valuation of water sensitive cities: current knowledge and issues](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/nonmarket-valuation-of-water-sensitive-cities-current-knowledge-and-issues/) - 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 protection. The review considers four main WSUD-related aspects: improving and securing water supply requirements; protection
- [The risky business of water sensitive innovation: A legal analysis of risk allocation](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/risky-business-water-sensitive-innovation-legal-analysis-risk-allocation/) - 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 in the literature on WSC innovation: the meaning of decentralised water activities and the meaning
- [Governance structures and strategies to support innovation and adaptability](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/governance-structures-strategies-support-innovation-adaptability/) - Abstract This report sets out an innovation model for influencing governance change. The premise for the study was that, in order to pursue the fundamental changes to institutions needed to support water sensitive cities (WSC), incremental policy changes which progressively challenge these institutions need to be actively fostered. The model has been developed from research
- [Green Cities and Micro‐climate – Interim Report](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/green-cities-micro‐climate-interim-report-2/) - Abstract Water Sensitive Urban Design (WSUD) has the potential to provide cooling effects across the urban landscape through both evapotranspiration and shading. A review of the literature has identified that there is capacity to intentionally modify urban climates by reintegrating stormwater back into the urban landscape through WSUD. However, there is little empirical evidence demonstrating
- [Framework, Procedure, and Tools for Comprehensive Evaluation of Sustainable Stormwater Management: A Review](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/framework-procedure-and-tools-for-comprehensive-evaluation-of-sustainable-stormwater-management-a-review/) - Abstract To better evaluate and enhance the performance and benefit of sustainable stormwater management (SSWM) in developing countries, this study proposes a comprehensive evaluation framework based on thorough literature review. This framework re-classifies evaluation goals and indicators into four aspects—stormwater system, integrated management, social engagement, and urban development. The purpose of this review is to
- [Benchmarking using the Water Sensitive Cities Index](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/benchmarking-using-the-water-sensitive-cities-index/) - CRC for Water Sensitive Cities discusses the Water Sensitive Cities Index and the benchmarking process.
- [RESTORE Tool evaluation - Scrubby Creek pilot application](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/restore-tool-evaluation-scrubby-creek-pilot-application/) - Summary E2DesignLab was commissioned by the CRC for Water Sensitive Cities (CRCWSC) to conduct an independent review of its newly developed RESTORE Tool. RESTORE is a decision making tool to support the holistic repair of urban waterways. The tool asks practitioners a range of questions about the environmental and urban setting of their restoration site
- [We launch virtual reality case study with Austrade](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/crcwsc-wsci-launches-vr-platform-with-austrade/) - Case studies are some of the CRCWSC's most frequently used resources. Buoyed by the popularity and usefulness of this content, we've begun expanding what we can offer. Now, we are excited to launch a new virtual reality (VR) case study platform developed in partnership with Austrade and with input from the City of Melbourne. The
- [Hornsby Shire exhibits Water Sensitive Hornsby Strategy](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/hornsby-shire-exhibits-water-sensitive-hornsby-strategy/) - Hornsby Shire Council’s Water Sensitive Hornsby Strategy is currently on public exhibition until 30 October 2020. The Water Sensitive Hornsby Strategy is part of a suite of complementary strategies that sit under the umbrella of Sustainable Hornsby 2040. ‘The coordination and delivery of these strategies, all developed to map a pathway to meet the vision
- [Lessons on offer from real-life WSC projects](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/lessons-on-offer-from-real-life-wsc-projects/) - We’ve just published four new case studies offering deep insights, including the drivers, innovations and lessons, from four innovative water sensitive cities projects. The case studies cover: Marrickville West Primary School eco water garden Green walls, roofs and facades in the City of Melbourne Victoria Planning Provisions Amendment (VC154 – Stormwater management) Water Sensitive Urban
- [Register for new Stormwater Vic online events](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/register-for-new-stormwater-vic-online-events/) - Stormwater Victoria is running two online events: one in October and a keynote series throughout November. Sign up now. Four Key Leadership Takeaway Messages Webinar Date: 22 October 2020 Time: 12.30 pm – 1.30 pm Venue: Online Zoom Register here In this webinar, Celine Marchenay will be sharing key learnings and tools from the nine-month award winning Water
- [‘Zoom’ in on the Eric Singleton constructed wetland – new webinar](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/zoom-in-on-the-eric-singleton-constructed-wetland-new-webinar/) - Is the Eric Singleton constructed wetland in Bayswater, WA, achieving its nutrient attenuation target? Find out in a one-hour Zoom webinar: WHAT: Water Sensitive Cities Speaker Series Webinar – Assessment of the performance of the Eric Singleton constructed wetland in Bayswater, WA WHEN: 10 am – 11 am (Perth), Wednesday 28 October 2020 Register here
- [INFFEWS WEBINAR INFFEWS Overview](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/inffews-webinar-inffews-overview/)
- [INFFEWS WEBINAR Industry application of INFFEWS Stormwater harvesting to support Princes Park](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/inffews-webinar-industry-application-of-inffews-stormwater-harvesting-to-support-princes-park/)
- [INFFEWS WEBINAR Application to Mandurah MAR project](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/inffews-webinar-application-to-mandurah-mar-project/)
- [Celebrating the 200th edition of waterSENSE](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/celebrating-the-200th-edition-of-watersense/) - The mission of the CRC for Water Sensitive Cities is to: research interdisciplinary responses to water problems synthesise diverse research outputs into practical solutions influence policy, regulation and practice to promote adoption. As we publish this—our 200th edition of waterSENSE—its immensely satisfying to see how recent activities and outputs are bringing the three elements of
- [Insights from six Australian cities’ WSC journeys](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/insights-from-six-australian-cities-wsc-journeys/) - The CRC for Water Sensitive Cities’ first integrated research project (IRP1), Water sensitive city visions and transition strategies, delivered a suite of participatory methods and tools for guiding cities and towns in accelerating their water sensitive city (WSC) transitions. The project involved transdisciplinary action research, drawing on insights from the scientific field of sustainability transitions
- [Wanyarram Dhelk improves water health of Bendigo Creek](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/wanyarram-dhelk-improves-water-health-of-bendigo-creek/) - Wanyarram Dhelk—which means Good Waterhole in Djaara language—is a priority action of Water Sensitive Bendigo to improve the water health of the Bendigo Creek and its tributaries. The project, which began in 2016 and continued in two phases, aimed to: improve the cultural values of the Bendigo Creek and create opportunities for Djaara people to
- [We’re making great strides in boosting walkability](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/were-making-great-strides-in-boosting-walkability/) - One of the important roles of the CRC for Water Sensitive Cities is influencing on-ground practice, by incorporating water sensitive principles into industry projects and formal guidance. A great example is our Queensland Regional Manager Chris Tanner’s recent involvement in the Planning Working Group for the Institute of Public Works Engineering Australasia Queensland’s Street Design
- [CRCWSC makes submission to PC water inquiry](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/crcwsc-makes-submission-to-pc-water-inquiry/) - We often think of water sensitive practice at the local or project scale, but we should not forget how state and even national policy can influence what we do. At the national level sits the National Water Initiative (NWI), a shared commitment by state governments to improve water management outcomes. Introduced following the COAG Water
- [Couch Time – Conversations with the CRCWSC | Episode 2: Tools for valuing WSC benefits](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/couch-time-conversations-with-the-crcwsc-episode-2-tools-for-valuing-wsc-benefits/)
- [Couch Time - Conversations with the CRCWSC | Episode 1: Guidelines for passively irrigated landscapes](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/couch-time-conversations-with-the-crcwsc-episode-1-guidelines-for-passively-irrigate-landscapes/) - Designing for a cool city: Guidelines for passively irrigate landscapes is now available to download and use. You can listen to Sally Boer and Kim Markwell from E2DesignLab, as they discuss the key features of the guidelines with Mellissa Bradley (SA Regional Manager).
- [INFFEWS webinar - insights gained from industry applications](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/inffews-webinar-insights-gained-from-industry-applications/) - The CRC for Water Sensitive Cities (CRCWSC) has developed a benefit:cost analysis tool (BCA), a non market values tool (Value Tool), and supporting resources to conduct an economic evaluation for business case development. This package of tools and resources is known as INFFEWS. Since its roll out in 2020, over 120 organisations have requested access
- [Next generation of water leaders help design Box Hill’s urban future](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/students-help-design-box-hills-urban-future/) - An urban design solution that imagines interactive community spaces, urban farming, and greater walkability along cool green corridors around the Box Hill Metropolitan Activity Centre has won an exciting urban design student challenge. ‘Root Connection—a sustainable community harvesting culture’ was selected from more than 20 submissions in the Our Future Cities 2020 Interdisciplinary Student Design
- [NSW Government agency trials INFFEWS tools for all benefit-cost analysis](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/nsw-dpie-uses-inffews-tools-for-all-bca-2/) - We’re regularly seeing examples of the water industry taking up the tools and products developed by the CRC for Water Sensitive Cities. A great example is the Centre for Advanced Analytics and Economics (CAAE) at the NSW Department of Planning, Industry and Environment (DPIE) which is trialling our INFFEWS tools to conduct benefit-cost analysis (BCA).
- [Waterwise Perth venue part of 2023 FIFA Women’s World Cup](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/fifa-chooses-waterwise-perth-venue-for-2023-world-cup/) - The WA Government and the Australian Government have each committed $16.25 million to develop a $32.5 million State Football (soccer) Centre at Queens Park Open Space in the City of Canning. This site provides an opportunity to invest in and showcase water sensitive water sensitive design to an international audience, and reinforces Perth’s position as
- [Lessons in using recycled water from the Glenelg to Adelaide Pipeline](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/lessons-in-recycled-water-from-the-glenelg-to-adelaide-pipeline/) - Landmark water sensitive cities projects offer valuable transferable lessons when we look at the original project drivers and outcomes and see how they might apply to other cities and towns with similar climates and infrastructure needs. The Glenelg to Adelaide Pipeline (GAP) in South Australia is a landmark project that has been delivering a reliable
- [Fly through a water sensitive city](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/fly-through-a-water-sensitive-city/) - Created by CRC for Water Sensitive Cities
- [Water Sensitive Bendigo taking pause to improve the partnership](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/water-sensitive-bendigo-taking-pause-to-improve-the-partnership/) - Bendigo, a regional city in Victoria, was one of five cities selected for the CRC for Water Sensitive Cities’ IRP1 program. The CRCWSC undertook an extensive collaborative process to develop a vision and transition strategy. The local Bendigo players have since acted upon the strategy by establishing a governance structure known as the Water Sensitive
- [New online forum for water sensitive cities](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/new-online-forum-for-vic-rap-and-wider-community/) - The CRCWSC is trialling a virtual water sensitive cities community of practice using Basecamp. The forum provides an online space for WSC practitioners to build their networks and profile, propose ideas, ask questions and share resources. The CRCWSC is moderating this forum as part of its adoption activities, to ensure it remains active and relevant.
- [IRP2 Workshop - alternative approaches to funding water sensitive cities](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/irp2-workshop-alternative-approaches-to-funding-water-sensitive-cities/) - The CRC for Water Sensitive Cities (CRCWSC)’s Comprehensive Economic Evaluation Framework research project (IRP2), is currently engaging with policy, regulatory, and financial experts on the suitability of 6 potential reforms as discussed in the recently published A review of existing funding models, economic regulatory frameworks, policies and mechanisms. These alternative approaches, and how they might apply
- [Tools for Water Sensitivity Melbourne Water Seminar with CRCWSC's Vic RAP - July 23, 2020](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/tools-for-water-sensitivity-melbourne-water-seminar/) - Watch the seminar now
- [Brisbane City Council applies CRCWSC tools to Norman Creek](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/brisbane-city-council-applies-crcwsc-tools-to-norman-creek/) - We are taking another important step in building industry capacity in using and applying CRCWSC research and tools. A new project with Brisbane City Council (BCC) is encouraging broader adoption and mainstreaming of WSC practices. CRCWSC researchers and UQ PhD students are working closely with BCC to investigate new ways of delivering infill housing typologies
- [WaterNSW engages CRCWSC to help Blue Mountains water sensitive future](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/crcwsc-helps-blue-mountains-lga-progress-wsud/) - Blue Mountains City Council (BMCC), in the World Heritage Blue Mountains National Park, has done a remarkable job of progressing its water sensitive city (WSC) transition. With the ongoing support of WaterNSW, BMCC already had a WSC strategic plan and a well-developed water sensitive urban design (WSUD) team and action plan when the CRC for
- [Why isn’t WSUD being funded at scale in Australia?](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/why-isnt-wsud-being-funded-at-scale-in-australia/) - There is compelling evidence of the benefits of water sensitive cities and yet water sensitive urban design (WSUD) is not being funded, at scale, in Australia. Our IRP2 team recently explored the possible reasons for this anomaly, and has now released its findings and outlined potential reform options in a recently published discussion paper: A
- [Register for virtual River Symposium](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/register-for-virtual-river-symposium/) - Virtual conferences are the new normal. Another one to add to your calendar is the first ever International River Symposium, being held 10–13 November. Under the theme ‘Valuing our rivers’, the 23rd International River Symposium will focus on excellence, collaboration and integration. The event remains a unique global forum for river managers, policy developers, scientists,
- [A review of existing funding models, economic regulatory frameworks, policies and mechanisms](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/a-review-of-existing-funding-models-economic-regulatory-frameworks-policies-and-mechanisms/) - Abstract Broadly, this review of funding models, economic regulatory frameworks, policies and mechanisms concluded that although funding and financing issues are widely cited as an impediment to delivering water sensitive urban design (WSUD), funding and financing issues are not the main impediment to delivering WSUD, at scale. Rather, the main issue is the ‘authorising environment’
- [How to run multi-stakeholder collaborations](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/how-to-run-multi-stakeholder-collaborations/) - Bringing together planners and the water sector to explore alternative management solutions for complex urban water issues can be both challenging and rewarding. Our work with the Brabham Action Learning Partnership is a recent example of a multi-stakeholder collaboration dealing with a complex planning problem in action. Across four workshops with government and industry practitioners,
- [Brabham opportunities revealed in new reports](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/brabham-opportunities-revealed-in-new-reports/) - Perth aspires to become an innovative 21st century city that’s liveable, prosperous, sustainable, collaborative and connected, and is planning to accommodate an extra 1.5 million people by 2050. Realising this aspiration will require approaches to urban planning that recognise the interlinks between water and urban systems. Developing an integrated planning approach that strengthens these links
- [Progressing Townsville’s water sensitive city vision](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/progressing-townsvilles-water-sensitive-city-vision/) - Regional cities like Townsville have much to benefit from adopting water sensitive practices that can enhance their attractiveness as a place to work and live. Like many Australian regional cities, Townsville is managed by a single local government authority that also provides water system services. This approach provides Townsville City Council (TCC) with the opportunity
- [Partners lodge Water Security CRC bid](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/partners-lodge-water-security-crc-bid/) - Australian cities and towns are facing a water security challenge from the combined pressures of population growth, climate change and growing community calls for greater amenity, liveability, and environmental health. COVID-19 is adding to the pressure since water plays a crucial role in liveability and human and ecological health outcomes. Our communities are increasingly vulnerable
- [Writers’ training for overcoming procrastination](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/writers-training-for-overcoming-procrastination/) - All researchers and practitioners need to write well, but many of us procrastinate until it’s nearly too late. Now there’s a clever way to overcome the procrastinate/binge writing cycle. The CRC Association is running a webinar on how to start writing frequently in short sessions to overcome procrastination. Hosted by Brian Martin, emeritus professor of social sciences
- [MSDI releases annual impact report](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/msdi-releases-annual-impact-report/) - The CRC for Water Sensitive Cities has three major research partners: The University of Western Australia, The University of Queensland and Monash University. One of the research institutes at Monash University, the Monash Sustainable Development Institute (MSDI), has just released its annual impact report for 2019, outlining its research, education and innovation activities towards achieving
- [Water Sensitive Cities Scenario Tool - TARGET Module](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/water-sensitive-cities-scenario-tool-target-module/) - Summary The WSC Scenario Tool is an online planning-support tool that enables users to simulate urban development and the performance of green and blue infrastructure interventions. TARGET is an integral component that can produce a time series of air temperatures and human thermal comfort indicators for any given case study by assessing the microclimate impacts.
- [Update from our CEO](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/update-from-our-ceo/) - Our final year of the CRC for Water Sensitive Cities is shaping up to be one of our biggest and best, despite the protracted lockdown we’re facing. Here are some of what we have planned for the coming 12 months. Maintaining our focus on collaboration during COVID lockdown Our collective health and wellbeing is paramount.
- [AWA hosting Water Sensitive City resilience webinar](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/awa-hosting-water-sensitive-city-resilience-webinar/) - The Australian Water Association is asking: What are the lessons we can take away from some of Victoria’s best examples of water sensitive engagement and design? Find out the answers during an online technical event where a panel of experts from the CRCWSC family will share key lessons learnt in delivering water sensitive city programs,
- [WSC Scenario Tool’s TARGET module Launch and Panel Discussion](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/wsc-scenario-tools-target-module-launch-and-panel-discussion/)
- [Flow-mediated movement of freshwater catfish, Tandanus bostocki, in a regulated semi-urban river to inform environmental water releases](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/flow-mediated-movement-of-freshwater-catfish-tandanus-bostocki-in-a-regulated-semi-urban-river-to-inform-environmental-water-releases/) - Abstract Movement and migration of fish are critical for sustaining riverine fish populations. Water resource development alters natural flow regimes and can disconnect habitats and interfere with hydrological cues for fish movement. Environmental flow releases can counter these impacts, but to be effective they must be based on quantitative flow–biota relationships. We used radio‐telemetry to
- [Soil microbes of an urban remnant riparian zone have greater potential for N removal than a degraded riparian zone](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/soil-microbes-of-an-urban-remnant-riparian-zone-have-greater-potential-for-n-removal-than-a-degraded-riparian-zone/) - Summary Soils in the riparian zone, the interface between terrestrial and aquatic ecosystems, may decrease anthropogenic nitrogen (N) loads to streams through microbial transformations (e.g., denitrification). However, the ecological functioning of riparian zones is often compromised due to degraded conditions (e.g., vegetation clearing). Here we compare the efficacy of an urban remnant and a cleared
- [Cape Town applying Water Sensitive Cities transition planning process](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/cape-town-applying-water-sensitive-cities-transition-planning-process/) - The Water Sensitive Cities Institute was recently engaged to deliver a Water Sensitive Cities transition planning process for Cape Town, on the back of the major drought in South Africa and the city approaching Day Zero. The City of Cape Town recently identified the goal of becoming a water sensitive city as one of five
- [E2Designlab has enhanced our RESTORE Tool](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/e2designlab-has-enhanced-our-restore-tool/) - Our partner E2Designlab refined our RESTORE Tool following their independent review and application of it to four sites along Scrubby Creek in the City of Logan, south-east Queensland. Our RESTORE Tool is a decision making tool to support the holistic repair of urban waterways. The tool asks practitioners questions about the environmental and urban setting
- [Nigel Tapper talks urban heat in new video series](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/nigel-tapper-talks-urban-heat-in-new-video-series/) - WA capacity building organisation New WAter Ways has just released a video series on urban heat. Each of the five videos in the series covers a different aspect of urban heat: How urban heat affects the community How can we reduce heat in a city? What can community do to reduce urban heat? Why do
- [CRCWSC welcomes National Water Reform Inquiry](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/crcwsc-welcomes-national-water-reform-inquiry/) - The Productivity Commission has just begun a new national inquiry into progress with the reform of Australia’s water resources sector. The inquiry will focus on the progress of all Australian governments in achieving the objectives, outcomes and timelines anticipated under the Intergovernmental Agreement on a National Water Initiative (NWI). The inquiry will also offer practical
- [The State of WSUD in NSW: Challenges and Opportunities](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/the-state-of-wsud-in-nsw-challenges-and-opportunities/) - Register now to ensure you don't miss this 2-part webinar series with the first instalment being held on Wednesday, 15th July, focusing on the knowledge and practice behind water sensitive urban design. The second instalment will be held on Wednesday, 22nd July, focusing on the policy and resourcing required for effective WSUD implementation. Find out
- [Smart Technology: Talking Tanks for Water Conservation, Flood Management and Environmental Baseflow Webinar](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/smart-technology-talking-tanks-for-water-conservation-flood-management-and-environmental-baseflow-webinar/) - Join Stormwater Victoria on Thursday, 16th July to learn more about Smart Technology: Talking Tanks for Water Conservation, Flood Management and Environmental Baseflow. This webinar will provide an overview of how some Victorian councils are using smart technology in 2020, focusing on Smart Tanks and how they can be used to address urban flooding. Register
- [Students! Help design Melbourne’s urban future](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/students-help-design-melbournes-urban-future/) - Our Future Cities has launched its 2020 Interdisciplinary Student Design Competition and seminar series, and is excited to hear the ideas of as many young people as possible. The competition is a ‘transformative challenge’ in which small interdisciplinary teams will be given space to ask questions, challenge convention and wonder what a brighter urban future
- [Expert guidance for areas experiencing high seasonal groundwater](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/expert-guidance-for-areas-experiencing-high-seasonal-groundwater/) - A significant part of our Integrated Research Project 5 (IRP5) – Knowledge-based water sensitive solutions for development in high groundwater environments – was to appoint an Expert Panel to provide technical guidance for planning and designing urban developments in high groundwater areas. This guidance builds on practitioners’ and researchers’ experience and knowledge of the Swan
- [Malcolm Eadie joins the challenge to make Milan greener](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/malcolm-eadie-joins-the-challenge-to-make-milan-greener/) - The CRC for Water Sensitive Cities’ Commercial Manager, Malcolm Eadie, had a unique opportunity to co-create as a ‘solution provider’ with the City of Milan in early June. He helped develop innovative, replicable and scalable ideas and solutions to improve the city’s urban resilience to the climate crisis through forestation. Malcolm joined international experts and
- [WA Water Corporation showcases the waterwise projects transforming Greater Perth](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/wa-water-corporation-showcases-the-waterwise-projects-transforming-greater-perth/) - WA Water Corporation has progressed the vision for Greater Perth to be a leading waterwise city, by hosting a regional showcase of some of the outstanding waterwise projects delivering benefit to the community and environment. In WA, Water Corporation is using the term “Waterwise Cities” to communicate the concept of water sensitive cities to the
- [4th Water Sensitive Cities Conference 2019](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/wsc-conference-2019/) - Register now Download program Our speakers Presentations We’re excited to invite you to our 4th Water Sensitive Cities (WSC) Conference, which will be held at the Mercure Brisbane Hotel on Tuesday 26 to Thursday 28 March 2019. Our Water Sensitive Cities Conference series celebrates how water shapes our cities and towns into places that are
- [STORMWATER 2021 National Conference](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/stormwater-2021-national-conference/) - Stormwater Australia invite you to join us at STORMWATER 2021, the 6th National Conference on Urban Water Management convened by Stormwater Australia, to be held from Wednesday, 14th to Friday, 16th April at the Crown Promenade Melbourne, VIC. With over 300 delegates anticipated, it will be the one stop shop for industry professionals looking to
- [Effective and engaging digital collaboration (ONLINE interactive workshop)](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/effective-and-engaging-digital-collaboration-online-interactive-workshop/) - Feeling overwhelmed and exhausted by online meetings and managing conferencing technologies? Wanting ideas on how to make online collaborations more engaging and effective? Needing to still deliver your water projects and engage with all stakeholders in this new environment? The COVID-19 pandemic has necessitated a transition to increased online engagement and changed the way water
- [Seasonal operation of dual-mode biofilters: The influence of plant species on stormwater and greywater treatment](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/seasonal-operation-of-dual-mode-biofilters-the-influence-of-plant-species-on-stormwater-and-greywater-treatment/) - Abstract The use of stormwater biofilters (also known as bioretention systems and raingardens), in tropical and semi-arid areas is hindered by seasonal rainfall patterns which cause extended dry periods. These periods can result in plant die-off, long-term damage to system health and leaching of pollutants when stormwater inflows resume. Using an additional polluted water source
- [WA smart park on track to open, despite COVID-19](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/wa-smart-park-on-track-to-open-despite-covid-19/) - In yet another example of our ‘new normal’ way of doing business, the Water Sensitive Transition Network recently held three small-group tours of the City of Canning’s Wharf Street Basin Next Generation Community Park. Participants saw the works on-ground that are helping to transform Perth into a water sensitive city through the highly innovative smart
- [Water Sensitive Cities Institute is a core partner in a proposed new CRC](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/water-sensitive-cities-institute-is-a-core-partner-in-a-proposed-new-crc/) - The CRC for Water Sensitive Cities will wind up in June 2021, but our mission to make cities more water sensitive will continue. To help deliver that mission, the CRCWSC Board created the Water Sensitive Cities Institute. The Institute has been operating since July 2018 and is currently funding itself by delivering a range of
- [Top paper honour for CRCWSC’s Beata Sochacka](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/top-paper-honour-for-crcwscs-beata-sochacka/) - The CRCWSC’s Beata Sochacka will present her paper, Water and liveability – beyond the obvious, at OzWater’20 Online, and it’s already being recognised as one of the top 12 papers for the event, which runs 2–25 June. We asked Beata to tell us more about her paper ahead of OzWater’20 Online: “My paper examines the
- [Stormwater NSW Guidelines for the Maintenance of Stormwater Treatment Measures](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/stormwater-nsw-guidelines-for-the-maintenance-of-stormwater-treatment-measures/) - While the number of stormwater quality improvement systems continue to grow, the provision of reliable and informed guidance on their operation and maintenance has been much slower to materialise. This webinar will introduce and provide a general overview of the Stormwater NSW Guidelines for the Maintenance of Stormwater Treatment Measures. WHEN: June 2, 2020 @
- [Updated BCA Tool now available](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/updated-bca-tool-now-available/) - Following extensive industry consultation and a national training tour, we’ve recently updated our INFFEWS Benefit: Cost Analysis Tool, to make assessing water sensitive cities investments even more efficient. The BCA Tool comprises guidelines and spreadsheets to support balanced and systematic decision making and provide evidence for use in WSC investment business cases. The tool is
- [Join the biggest virtual water conference in the southern hemisphere!](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/join-the-biggest-virtual-water-conference-in-the-southern-hemisphere/) - Like so many organisations, the Australian Water Association has pivoted in light of the COVID-19 pandemic and has moved its popular annual Ozwater conference online. Ozwater’20 Online will now be the biggest virtual water conference in the southern hemisphere! The CRCWSC is well represented in the online program: Our CEO Ben Furmage will do a
- [Collaboration results in water management innovations for Fishermans Bend](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/collaboration-results-in-water-management-innovations-for-fishermans-bend/) - Integrated water management depends on quality partnerships. Partnerships support collaboration, align cultures, and build consensus. Multi-stakeholder forums can bring people together to build these enduring partnerships. A great example of a productive collaborative forum that achieved innovative, integrated water management solutions is at Fishermans Bend, in inner Melbourne. At the request of its partners, the
- [WSC future for WA’s Ocean Reef Marina](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/wsc-future-for-was-ocean-reef-marina/) - Late in 2019, the CRCWSC partnered with DevelopmentWA and the City of Joondalup to identify ways to improve the water performance of the Ocean Reef Marina, as well as ideas to embed these outcomes in the development process. The workshop is an example of our research synthesis program, in which we bring together stakeholders to
- [Stormwater Victoria Webinar Series](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/stormwater-victoria-webinar-series/) - Join us on the 21st and 28th May for the 2-part webinar focuses on the various angles of the Healthy Waterways Strategy (HWS) in Victoria. These webinars will explore various perspectives from government (State and Local) and practitioners to get a peek into policy, guidelines, and potential technical solutions for effective implementation. Healthy Waterways Strategy:
- [Collaborative planning for the Fishermans Bend Urban Redevelopment](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/collaborative-planning-for-the-fishermans-bend-urban-redevelopment/) - Insight Integrated water management requires partnerships that support collaboration, align cultures and build consensus. Sometimes, a catalyst is needed, such as creating a forum for sharing ideas, backed by enduring partnerships to bring these ideas to fruition.
- [Coming soon: Tips for better online engagement](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/coming-soon-tips-for-better-online-engagement/) - Six weeks into our ‘new normal’ operating conditions in response to the COVID-19 pandemic, it has been great to see how well everyone associated with the CRCWSC is adapting—our staff, researchers, partners and participants. With the support of our partners and the ‘can do’ attitude of the CRCWSC team, we’re continuing to release outcomes of
- [INFFEWS Rough BCA Tool](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/inffews-rough-bca-tool/) - Introduction The purpose of this excel-based tool is to provide a template with built in equations for conducting a quick and rough BCA based on a project. It must be used in conjunction with the Rough BCA Guidelines to follow step-by-step instructions on how to use the INFFEWS Rough BCA tool. This tool will support
- [INFFEWS BCA Tool: Comparison Tool](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/inffews-bca-tool-comparison-tool/) - Introduction The purpose of this excel-based tool is to provide a template for comparison of results for different projects or different project versions. This is to be used once you have completed more than one BCA using the INFFFEWS BCA tool version 2020.1 or later. This tool is designed to make “copy and paste” of
- [Scenario Tool now includes TARGET](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/scenario-tool-now-includes-target/) - We are pleased to announce we have integrated a beta version of our new TARGET (The Air-temperature Response to Green/blue infrastructure Evaluation Tool) module into our popular WSC Scenario Tool, and launched it via webinar to participants. TARGET is a new modelling function that can produce a time series of air temperatures, land surface temperatures
- [How to engage communities in WSC transitions](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/how-to-engage-communities-in-wsc-transitions/) - As cities and towns grapple globally with the challenges of climate change and rapid urbanisation, communities and governments are recognising the importance of water in supporting urban liveability, sustainability and resilience for a city’s long-term prosperity. Many are starting to plan for a water sensitive city (WSC) transition. But the characteristics of WSC transitions—complex, long-term,
- [TARGET User Training - WSC Scenario Tool](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/target-user-training-wsc-scenario-tool/) - The CRC for Water Sensitive Cities’ Tools and Products (TAP) team have completed the integration of the TARGET module into the WSC Scenario Tool. The TAP team regularly offers training on the different modules of the tool. The next online TARGET training is on 6 May 2020. For more details about TARGET see the newly
- [New passive irrigation guidelines to cool our cities](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/new-passive-irrigation-guidelines-to-cool-our-cities/) - We recently explored how vulnerable our cities can be to prolonged hot weather. Cities are prone to heatwaves (the silent killer) because they have less shading, less evapotranspiration and more waste heat from infrastructure and vehicles than regional and rural areas. We also talked about several CRCWSC collaborative projects that have demonstrated that more green
- [Designing for a cool city - Guidelines for passively irrigated landscapes](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/designing-for-a-cool-city-guidelines-for-passively-irrigated-landscapes/) - An introduction to passively irrigated landscapes Designing for a cool city is focused on increasing soil moisture and healthy vegetation to help reduce urban heat through evapotranspiration and shade. The diversion of stormwater into vegetated systems can improve the health of plants and trees, while turning stormwater from a nuisance into a valuable resource. This
- [Quantifying Intangible Benefits of Water Sensitive Urban Systems and Practices](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/quantifying-intangible-benefits-of-water-sensitive-urban-systems-and-practices/) - Abstract The positive impacts of water sensitive urban investments on the environment, community well-being, and lifestyles are widely recognised, but the process of formally quantifying these intangible benefits remains an underdeveloped research area. The monetary value of intangible benefits can be estimated using non-market valuation techniques. Here, we provide a review of over 190 existing
- [TARGET Launch; a new module integration of the WSC Scenario Tool](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/target-launch-a-new-module-integration-of-the-wsc-scenario-tool/) - The CRC for Water Sensitive Cities’ Tools and Products (TAP) team have completed the integration of the TARGET module into the WSC Scenario Tool. We launch the release with some key presentations from experts and industry users, followed by a 15-minute panel session where attendees are invited to direct questions to the presenters in a
- [Inner West Council releases guidelines for green roofs, walls and facades](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/inner-west-council-releases-guidelines-for-green-roofs-walls-and-facades/) - City cooling is one of the most important issues on the water sensitive cities agenda. The heat stored in roads, buildings and other structures makes cities hotter than rural areas. When combined with less shading, less evapotranspiration and more waste heat from infrastructure and vehicles, cities are particularly vulnerable to the urban heat island effect
- [From our home to yours: WSC stories](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/from-our-home-to-yours-wsc-stories/) - The CRCWSC has never let ‘business as usual’ thinking get in the way of its mission to create resilient, liveable, productive and sustainable cities and towns. In the current COVID19 environment, we’re thinking about ways to share stories and experiences, deliver our research findings, spread adoption of WSC principles and practices, and promote on-ground projects.
- [Integrated Water Management in practice (online)](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/integrated-water-management-in-practice-online/) - Overview Clearwater is excited to partner with the International WaterCentre (IWC) to deliver introduction to integrated water management (IWM) training in Victoria to support the implementation of Water for Victoria. IWM offers a sytems based process to approach the volatile, uncertain, complex and ambiguous (VUCA) situations and challenges we face in managing our cities and
- [Melbourne Cool Lines! Opening night — Melbourne Design Week 2020 [video]](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/melbourne-cool-lines/) - The exhibit takes the audience on a ‘cool line’ journey through models of a walkable urban landscape. It explores future scenarios for north-west Melbourne, using models of landscape design, architecture and urban design that combine green spaces and infrastructure with existing city infrastructure. These design interventions occupy and connect existing fragmented, green space and help
- [An interdisciplinary and catchment approach to enhancing urban flood resilience: a Melbourne case](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/an-interdisciplinary-and-catchment-approach-to-enhancing-urban-flood-resilience-a-melbourne-case/) - Abstract This paper presents a novel interdisciplinary and catchment-based approach for exploring urban flood resilience. Our research identified and developed a diverse set of adaptation measures for Elwood, a suburb in Melbourne, Australia, that is vulnerable to pluvial and coastal flooding. We drew on methods from social science, urban design and environmental engineering to gain
- [The Influence of Statutory Land Use Planning on Water Sensitive Design Practices](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/the-influence-of-statutory-land-use-planning-on-water-sensitive-design-practices/) - Abstract Regulation, including statutory land use planning law, is seen as an important way to encourage the adoption of water sensitive urban design (WSUD) practices. Despite this, there has been little empirical investigation of how statutory land use planning influences the uptake of WSUD practices, and how planning frameworks could be redesigned, to better support
- [New infill designs tested in Salisbury](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/update-on-irp4-research-in-salisbury-sa/) - Combining quality and visionary architectural design with good water performance is the best way to combat the threats to hydrology, resource efficiency, liveability and amenity that ‘business as usual’ (BAU) infill development causes in our cities. Our IRP4 (Water sensitive outcomes for infill developments) team is intervening in BAU infill by developing design alternatives for
- [SA communities support our infill designs](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/sa-communities-support-our-infill-designs/) - During February, Water Sensitive SA hosted four workshops to get the community thinking about implications for urban greening and stormwater management under South Australia’s new draft Planning and Development Code policies. To frame the discussions, the hosts used designs adapted from the CRCWSC’s draft infill typologies catalogue to demonstrate what a cooler greener future infill
- [Calling for public comment on infill typologies](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/calling-for-public-comment-on-infill-typologies/) - A significant output of our IRP4 (Water sensitive outcomes for infill developments) research team is the Infill typologies catalogue for informing better infill design. The catalogue features a range of housing typologies, at densities and configurations relevant to Australian cities and applicable to different contemporary infill development scenarios, and evaluated for their water sensitive performance.
- [E2DesignLab tests RESTORE: final report](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/e2designlab-tests-restore-final-report/) - We commissioned our partner E2DesignLab to conduct an independent review of our newly developed RESTORE Tool. E2DesignLab applied the tool to four sites along Scrubby Creek in the City of Logan, south-east Queensland. Now, we’ve released the findings from that pilot application. But, let’s start at the beginning. What is the RESTORE Tool? Our RESTORE
- [Chris Tanner talks WSC at UQ climate summit](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/chris-tanner-talks-wsc-at-uq-climate-summit/) - How will more frequent extreme weather events, such as flooding, cyclones or heat stress, caused by just 2 degrees of warming, affect our future placemaking? And what does this mean for our planning, environmental design, architecture and related practices? In late November 2019, The University of Queensland hosted the Shifting Climate/Shifting Places – UQ Placemaking
- [BCA Tool applied examples out now](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/bca-tool-applied-examples-out-now/) - Just like we’re making it easier for local governments to make business cases for WSC investments with a step-by-step handbook, we’re helping users of our Benefit Cost Analysis Tool to develop benefit cost analyses by releasing a booklet of applied examples. The INFFEWS Benefit Cost Analysis Tool: Booklet of applied examples is now available. Prepared
- [We’re adapting how we deliver our water sensitive cities mission](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/were-adapting-how-we-deliver-our-water-sensitive-cities-mission/) - 2020 is testing the resilience of our communities, infrastructure and institutions: drought, fires, floods and now the COVID-19 outbreak. Life is changing in Australia, as it is changing all around the world. Life is going to continue to change as we deal with the global coronavirus. This is a once in a hundred year type
- [Design Week exhibit explores WSC possibilities](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/design-week-exhibit-explores-wsc-possibilities/) - How do architecture and landscape approaches reconnect water, vegetal and human systems while enhancing accessibility, open space, water and air quality, health and wellbeing? This is the focus of a special blueprint presentation called Melbourne Cool Lines, presented by the CRCWSC, Monash Architecture, and the City of Melbourne, as part of Melbourne Design Week. Unfortunately,
- [We’re helping councils construct WSC business cases](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/were-helping-councils-construct-wsc-business-cases/) - The private and public sectors will both benefit from a reimagining of what it is to live, work and play in a metropolitan city that invests in water sensitive infrastructure to become more liveable, sustainable, resilient and productive. Both sectors have a role in redesigning and improving water management as part of this transition to
- [Recycled water ‘willingness to pay’ study released](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/recycled-water-willingness-to-pay-study-released/) - What are businesses willing to pay for wastewater in an area where both land and water use are well established? That’s what our IRP2 team explored for Perth’s Subiaco Wastewater Treatment Plant (WWTP). Subiaco WWTP is one of the largest treatment plants in Western Australia, servicing a catchment of around 240,000 people that includes the
- [Designing and evaluating water sensitive infill developments: a showcase of IRP4 **POSTPONED**](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/designing-and-evaluating-water-sensitive-infill-developments-a-showcase-of-crcwsc-irp4/) - Join the CRC for Water Sensitive Cities (CRCWSC) and its partners and learn about our suite of resources for guiding design and informing decisions on quality urban infill development. Australia’s leading professors of architecture from Monash University and The University of Western Australia have developed a catalogue of typologies for density living for greener,
- [We've cancelled our BCA Tool training workshop in Brisbane](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/training-in-two-popular-crcwsc-tools/) - UPDATE - 17 MARCH 2020 Given the increasing occurrence of COVID-19, the CRCWSC is reviewing, adapting and where appropriate delaying activities. This includes our upcoming Brisbane workshops about how to use two of our most popular tools—our Benefit Cost Analysis (BCA) Tool for assessing water-related investments, and our Value Tool for determining non-market and market
- [We've postponed  our Perth infill development workshop](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/register-for-our-perth-infill-development-workshop/) - UPDATE - 17 MARCH 2020 Given the increasing occurrence of COVID-19, the CRCWSC is reviewing, adapting and where appropriate delaying activities. We are postponing our Designing and Evaluating Water Sensitive Infill Developments Workshop. People who have already registered for this event will be notified via email. We plan to reschedule this event for a time
- [Register for the national sustainable built environment conference](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/register-for-the-national-sustainable-built-environment-conference/) - NEWS FLASH TRANSFORM 2020 will now be an online virtual conference. The complete conference program will be delivered via live streaming on 24 and 25 March, with all content uploaded for viewing post-event. All sessions will be filmed and remote speakers video conferenced where feasible. Delegates will be able to join the conversation and participate
- [IRP5 is kicking goals](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/irp5-is-kicking-goals/) - There’s lots of great news out of IRP5 (Guiding urban water management in areas that experience high seasonal groundwater)—the last of our integrated research projects to get underway. First, the IRP5 team released its first output—the Stage 1 report, Knowledge based water sensitive solutions for development in high groundwater environments. IRP5 aims to better understand
- [Supporting the implementation of water sensitive greenfield development in Townsville](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/supporting-the-implementation-of-water-sensitive-greenfield-development-in-townsville/) - This workshop is part of the Townsville action learning partnership, an initiative of the Cooperative Research Centre for Water Sensitive Cities and Townsville City Council. The initiative is considering the urban planning, water servicing and governance arrangements needed to deliver water sensitive greenfield development in Townsville. The objectives of this workshop are to: share key
- [Tony Wong has a new role at the CRC for Water Sensitive Cities](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/tony-wong-has-a-new-role-at-the-crc-for-water-sensitive-cities/) - After more than seven years as the CEO of the CRC for Water Sensitive Cities (CRCWSC), I have stepped down. My executive functions with both the CRCWSC and the Water Sensitive Cities Institute (WSCI) formally finished on Tuesday 25 February 2020—but my involvement with both organisations is far from over. I’ll be devoting my efforts
- [Our Chair reflects on Tony’s time as CEO](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/our-chair-reflects-on-tonys-time-as-ceo/) - I have known Tony, and of his work, for years before I was asked to join the bid for the CRC for Water Sensitive Cities as the independent Chair. It was why I accepted. I have long bought into the vision of water sensitive urban design, of water sensitive cities, of integrated water management and
- [Register for our INFFEWS Value Tool national training tour](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/register-for-our-inffews-value-tool-national-training-tour/) - Register Melbourne - 17 Sep 2019 Adelaide - 15 Oct 2019 Perth - 25 Oct 2019 Sydney - 31 Oct 19 Townsville - 6&7 Nov 19 Brisbane - 18 March 20 Are you interested in developing a broad understanding of how to use the CRCWSC’s INFFEWS Value Tool and how to adjust available information (values)
- [2019 IECA Australasian Conference and Stormwater Queensland Conference](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/2019-ieca/) - Stormwater Victoria would like to invite you to attend the 2019 IECA Australasian Conference and Stormwater Queensland Conference Queensland has some of the most beautiful and popular natural assets that drive huge economic benefits to the region. But are we doing enough to protect them? Do we actually understand what it is we are trying
- [City of Canning's Changing Your World Conference](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/city-of-cannings-changing-your-world-conference/) - Changing Your World Conference & Fair Where aspiration, innovation and inspiration come together for a sustainable future! Friday 6 March - Saturday 7 March 2020 The Changing Your World Conference & Fair is a showcase of innovation in the broader sustainability space over two days, connecting community, innovators, industry, research and government, building ideas and
- [Innovative idea becomes commercial reality](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/innovative-idea-becomes-commercial-reality/) - Our research into treating wastewater to extract valuable nutrients and save energy costs has resulted in a novel method for creating products for the lucrative fertiliser and fish feed industries, and more. The back story A team of researchers from UQ led the research for the CRCWSC’s Tranche 1 Project C2.1 Resource recovery from wastewater.
- [Another award for a CRCWSC PhD alumni](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/another-award-for-a-crcwsc-phd-alumni/) - CRCWSC PhD alumni, Dr Paul Satur, has won the AWA 2019 Victorian Young Water Professional of the Year award. Paul was awarded the honour for his substantial contribution to the Australian water sector as an early career environmental and social science researcher, reflecting his research with the CRCWSC and now his work at the Monash
- [Nanjing delegation learns from Melbourne's Docklands](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/nanjing-delegation-learns-from-melbournes-docklands/) - Senior delegates from the Chinese city of Nanjing toured Melbourne’s Docklands last year (November 2019) to see how Australia’s experience could inform their own urban water management. Nanjing is the capital city of Jiangsu Province, one of Victoria’s sister states. Professor Tony Wong and Jianbin Wang (our International Engagement Manager—Asia) took the 11 senior delegates,
- [Our 2019 stakeholder annual report focuses on our impact, and the news is good!](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/our-2019-stakeholder-annual-report-focuses-on-our-impact-and-the-news-is-good/) - According to the CRC for Water Sensitive Cities (CRCWSC) 2018-19 stakeholder annual report, we have exceeded expectations of how much we contribute to water sensitive city (WSC) outcomes in Australia and globally. We know our investment of more than $44 million over eight years in research and adoption activities has delivered value to our Participants,
- [Our Water Sensitive Cities Institute has a proposed new business model for post 2021](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/our-water-sensitive-cities-institute-has-a-proposed-new-business-model-for-post-2021/) - Given the success of the CRC for Water Sensitive Cities (CRCWSC), there is strong support to continue the water sensitive cities (WSC) mission and mainstream our progress. As Australian cities and towns face the impacts of urbanisation and climate change, all stakeholders understand we need resilient communities and smarter resource use. The CRCWSC has made
- [Constructing a business case for water sensitive investments - A guideline for local government](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/constructing-a-business-case-for-water-sensitive-investments-a-guideline-for-local-government-2/) - Introduction We need investment in water sensitive infrastructure to create cities that are more liveable, sustainable, resilient and prosperous. Local government has an important role in this transformation, as the owner and manager of roads and public open spaces, and as a planning authority. Water sensitive investments have clear benefits, but sometimes those benefits can
- [Chile has launched a 10 year water agenda](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/chile-has-launched-a-10-year-water-agenda/) - The CRC for Water Sensitive Cities was invited by the Superindendencia de Servicios Sanitarios (SISS)—the national water regulator of Chile—to speak at the launch of the country’s new 10 year water agenda, Agenda del Sector Sanitario 2030. The agenda outlines future water challenges in Chile, including climate change and urbanisation. It explains how the Chilean
- [Malcolm Eadie to speak at UDIA NSW drought briefing](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/malcolm-eadie-to-speak-at-udia-nsw-drought-briefing/) - The Urban Development Institute of Australia, NSW, will host a special drought briefing in Penrith later this month, and our Commercial Manager, Malcolm Eadie, will be part of the expert panel. What: Managing drought briefing: the future of water When: Tuesday 25 February 2020, 2.00 pm for a 2.15 pm start Networking drinks & canapes
- [Call for abstracts for International Conference on Urban Drainage 2020](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/call-for-abstracts-for-international-conference-on-urban-drainage-2020/) - If you would like to speak at the world’s biggest event in urban drainage—the 15th IWA/IAHR International Conference on Urban Drainage (ICUD), Melbourne, 6–11 September 2020—you can now lodge an extended abstract. The ICUD 2020 Committee is seeking abstracts that are relevant to sustainable urban drainage. The following broad themes may guide your ideas for submission:
- [A behavioral rebound effect](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/a-behavioral-rebound-effect/) - Abstract Pro-environmental behaviors are an important avenue for mitigating environmental impacts. Technological improvements are also a vital tool for reducing environmental damage from consumption. However, their benefits are partially offset by the direct rebound effect, whereby a consumer rationally responds to an increase in resource use efficiency by consuming more. This paper investigates whether technological
- [Urban water metabolism information for planning water sensitive city-regions](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/urban-water-metabolism-information-for-planning-water-sensitive-city-regions/) - Abstract Climate change and growing populations will stretch water resources in many city-regions globally, and urbanisation will continue to degrade water quality and upset natural hydrological flows. These pressures call for alternative urban water management approaches with improved connection with land use planning. Evaluating the water metabolism of urban areas gives a holistic picture of
- [Vision and Transition Strategy for a Water Sensitive Greater Perth - Implementation Plan 2019-2021](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/vision-and-transition-strategy-for-a-water-sensitive-greater-perth-implementation-plan/) - Introduction This Implementation Plan has been developed by the Perth Water Sensitive Transition Network with assistance from the Cooperative Research Centre for Water Sensitive Cities (CRCWSC). It outlines the actions and ideas the Water Sensitive Transition Network believe are important to implement the strategies in the Vision and Transition Strategy for a Water Sensitive Greater
- [Enter the Winter School Urban Design Challenge!](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/enter-the-winter-school-urban-design-challenge/) - What Winter School Urban Design Challenge—Water And Energy Systems Integration When 24–28 June 2019 Where The University of Queensland, St Lucia Registration closes 14 June. Total places limited to 65. REGISTER NOW The challenge Regional population is growing, but how do we ensure new developments are more liveable, efficient, sustainable, resilient and resource efficient? How
- [Our year 2019 - Aspiring, innovating, delivering](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/our-year-2019-aspiring-innovating-delivering/) - Our end-of-year video captures some highlights for 2019—and we all should be very proud of these achievements. As well as delivering what we promised, we’re securing our legacy as we approach our final year of operation in FY2021.
- [Working together we’re delivering what we promised and more](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/working-together-were-delivering-what-we-promised-and-more/) - 2019 has been another very productive year for the CRC for Water Sensitive Cities as we continue to focus on delivering high quality, award-winning research, industry-directed adoption activities and collaborative on-ground works that put water sensitive principles into practice. For many around Australia, 2019 has been dry. Many regional and rural areas are approaching day
- [WA Government releases a new plan for a ‘waterwise’ Perth](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/wa-government-releases-a-new-plan-for-a-waterwise-perth/) - It's fantastic to see Perth and Western Australia applying the research and kicking so many water sensitive city goals domestically and internationally. The latest is the WA Government’s release of the Waterwise Perth Action Plan—a coordinated state government response to the impacts of climate change and the agreed direction for transitioning Perth to a leading
- [We’ve been refining the Scenario Tool](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/weve-been-refining-the-scenario-tool/) - Our TAP (Tools and Products) team has been refining the Scenario Tool, a planning-support tool that allows users to assess the evolution of urban infrastructure, water networks and population demographics. It uses available data and running models to simulate different scenarios. We’ll be releasing a new version in 2020 The team is currently testing the
- [Our PhD candidate wins AWA WA Student Water Prize](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/our-phd-candidate-wins-awa-wa-student-water-prize/) - Jen Middleton, a CRCWSC PhD candidate, has won the prestigious AWA Student Water Prize for WA. Her research is at the cutting edge of our current scientific understanding of aquatic function, linking macro-scale management of vegetation and water quality with micro-scale microbial processes. Jen won the award for her work titled, Unravelling stream ecosystem functioning
- [CRCWSC to co-host international urban drainage conference in 2020](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/crcwsc-to-co-host-international-urban-drainage-conference-in-2020/) - As we approach the final year of the CRCWSC, we are developing initiatives that best disseminate our outputs among our stakeholders, governments and the community at large. We have accomplished a great deal through our collaboration over the eight years. A body of world-class work with international applicability has been established—new knowledge, alliances and practical
- [Heatwaves are silent killers — let’s keep our cities cool](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/heatwaves-are-silent-killers-lets-keep-our-cities-cool/) - Officially, it’s only the fourth day of summer. But we all know many parts of the country have been experiencing high temperatures and low rainfall for some time. News headlines have been heralding the hot weather and its effects: Worse than Black Saturday: Victoria braces for ‘very extreme’ heatwaves—November 2019 Melbourne matches hottest November day
- [Policy influence: tactics and strategies for researchers](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/policy-influence-tactics-and-strategies-for-researchers/) - The CRCWSC project A3.3 Strategies for influencing the political dynamics of decision making examined strategies and tactics for influencing opinion formation and policy making, to facilitate progress towards water sensitive cities. This report is intended to function as a manual to help scientists understand both the ‘rules of the game’ and tips on how to
- [Water Sensitive Cities Institute showcased online](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/water-sensitive-cities-institute-showcased-online/) - The Water Sensitive Cities Institute is an exciting new development to help foster the uptake of water sensitive principles after the CRCWSC’s current term expires in 2021. To explain its purpose and role, the Institute and the commercial consulting services it offers are now featured on our web site. A wholly owned subsidiary of the
- [Perth’s WSC transition studied in Texas](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/perths-wsc-transition-studied-in-texas/) - Australia’s water sensitive cities research and experience is increasingly being sought internationally, and Perth is a leading example of what’s possible for cities making the transition to a cleaner and sustainable water future. Indeed, researchers at Texas A&M University are so interested in Perth’s journey and the whole CRCWSC agenda and initiatives, they invited Dr
- [Vancouver adopts WSC strategy](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/vancouver-adopts-wsc-strategy/) - The CRCWSC’s research is having a strong impact internationally, particularly in India, China, Indonesia, Fiji—and now Canada. The City of Vancouver Council has formally adopted a strategic plan to become a water sensitive city. Former CRCWSC PhD student, Gemma Dunn (originally from Monash University), is now a water sustainability specialist in Vancouver and acted as
- [Easy access to WSC resources: free webinar](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/easy-access-to-wsc-resources-free-webinar/) - What: Date: Time: Venue: FREE CRCWSC Web Tour Thursday 28 November 4.00pm – 5.00pm (AEST) Webinar (remote) Register here After seven productive years of research and adoption activities, the CRCWSC web site is full of resources and tools that support water sensitive cities practices and transitions. Most of our resources are publicly available, but some
- [Learn about urban infill for middle density living](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/learn-about-urban-infill-for-middle-density-living/) - Event: Date: Time: Venue: Cost: The missing middle and more – typologies for a cooler, greener urban form 5 December 2019 9 am–12:45 pm Stamford Plaza, 50 North Terrace, Adelaide Special discounted price of $50.00 for CRCWSC partners Register here The CRCWSC’s research confirms that placing people and how we live at the centre of
- [IRP2 Stakeholder Engagement Evaluation: Mid Project Review](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/irp2-stakeholder-engagement-evaluation-mid-project-review/) - IRP2 has a strong focus on working with key stakeholders, especially end users such as local government and water utilities, to ensure that they will want to use the tools, frameworks, information and lessons generated from the Project. A mid-project evaluation of IRP2 was undertaken to: assess whether the activities, outputs and communications as laid
- [4th Water Sensitive Cities Conference - Presentations](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/4th-water-sensitive-cities-conference-presentations/) - The Water Sensitive Cities Conferences are a celebration of how water shapes our cities and towns into places that are more liveable, resilient, and sustainable. “Delivering the transition” approaches, activities, and achievements will be central to the 2019 conference, the forth in the series. We hope you enjoyed the experience and have gained some valuable
- [Overview: IRP4 — Water sensitive outcomes for infill developments](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/overview-irp4-water-sensitive-outcomes-for-infill-developments/) - Most major Australian cities expect significant infill development over the coming decades. But without significant intervention, ‘business as usual’ development is expected to seriously undermine the hydrology, resource efficiency, liveability and amenity of our cities. IPR4 leads the way in tackling this problem, by developing industry focused tools to assess these impacts for infill developments,
- [The missing middle & more - typologies for a cooler, greener urban form](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/the-missing-middle-more-typologies-for-a-cooler-greener-urban-form/) - Register Adelaide - Thursday 5 December Water Sensitive SA and CRC for Water Sensitive Cities come together to present an overview of a suite of resources to guide design and inform decisions on quality urban infill in the “missing middle”. Australia’s leading professors of architecture from Monash University and University of Western Australia have developed
- [RISE milestone reached in Makassar](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/rise-milestone-reached-in-makassar/) - Batua settlement in Makassar City, Indonesia, is the first neighbourhood to be upgraded with sustainable water and sanitation infrastructure under the Revitalising Informal Settlements and their Environments (RISE) program—and Professor Tony Wong was there to celebrate the milestone. The newly upgraded neighbourhood was officially opened at a ceremony on 19 October, which Tony attended as
- [RESTORE tool profiled at Riversymposium](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/restore-tool-profiled-at-riversymposium/) - In another great example of our Participants adopting our tools and using them in practice, Sally Boer from E2Designlab presented our RESTORE tool at the 22nd International River Symposium at the Brisbane Convention and Exhibition Centre on Monday 21 October. Sally’s presentation on the opening day of the four-day international event was titled RESTOREing waterways:
- [WSC visioning prompts statutory recognition for circular economy precinct](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/wsc-visioning-prompts-statutory-recognition-for-circular-economy-precinct/) - Once the CRCWSC completes a collaborative visioning exercise with a group of stakeholders, a range of significant water sensitive cities outcomes often flow. A great example is in Perth, where this year the City of Nedlands Local Planning Scheme No 3 gazetted a new Special Control Area for the Subiaco Wastewater Treatment Plant Strategic Water
- [Dr Briony Rogers talks Vic water impact](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/dr-briony-rogers-talks-vic-water-impact/) - On 17 October, our Chief Research Officer, Dr Briony Rogers, was part of a three-member panel for the Victorian branch of the Australian Water Association’s technical event, Our water life. The event explored the interconnections between policy, industry and community, and how they’re influencing water management in Victoria. Briony joined Warren Price (Infrastructure Delivery Coordinator
- [New case studies reveal WSC innovations and lessons](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/new-case-studies-reveal-wsc-innovations-and-lessons/) - We like to profile recently completed projects to highlight the drivers, innovations and lessons learnt, because we know that sharing knowledge encourages research adoption and spurs innovation. We now have three new case studies hot off the press: Moonee Valley—early application of the Water Sensitive Cities (WSC) Index Tool to Moonee Valley City Council Gold
- [Two Tranche 1 PhDs exhibit research](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/two-tranche-1-phds-exhibit-research/) - We congratulate two PhD students for their exhibition about their research at the MADA Faculty Gallery last month. PhDs Gyongyver Engloner and Daniel Nyandega were attached to the CRCWSC’s Tranche 1 project D5.1 – Urban intensification and green infrastructure. Gyongyver Engloner’s thesis is Water imprint: catchment thinking as a new approach to rethink urban densification
- [Two new takes on water sensitive behaviours](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/two-new-takes-on-water-sensitive-behaviours/) - Ever wondered why water saving behaviours drop off after households install water saving devices or technologies? Or whether saving money is the only driver for a family deciding to cut its water bill? These two fascinating questions are the subject of new CRCWSC research into behavioural economics, and we’ve just released an industry note about
- [Using social norms as incentives for demand management](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/using-social-norms-as-incentives-for-demand-management/) - Overview Economists and policy makers use both economic and non-economic incentives to encourage consumers and providers to adopt new systems and technologies. This is particularly so for the environment sector, where incentives either do not exist or do not properly align with socially desirable behaviours such as adopting water sensitive practices. Both internal and external
- [CRCWSC staffing update](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/staffing-update/) - Some familiar faces have left us and some new members have joined us. Here’s the latest on our team: Changes in regional management We said goodbye to two regional managers this quarter: Euan Hind (Victoria) and Kristy Good (NSW). Euan moved with his family to Dunedin, NZ, and Kristy took up a role at Blacktown
- [Moonee Valley Water Sensitive Cities Benchmarking](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/moonee-valley-water-sensitive-cities-benchmarking/) - Project description The Moonee Valley City Council area is mostly residential and covers 43km2 close to Melbourne’s CBD. It was the first area to apply the WSC Index Tool beyond the trial phase. During a one-day workshop, Council and external stakeholders worked together through a facilitated three-step process to agree on the local government area’s
- [CRCWSC delivers capacity building training in Amaravati](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/crcwsc-delivers-capacity-building-training-in-amaravati/) - As you know, we’ve been working for some time on projects in two cities in the Indian state of Andhra Pradesh under the Australia-Andhra Pradesh Water Sensitive City Partnership. The partnership was created as a platform to share Australia’s urban water management expertise, with critical support from the Australian Water Partnership and the Department of
- [Creating transformation from crisis: a message from Tony](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/creating-transformation-from-crisis-a-message-from-tony/) - From our CEO, Professor Tony Wong: I recently presented one of the international keynotes at the annual Water New Zealand Conference and Expo held in Hamilton, NZ, in late September. I used this platform to implore our colleagues in New Zealand to not waste the opportunity for transformative change in the country’s water sector, brought
- [Strong progress in Tranche 2](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/tranche-2-update/) - The CRCWSC Tranche 2 Research Program is continuing as planned, and we successfully delivered all milestones and deliverables for Q4. The research portfolio continues to engage with participants and external stakeholders to find new linkages between industry and research. Strong progress across the projects IRP1 WSC visions and transition strategies We completed the project in
- [Urbanization and Stormwater Management Effects on Catchment-scale Hydrology (IECA Australian Conference and Stormwater Queensland Conference presentation)](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/urbanization-and-stormwater-management-effects-on-catchment-scale-hydrology-ieca-australian-conference-and-stormwater-queensland-conference-presentation/) - Discussion In theory it is possible to return predevelopment hydrology if SCM network, perfectly mitigate all effects of urbanisation. In practice the goal of stormwater management which is broadly around restoring the predevelopment hydrology is rarely achieved. Most studies detected changes in small changes in hydrology such as reduction in annual runoff. All the empirical
- [City of Gold Coast Water Sensitive City Transition Strategy](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/city-of-gold-coast-water-sensitive-city-transition-strategy/) - Project description The City of Gold Coast was one of the early adopters in applying the CRC for Water Sensitive Cities’ Transition Planning Process to develop a water sensitive city vision and transition strategy. The project involved a series of collaborative workshops with 76 leaders and strategic thinkers in the Gold Coast region across water,
- [IRP3 Brabham Water Innovation Collaborative Workshop #4](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/irp3-brabham-water-innovation-collaborative-workshop-4/) - The Brabham action learning partnership is an initiative of the CRC for Water Sensitive Cities (CRCWSC) and its WA partners. It is one of a number of case studies being undertaken as part of a national project addressing integrated urban and water planning to guide water sensitive urban development outcomes (IRP3). The Brabham case study
- [Implementation plan released for a water sensitive Greater Perth](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/implementation-plan-released-for-a-water-sensitive-greater-perth/) - Perth and Peel stakeholders are pushing full steam ahead on creating a city that manages water in the urban landscape in ways that create healthy environments and great places to live, now and in the future. The latest milestone for the city’s Water Sensitive Transition Network (WSTN) is the release of the Vision and Transition
- [Linking greenspace frameworks to delivery of water sensitive cities](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/linking-greenspace-frameworks-to-delivery-of-water-sensitive-cities-2/) - We’ve just released a new fact sheet exploring how integrating urban and regional planning with green space planning results in better water resources management, particularly flood management. When approached together, both planning agendas can protect and enhance ecosystem services and have other ecological and social benefits, especially flood management. The new fact sheet summarises the
- [We’ll have more accredited WSC Index providers in more places](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/well-have-more-accredited-wsc-index-providers-in-more-places/) - Last year, we started accrediting industry providers to deliver water sensitive cities benchmarking and visioning services, using the Water Sensitive Cities Index. The Index is our first tool to be rolled out at this scale. Accrediting industry providers and working with them to co-develop the best delivery model is a key step in rolling out
- [Guiding urban water management in areas with high groundwater](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/guiding-urban-water-management-in-areas-with-high-groundwater/) - Our IRP5 project (Guiding urban water management in areas that experience high seasonal groundwater) aims to improve how we manage water in urban developments impacted by high groundwater. CRCWSC research from Tranche 1 and IRP5 Stage 1 highlighted that there is debate among water management practitioners about whether some of the current approaches and assumptions
- [OzWater'19 is coming: get the latest on water industry trends and information](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/ozwater19-is-coming-get-the-latest-on-water-industry-trends-and-information/) - What Ozwater’19 Conference and Trade Exhibition When 7–9 May 2019 Where Melbourne Convention Exhibition Centre, Melbourne, Victoria REGISTER NOW The Ozwater‘19 Conference and Trade Exhibition brings together water professionals from across Australia and around the world, to share ideas on the future of Australia’s water. The CRCWSC is excited to be involved in this year’s
- [Want an update on our projects?](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/want-update-projects/) - Here’s a rundown on the status of our Integrated Research Projects (IRPs) and Tools and Products (TAP) program as we head into 2018. Water sensitive city visions and transition strategies (IRP1) Status: commenced 1 October 2016, due for completion 30 June 2018 IRP1 aims to deliver methods and tools for guiding cities and towns towards
- [National Training Sessions - INFFEWS Value Tool](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/national-training-inffews-value-tool/) - Register Melbourne - 17 Sep 2019 Adelaide - 15 Oct 2019 Perth - 25 Oct 2019 Sydney - 31 Oct 19 Townsville - 6&7 Nov 19 Brisbane - Feb 20 (TBC) The CRC for Water Sensitive Cities’ Comprehensive Economic Evaluation Framework (IRP2) invites you to a training workshop focused on applying the INFFEWS Value Tool
- [Indonesian community co-designs water solutions](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/indonesian-community-co-designs-water-solutions/) - RISE (Revitalising Informal Settlements and their Environments) is establishing processes that will enable sustainable uptake of water and sanitation interventions in Indonesia and Fiji. Community co-design is at the heart of the RISE project. Recently, they’ve been working with the community of Lempangang, Indonesia. The community identified that one of the main water-related challenges for
- [Gold Coast Strategy to protect world famous waterways](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/gold-coast-strategy-to-protect-world-famous-waterways/) - If you’re thinking about the Gold Coast, you’re probably thinking about water—the beaches, the canals and estuaries, the wetlands, the streams and waterfalls in the hinterland. Water is what attracts so many people to the Gold Coast—both as a place to live and as a holiday destination. So, it’s not surprising that the City of
- [Find out what happened at the Water and Energy Systems Integration Winter School Urban Design Challenge!](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/find-out-what-happened-at-the-water-and-energy-systems-integration-winter-school-urban-design-challenge/) - The Urban Design Challenge Winter School challenges multidisciplinary teams of planners, architects, engineers and others, to create new urban developments that are more liveable, sustainable, resilient and resource efficient. In a fast-paced competitive environment, eight teams competed in rounds to find ways to create hybrid water and energy systems and integrate into existing infrastructure to
- [Help us mainstream water sensitive cities practices](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/help-us-mainstream-water-sensitive-cities-practices/) - We’d love to see you at one of our upcoming workshops, where we’ll be developing and prioritising activities for mainstreaming water sensitive cities practices in your region. We’re hitting the road from 10 September to 26 September to meet as many Participants and other stakeholders as possible. You’ll find us in these cities on these
- [The Influence of Statutory Land Use Planning on Water Sensitive Design Practices (Stormwater Conference 2018 presentation)](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/the-influence-of-statutory-land-use-planning-on-water-sensitive-design-practices-stormwater-conference-2018-presentation/) - Introduction to the research Objective: to use case studies to examine how statutory land use planning (SLUP) influences the adoption of water sensitive urban design (WSUD) practices. The findings of the research will help to build SLUP systems that better support WSUD implementation WSUD: 'an approach to urban planning and design that integrates the management
- [Book Chapter: Integrated Urban Water Systems](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/book-chapter-integrated-urban-water-systems/) - Introduction This chapter provides information on the potential role of Integrated Urban Water Systems in sustainable urban development. It considers how water management can help improve not only water resource management, but also energy use, greenhouse gas emissions and liveability.
- [We’ve updated the INFFEWS Benefit: Cost Analysis Tool](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/weve-updated-the-inffews-benefit-cost-analysis-tool/) - A huge thank you to the 100+ organisations that downloaded and trialled INFFEWS over the past 12 months. Where possible, the various suggestions for improvement have been incorporated into the updated Benefit: Cost Analysis (BCA) Tool. We now have some robust examples where the tools and resources are being applied, and we look forward to
- [Partners demonstrate how CRCWSC tools work in practice](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/partners-demonstrate-how-crcwsc-tools-work-in-practice/) - As a cooperative research centre, one of our objectives is for our partners to take our tools and research, and demonstrate how they can be used in practice. And that’s exactly what happened at the recent Liveable Cities Conference in Adelaide (12–13 August). An annual event, the theme of this year’s conference was 2020 and
- [Tony Wong talks circular economies in Qingdao (China)](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/tony-wong-talks-circular-economies-in-qingdao-china/) - On 26 June, I had the pleasure of presenting a keynote address at the Qingdao International Water Conference, a gathering of over 600 water industry practitioners from China and internationally. Now into its 14th year, this annual conference and exhibition showcases domestic and industrial water treatment technologies, including water desalination and industrial wastewater treatment. Having
- [How water sensitive cities deliver health outcomes](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/how-water-sensitive-cities-deliver-health-outcomes/) - CRC for Water Sensitive Cities (CRCWSC), the Water Services Association of Australia (WSAA), Water Corporation of Western Australia and New Water Ways would like to invite you to attend a seminar + workshop on a range of health outcomes derived from investments in the transition to sustainable, resilient, productive and liveable cities. This workshop will
- [Free WSC health outcomes seminar in Perth](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/free-wsc-health-outcomes-seminar-in-perth/) - Are you interested in the potential health outcomes that could be realised through facilitating water sensitive cities? Come to our FREE seminar and workshop in Perth to deep dive into the range of health outcomes possible from investing in transitions to sustainable, resilient, productive and liveable cities. WHAT: How water sensitive cities deliver health outcomes
- [Stormwater guidelines turn 20](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/bpem-celebrates-20-years/) - This year marks 50 years since the moon landing. And it's 20 years since the publication of the Urban Stormwater Best Practice Environmental Management Guidelines—as part of an initiative led by Chris Chesterfield when he was at Melbourne Water, aimed at fundamentally changing stormwater management practice in Australia. First published in 1999, the guidelines included
- [Botswana delegation learns about WSC](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/botswana-delegation-learns-about-wsc/) - Having overseas delegates declare they have a better perspective on their local water issues following a study tour of water sensitive cities initiatives in Australia is the best possible outcome. It’s certainly the message the CRCWSC received from delegates from the Botswana Ministry for Water, Land and Sanitation, who visited Australia in late June to
- [Guiding integrated urban and water planning (Ozwater'19 podcast)](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/guiding-integrated-urban-and-water-planning-ozwater19-podcast/) - Description Chris Chesterfield from the CRC for Water Sensitive Cities speaks to Jo Taranto about guiding integrated urban and water planning.
- [Guiding integrated urban and water planning (Ozwater'19 conference paper)](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/guiding-integrated-urban-and-water-planning/) - Abstract The CRC for Water Sensitive Cities (CRCWSC) research project, Guiding Integrated Urban and Water Planning (IRP3) recognises that achieving innovative water sensitive outcomes requires greater integration between urban and water planning. The new project aims to explore how urban development can be deliberately guided through planning to achieve water sensitive outcomes at a range
- [Check out our Understanding water words resource](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/check-out-our-understanding-water-words-resource/) - Do you know what an alternative water supply is? How about green infrastructure? And just what is the urban heat island effect? If you’ve ever wondered about these or other water sensitive terms, now you can find the answer. A new resource on our website—Understanding water words—lists common words and terms that we use when
- [Mellissa Bradley wins leadership award](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/mellissa-bradley-wins-leadership-award/) - The CRCWSC’s SA Regional Manager and Water Sensitive SA’s Program Manager, Mellissa Bradley, won the coveted leadership award at the recent Water Industry Alliance’s 2019 Smart Water Awards. The award honours Mellissa’s 25-year career in the water industry and particularly her work in mainstreaming water sensitive urban design (WSUD) practice to create cooler, greener communities
- [IRP3 Brabham Water Innovation Collaborative Workshop #3](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/brabham-water-innovation-collaborative-workshop-3/) - The Brabham action learning partnership is an initiative of the CRC for Water Sensitive Cities (CRCWSC) and its WA partners. It is one of a number of case studies being undertaken as part of a national project addressing integrated urban and water planning to guide water sensitive urban development outcomes (IRP3). The Brabham case study
- [Promoting Spillover: How Past Behaviors Increase Environmental Intentions by Cueing Self-Perceptions](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/promoting-spillover-how-past-behaviors-increase-environmental-intentions-by-cueing-self-perceptions/) - Abstract Behavioral spillover theory has potential for promoting meaningful behaviour change. Spillover occurs when engagement in environmental behaviors affects the adoption of other environmental behaviors. By testing a new experimental model of spillover, this article is the first to concurrently investigate three predicted mechanisms of spillover—self-identity, self-efficacy, and contribution ethic—on different types of environmental behavior.
- [How has urban water metabolism been communicated? Perspectives from the USA, Europe and Australia](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/how-has-urban-water-metabolism-been-communicated-perspectives-from-the-usa-europe-and-australia/) - Abstract Urban metabolism is increasingly being adopted to guide city planning towards improved water, energy and material efficiency. Stakeholder participation in the adoption of this concept will be important, and hence effective communication will be crucial. This study aimed to determine how urban metabolism has been communicated and interpreted, with attention to water. The approach included
- [Quantifying the hydrological performance of infill development](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/quantifying-the-hydrological-performance-of-infill-development/) - Abstract Water performance will be an important design criterion for urban development in Australia’s cities, to mitigate the adverse impacts of urban densification and expansion on hydrology, water quality, and water use efficiency. We demonstrate how one aspect, hydrological performance, can be quantified to inform more water-sensitive urban designs at the site scale. It is
- [IRP3 Brabham Water Innovation Collaborative Workshop #2](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/brabham-water-innovation-collaborative-workshop-2/) - The Brabham action learning partnership is an initiative of the CRC for Water Sensitive Cities (CRCWSC) and its WA partners. It is one of a number of case studies being undertaken as part of a national project addressing integrated urban and water planning to guide water sensitive urban development outcomes (IRP3). The Brabham case study
- [Wastewater resource recovery project wins a 2018 Australian Water Award](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/wastewater-resource-recovery-project-wins-a-2018-australian-water-award/) - A CRCWSC project—Purple phototrophic bacteria (PPB) for resource recovery from wastewater—won the national Research Innovation Award at the 2018 Australian Water Awards. The prize recognises projects that encourage novel approaches to water resources management. PPB certainly is novel. This light-sensitive bacteria extracts nutrients (potassium, phosphorous and nitrogen) from wastewater (treated sewage), converting them into solids.
- [Here’s a status update on our projects](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/heres-a-status-update-on-our-projects/) - It's the start of a new financial year, so now is a great time to update you on the status of our Integrated Research Projects (IRPs) and Tools and Products (TAP) program. Water sensitive city visions and transition strategies (IRP1) Status: commenced 1 October 2016, completed December 2018 IRP1 delivered methods and tools for guiding
- [Our social media profile is growing!](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/our-social-media-profile-is-growing/) - Did you know 3.2 billion people are active on social media daily? That’s 42 per cent of the global population—and one of the reasons why, on 1 July 2018, the CRCWSC kicked off a focused strategy to build our social media profile. One year on, we’re seeing strong results. As an organisation, we knew social
- [Transformative Cities CRC Stage 1 funding application](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/transformative-cities-crc-stage-1-funding-application/) - Cities are Australia’s economic powerhouses, generating over 80% of GDP and home to over 80% of our people. But their ongoing productivity is at risk from ageing infrastructure, increasingly brittle built environments and climate change impacts. Growing populations and bigger cities can drive our success as a knowledge-based economy, but the infrastructure technologies and practices
- [Professor Rob Skinner awarded AM](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/professor-rob-skinner-awarded-am/) - On behalf of the CRCWSC and the entire water industry, I congratulate Professor Rob Skinner on being awarded the Member of the Order of Australia (AM) for significant service to environmental water management. Among his many commitments, Rob is the Deputy Chair of the CRCWSC, Professorial Fellow and Director of Monash Water Sensitive Cities at
- [CRC helping China to value water in an ecological civilisation](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/crc-helping-china-to-value-water-in-an-ecological-civilisation/) - Our International Engagement Manager (Asia) Jianbin Wang and Professor David Pannell, project member on IRP2 (Comprehensive Economic Evaluation Framework) participated in a high level seminar in Beijing last month. The seminar—Valuing Water in the Era of an Ecological Civilisation—was organised jointly by the Development Research Centre of State Council and the World Bank. Both David
- [Water sensitive city visions and transition strategies (IRP1)](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/project-irp1/) - Overview This project aimed to deliver a suite of methods and tools for developing strategic guidance to cities and towns wanting to accelerate and build momentum for the transition towards their envisioned water sensitive future. The project developed water sensitive city visions and transition strategies for five case study regions across Australia: Greater Perth, Bendigo,
- [RISE PhD Scholarship Opportunities](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/rise-phd-scholarship-opportunities/) - Four PhD research opportunities - Revitalising Informal Settlements and their Environments (RISE) program Current opportunities with RISE: PhD research (four opportunities) 3-year scholarship Expected start: February 2020 Domestic fees at Monash University covered Stipend: AUD $27,872 p.a. What is the Revitalising Informal Settlements and their Environments (RISE) program? RISE is an action-research program exploring how
- [Collaboration with WA Water Corp leads to better outcomes for IRP2](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/collaboration-with-wa-water-corp-leads-to-better-outcomes-for-irp2/) - The CRCWSC’s IRP2 team collaborated with the Water Corporation of Western Australia (one of our Essential Participants) to research social preferences for land uses in wastewater treatment plant buffer zones. Part of the CRCWSC’s tranche 1 research program, this non-market valuation study used the choice experiment method. It is the first known study globally to
- [Water's Role in Liveability](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/waters-role-liveability/)
- [Draft resources for informing better infill design](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/draft-resources-for-informing-better-infill-design/) - Our IRP4 (Water sensitive outcomes for infill developments) team has prepared two new resources in draft for consultation—a typologies catalogue of dwelling designs for water sensitive infill development, and an evaluation framework that provides consistent and objective methods for evaluating the water sensitive performance of alternative infill design options. Both outputs will be used in
- [MSDI releases annual impact report 2018](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/msdi-releases-annual-impact-report-2018/) - The Monash Sustainable Development Institute (MSDI) has just released its annual impact report for 2018, outlining its research, education and innovation activities towards achieving the UN Sustainable Development Goals. The MSDI is focused on generating change at scale for the benefit of people and the planet. The CRCWSC works with the MSDI on the RISE
- [Our water economics research wins big!](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/our-water-economics-research-wins-big/) - Our IRP2 (Comprehensive Economic Evaluation Framework) project team presented their water economics research at the 2019 Australasian Agricultural and Resource Economics Society (AARES) Conference in Melbourne earlier this year, and took out three prestigious awards: 2019 Quality of Research Communication Award for ‘Use of economic analysis in water management in Western Australia’ by Sayed Iftekhar,
- [WSC Transition Planning brochures available](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/wsc-transition-planning-brochures-available/) - Have you ever wondered how water sensitive is your city? Or, do you need help transitioning to a water sensitive city? We’ve just produced two brochures to help you better understand the logistics and benefits of using our Water Sensitive Cities Transition Planning Process. The first brochure covers Module 1 of the Transition Planning Process—applying
- [Scaling up design typologies using our Scenario Tool: training](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/scaling-up-design-typologies-using-our-scenario-tool-training/) - Scenario Tool training seminar 2—Testing new typologies, with E2Designlab When? 3–3.30 pm AEST, Wednesday 5 June 2019 Where? Online (via Zoom) What? Learn how to scale up design typologies to larger scale precincts, with Dylan Cain from E2Designlab Register now > Join us for the second seminar in our Scenario Tool training series, where we
- [Chris Chesterfield discusses Birrarung Council](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/chris-chesterfield-discusses-birrarung-council/) - As Chair of Birrarung Council, the statutory body established under new legislation in 2018 as a ‘voice of the Yarra River’, our Strategic Director Engagement, Chris Chesterfield, has been busy discussing the Council’s work and priorities. The role of the 11-member Birrarung Council is to advise the Victorian Government about how to best use the
- [Goulburn workshops inspire community champions](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/goulburn-workshops-inspire-community-champions/) - It’s sometimes easier to see a water sensitive community in action than to describe one. This was certainly the case at the recent community visioning workshops we facilitated in collaboration with Goulburn Mulwaree Council and WaterNSW. Feeling inspired and enthusiastic, several participants took immediate action to progress the ideas of the wider group—clearly demonstrating the
- [Linking Urban Water Management to Urban Liveability](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/linking-urban-water-management-to-urban-liveability/) - Abstract Water scarcity has driven new ways of using water within our cities. While consumptive uses were previously linked to potable water supply systems, other urban water, such as stormwater and wastewater, was not utilised and created environmental and safety issues through its disposal. Maintaining secure water supplies throughout drought has led to the recognition
- [Trees for a cool city: Guidelines for optimised tree placement](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/trees-cool-city-guidelines-optimised-tree-placement/) - Trees for a cool city provides guidelines on placing street trees for the largest cooling benefits for human thermal comfort. It explains where to place trees within street design and orientation, and emphasises the use of urban water management to achieve well-watered trees with healthy, shading canopies. To aid users at both landscape and street
- [Ozwater’19: it’s a wrap!](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/ozwater19-its-a-wrap/) - The annual OzWater international water conference and exhibition is always an outstanding opportunity to build relationships and share information among the water industry, and OzWater’19 didn’t disappoint. We made the most of the three-day event in Melbourne from 7–9 May by presenting four sessions and hosting a booth at the trade exhibition. This year’s event
- [Chris Tanner to present on ShapingSEQ](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/chris-tanner-to-present-on-shapingseq/) - What Landscape Irrigation Conference and Exhibition 2019 When 18–20 June 2019 Where Gold Coast Convention and Exhibition Centre, Queensland Chris Tanner will be on stage on Tuesday 18 June 2019 from 4.00–4.30 pm. REGISTER NOW Register now to see our Queensland Regional Manager, Chris Tanner, present on ShapingSEQ—an integrated approach of planning and management on
- [Street trees drastically reduce urban heat in Dubbo](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/street-trees-drastically-reduce-urban-heat-in-dubbo/) - What happens when an Australian inland regional council strategically plants street trees on one of its hottest and busiest streets, using CRCWSC research and recommended tools as a guide? The council reduces land surface temperature by a massive 20˚C and secures other health and environmental benefits. This is exactly what Dubbo Regional Council achieved through
- [Behavioural Roadmap](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/behavioural-roadmap/) - This document provides information to water managers who plan to encourage householders to save water, it has been designed to highlight the development of the Behavioural Roadmap. The Roadmap presents assessments of the impact and likelihood of householders performing a range of water saving behaviours. It is produced as a guide to choosing the most
- [We’re hosting training seminars about how to use the Scenario tool in different case studies](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/were-hosting-training-seminars-about-how-to-use-the-scenario-tool-in-different-case-studies/) - Training Seminar 1—Using the Scenario tool to inform urban policy—South Australian case study When: 3–3.30pm AEST, first Wednesday of the month, starting1 May 2019 Description: Find out how the Scenario tool can test policy scenarios to mitigate urban heat. Register now Have you heard about our Scenario tool? Developed as part of the Tools and
- [Non-market value of Singapore's ABC Waters Program](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/non-market-value-of-singapores-abc-waters-program/) - Abstract Water sensitive urban design is being done in many countries. In Singapore, the Active, Beautiful, Clean (ABC) Waters Programme is a long-term strategic initiative of PUB, Singapore's National Water Agency, to improve the quality of water and urban liveability. While there are some estimates of the bio-physical and ecological benefits of the ABC Waters
- [Is the urban heat island exacerbated during heatwaves in southern Australian cities?](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/is-the-urban-heat-island-exacerbated-during-heatwaves-in-southern-australian-cities/) - Abstract The extra-tropical Australian cities of Melbourne, Adelaide, and Perth are all affected by summer heatwaves and the urban heat island (UHI) effect. While research has been undertaken on both phenomena individually, they have not been studied in tandem in Australia. This research investigates the relationship between warm season heatwaves (November to March) and the
- [Flexible adaptation planning process for urban adaptation in Melbourne](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/flexible-adaptation-planning-process-for-urban-adaptation-in-melbourne/) - Abstract Resilience towards climate and socio-economic change can be increased by means of flexible adaptation. In contemporary adaptation planning, building resilience is considered together with objectives such as sustainability, productivity and transformations. An adaptation planning process (termed WSCapp) may be used to incorporate flexibility or incremental flexible adaptation measures in a comprehensive adaptation strategy, such
- [Four ideas for flood resilient design in Queensland: new report](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/four-ideas-for-flood-resilient-design-in-queensland-new-report/) - What’s clear from the devastating flood events to hit parts of Queensland since the summer of 2010–11 is the need for a considered approach to building and development works to make Queensland cities and towns more resilient to the effects of flooding. Given that floods are familiar events in Queensland, and the costs of damage,
- [Benefit Cost Analysis Tool training starts soon](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/benefit-cost-analysis-tool-training-starts-soon/) - What INFFEWS Benefit Cost Analysis (BCA) Tool training workshop When 21 May to 20 June Where Various locations Please bring your own laptop to the training Register now Our IRP2 team has developed a comprehensive economic evaluation framework to identify and quantify economic, environmental and community values of investments in water sensitive practices and systems.
- [A conference to protect Queensland’s world famous natural assets—register now](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/a-conference-to-protect-queenslands-world-famous-natural-assets-register-now/) - What 2019 IECA Australasian Conference and Stormwater Queensland Conference When 1–3 October 2019 Where Hilton Cairns Register now Are we doing enough to protect Queensland’s world famous natural assets? Do we truly understand the issues so we can design the right responses? If you’re interested in finding out the answers to these vital questions, come
- [The gang helping Bendigo navigate its water sensitive city transition](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/the-gang-helping-bendigo-navigate-its-water-sensitive-city-transition/) - Bendigo is powering ahead in its transition to a water sensitive city, and a more sustainable, liveable and resilient future. Completing its Vision and Transition Strategy for a Water Sensitive Bendigo with the CRCWSC in 2018, and recently celebrating the signing of a memorandum of understanding (MoU) between eight key organisations, the city is chalking
- [Analysing water sensitive urban design options](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/analysing-water-sensitive-urban-design-options/) - Abstract Planning for ‘water-sensitive’ infill development has become a priority for sustainable urban development in Australia. With city growth, infill development in vacant or under-used land parcels is becoming a dominant mode of development. However, the current ‘knock-down-rebuild’ approach to such development will undermine resource efficiency, liveability and urban amenity, particularly for natural water systems.
- [IRP3 Brabham Water Innovation Collaborative Workshop #1](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/brabham-water-innovation-collaborative-workshop-1/) - The Brabham action learning partnership is an initiative of the CRC for Water Sensitive Cities (CRCWSC) and its WA partners. It is one of a number of case studies being undertaken as part of a national project addressing integrated urban and water planning to guide water sensitive urban development outcomes (IRP3). The Brabham case study
- [New video explains our innovative research synthesis process](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/new-video-explains-our-innovative-research-synthesis-process/) - One of our practical and innovative offerings to our partners and other stakeholders is our research synthesis process—and we’ve just released a new video to explain how it works and the benefits it can bring to water sensitive cities projects. Our approach to research synthesis Research synthesis is a facilitated design process that combines the
- [We’re improving water quality in Vijayawada, India](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/were-improving-water-quality-in-vijayawada-india/) - The CRCWSC is enhancing stormwater management, urban biodiversity and green space in three canals in Vijayawada, India. It’s part of our contribution of technical support and conceptual design to deliver water sensitive elements to Amaravati and Vijayawada, two projects under an initial $1 million agreement with the Andhra Pradesh Government. Our aim is to move
- [National Training Sessions - Benefit Cost Analysis Tool](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/national-bca-tool-training/) - Register NSW - 21 May 2019 SA - 4 June 2019 VIC - 6 June 2019 WA - 13 June 2019 QLD - 20 June 2019 The CRC for Water Sensitive Cities’ IRP2 team has developed a Comprehensive Economic Evaluation Framework to identify and quantify economic, environmental and community values of investments in water sensitive
- [The City of Port Phillip receives inaugural Water Sensitive Cities Award](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/the-city-of-port-phillip-receives-inaugural-water-sensitive-cities-award/) - The City of Port Phillip in Victoria received the inaugural Water Sensitive Cities Award during our 4th Water Sensitive Cities Conference in Brisbane in March. The award recognises and encourages application of water sensitive principles on the ground. Aidan O’Neill, Head of Fishermans Bend Strategy at the City of Port Phillip, accepted the award on
- [Transformative Cities CRC: Harnessing the power of water](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/transformative-cities-crc-harnessing-the-power-of-water/) - We and our stakeholders have a vision for Australian cities and towns: Healthy people and places Thriving protected ecosystems Sustainable efficient resources use through adaptive infrastructure Innovative strong economies. But our cities and towns face some significant challenges: urban intensification, climate change and economic constraints. These challenges mean we cannot realise our vision using current
- [Together with our partners, we’re delivering the transition to water sensitive cities](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/together-with-our-partners-were-delivering-the-transition-to-water-sensitive-cities/) - The CRC for Water Sensitive Cities has played a central role in delivering water sensitive projects on the ground. It’s particularly instrumental in establishing the connections and relationships that convert good and innovative ideas into practice. That’s one of the recurring messages we heard time and again from presenters at our 4th Water Sensitive Cities
- [Jurg Keller steps down as CRO](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/jurg-keller-steps-down-as-cro/) - Our Chief Research Officer (CRO) and good friend, Jurg Keller, stepped down from the CRCWSC during our 4th Water Sensitive Cities Conference in March. Our Chief Research Officer (CRO) and good friend, Jurg Keller, stepped down from the CRCWSC during our 4th Water Sensitive Cities Conference in March. Jurg has been part of the CRCWSC
- [Our approach to research synthesis](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/our-approach-to-research-synthesis/) - CRC for Water Sensitive Cities discusses its research synthesis process, which involves bringing together various stakeholders to collaborate and discuss how research may be applied.
- [4th Water Sensitive Cities Conference 2019 - snapshots](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/4th-water-sensitive-cities-conference-2019-snapshots/) - CRC for Water Sensitive Cities provides a snapshot of the 4th Water Sensitive Cities Conference 2019.
- [Together, we have achieved...](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/together-we-have-achieved/) - CRC for Water Sensitive Cities highlights its achievements at the 4th Water Sensitive Cities Conference 2019
- [Deep City: Future Scenarios for Bendigo Creek and Golden Square](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/deep-city-future-scenarios-for-bendigo-creek-and-golden-square/) - What: Deep City: Future Scenarios for Bendigo Creek and Golden Square When: 15–23 March 2019 Where: MADA Gallery Monash University Caulfield Campus Building D, Ground floor 900 Dandenong Road Caulfield East Victoria 3145 Historic overlaid map of Golden Square and Bendigo Master of Architecture and Master of Urban Planning and Design students from Monash University
- [A beta version of the Scenario tool is now available for our CRCWSC Participants](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/a-beta-version-of-the-scenario-tool-is-now-available-for-our-crcwsc-participants/) - The CRC for Water Sensitive Cities will formally launch its Scenario Tool at the upcoming 4th Water Sensitive Cities Conference in Brisbane. The tool (developed as part of the Tools and Products (TAP) project) is designed to help practitioners evaluate and compare water sensitive urban development options and approaches, and their multi-faceted impacts. The aim
- [Meet our new board member](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/meet-our-new-board-member/) - The CRC for Water Sensitive Cities board welcomed Greg Cash as a new member at its meeting in February 2019. Greg is Assistant Director General of Commercial Operations at the Western Australian Department of Communities. He has more than 20 years’ experience in leading, managing and developing social and affordable housing across Western Australia. His
- [Our 4th WSC Conference starts next week. Will you be there?](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/our-4th-wsc-conference-starts-next-week-will-you-be-there/) - Water sector researchers and practitioners will converge on Brisbane next week to gain insights into how industry is applying the knowledge we’ve generated and synthesised to real-life water sensitive cities projects. The packed 4th Water Sensitive Cities Conference program will run 26–28 March and feature experts from a range of industries and disciplines. They'll discuss
- [WP6 Economic benefits of urban cooling provided by WSUD](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/wp6-economic-benefits-of-urban-cooling-provided-by-wsud/) - The CRCWSC has been the first to attempt to bring biophysical and economic modelling together to identify the economic benefits of urban greening in a green fields residential setting. This presentation outlines the scope of the project, including details on the four scenarios and modelling results.
- [INFFEWS Benefit: Cost Analysis Tool](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/inffews-benefit-cost-analysis-tool/) - CRCWSC has developed a Benefit: Cost Analysis (BCA) Tool tailored to assessing investments for water-sensitive cities. It supports balanced and systematic decision making and provides evidence for use in business cases. The tool is full consistent with BCA guidelines prepared by Australian governments.
- [Water Sensitive Cities - Interest from all corners of the globe!](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/water-sensitive-cities-interest-corners-globe/) - CEO Blog After three weeks of travel – from South Korea to South America – here is an update on how the world is embracing the water sensitive approach. The first stop on my recent journey was Daegu, South Korea to participate in the International Water Association’s Cities of the Future Programme at the 7th
- [Green-blue multifunctional infrastructure: an urban landscape system design new approach](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/green-blue-multifunctional-infrastructure-an-urban-landscape-system-design-new-approach/) - Abstract Cities exhibit unique and ever-changing spatial layouts, formed by nested natural and socio-economic systems, sub-systems and components resulting from exchange, interaction, and interdependency processes. In this context, managing surface water in urban areas requires new approaches that integrate the knowledge about territorial patterns and processes into the development of management practices and control structures
- [Exploring ways to ensure water sensitive practices are also culturally sensitive](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/exploring-ways-to-ensure-water-sensitive-practices-are-also-culturally-sensitive/) - The CRC for Water Sensitive Cities advocates a collaborative approach to creating water sensitive cities—fostering the relationships between providers, governments and the community that are necessary for achieving a shared vision among diverse stakeholders. At a recent workshop in Wellington (New Zealand), water practitioners from across the country highlighted a gap in our current approach—how
- [Urban climate team takes French conference by storm](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/urban-climate-team-takes-french-conference-storm/) - Nine members of the CRC for Water Sensitive Cities (CRCWSC) Urban Climate group received an overwhelming response to their presentations at the 9th International Conference on Urban Climate in Toulouse last month. The conference is a biennial event organised by the International Association for Urban Climate and experienced one of its biggest years on record
- [Acute animal and human poisonings from cyanotoxin exposure - a review of the literature](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/acute-animal-and-human-poisonings-from-cyanotoxin-exposure-a-review-of-the-literature/) - Abstract Cyanobacterial blooms are a potential health hazard due to the ability of some species to produce toxins that are harmful to other living organisms. This review provides a comprehensive summary of anecdotal and case reports on acute poisonings in animals and humans attributable to cyanotoxin exposure in fresh- and brackish-waters. Approximately two-thirds of reported
- [From research to action (Part 2)](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/water-sensitive-cities-from-research-to-action-part-2/) - Reflecting on knowledge gained since 2012: how to plan urban spaces Earlier this month, we presented some examples from Program A (Society) and its insights into the social drivers of and barriers to creating water sensitive cities – like how people value and use water, their knowledge of urban water issues, and how to create
- [Predicting rainfall in a changing climate](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/predicting-rainfall-changing-climate/) - Rumpelstiltskin may have spun gold from straw, but could he have derived local rainfall projections from global climate models? When it comes to developing infrastructure for water sensitive cities in a climate-changed world, information about future local rainfall patterns is akin to gold. Decisions based on data While stormwater is now widely recognised as a
- [Talking water shortage in the wet-dry tropics](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/talking-water-shortage-wet-dry-tropics/) - Not long ago the idea of a water shortage in tropical Darwin seemed about as likely as the Earth's poles running out of ice. Torrential downpours during the annual wet season maintained the impression that water is of limitless abundance. But impressions can be wrong – just ask the polar bears. All is not as
- [Impact of climate change on extreme rainfall and drainage design](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/impact-climate-change-extreme-rainfall-drainage-design/) - Overview In the study of climate change, rainfall projections on the time scale of minutes are of particular interest to Singapore’s Public Utilities Board (PUB) to support its climate change adaptation plans for drainage infrastructure. However, due to limitations in the global scale general circulation models (GCMs) and regional climate models (RCMs), rainfall projections at such high
- [Professor Tony Wong receives 2018 IWA Global Water Award](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/professor-tony-wong-receives-2018-iwa-global-water-award/) - The International Water Association (IWA) awarded its prestigious 2018 Global Water Award to our CEO, Professor Tony Wong. The biennial award recognises individuals who, through innovative leadership and practice, are driving change in water management. View announcement of the award from IWA Tony’s pioneering program of work—the water sensitive cities approach—uses a unique socio-technical approach
- [Healthy communities through clean water](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/healthy-communities-clean-water/) - Clean and reliable water – it’s a simple concept that goes right to the heart of why the Cooperative Research Centre for Water Sensitive Cities (CRCWSC) exists. But in 2017, water free of harmful bacteria, sewage, and disease-carrying insects remains a mere aspiration for 2.3 billion people around the world. Contaminated water is responsible for
- [Training encourages integrated water management in Fiji](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/training-encourages-integrated-water-management-in-fiji/) - The CRC for Water Sensitive Cities (CRCWSC) and Melbourne Water were in Suva in April 2018, to deliver training on Integrated Water Management (IWM) approaches. The training was part of the Revitalising Informal Settlements and their Environments (RISE) project, which uses water sensitive principles and practice to upgrade informal settlements in developing countries. Charlotte Beresford
- [RISE breaks ground in Makassar](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/rise-breaks-ground-in-makassar/) - RISE reached a significant milestone in its work to solve sustainable development challenges using water sensitive principles and practices in informal settlements, when it officially broke ground on the demonstration site in Makassar, Indonesia on 21 November. The groundbreaking ceremony officially marks the beginning of works at the site, which will kickstart the trial of
- [Endeavour Award recognition and a South Asian adventure for young researcher](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/endeavour-award-recognition-south-asian-adventure-young-researcher/) - The scholarship provides a generous monthly stipend and funds towards travel and fieldwork opportunities. Francesco, who was one of only 32 recipients in Australia of the scholarship and the only recipient from Monash University, will conduct six months fieldwork in India and Bangladesh, mentored by a lead researcher from the Tata Institute of Social Sciences
- [RISE science panel addresses human exposure pathways](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/rise-science-panel-addresses-human-exposure-pathways/) - How are children in informal settlements in developing countries really getting sick? What are the human exposure pathways to illness in these settlements? And to what extent is water a pathway? These were some of the questions the RISE (Revitalising Informal Settlements and their Environments) International Scientific Advisory Panel addressed when it met for the
- [CRC for Water Sensitive Cities participates in China's inaugural seminar on Urban Drainage and Pluvial Flooding Mitigation](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/crc-water-sensitive-cities-participates-chinas-inaugural-seminar-urban-drainage-pluvial-flooding-mitigation/) - The CRC for Water Sensitive Cities (CRCWSC) was invited by the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural Development (MoHURD) of China to participate in China’s inaugural Urban Drainage and Pluvial Flooding Mitigation seminar held in Guangzhou on 9 November 2013. The seminar was organised by the MoHURD in response to an increase in pluvial flooding events
- [City of Kunshan to be China's first CRC Incubator City for Water Sensitive Design and Technology](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/city-kunshan-chinas-first-crc-incubator-city-water-sensitive-design-technology/) - On Friday 17 January in Kunshan, China, a three-party Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) between the CRC for Water Sensitive Cities (CRCWSC), the Kunshan City-construction Investment and Development Company (KCID) and the Planning Bureau of the City of Kunshan was signed. The MoU represents a combined commitment by the two Kunshan City agencies for city planning
- [Creating an urban mosaic in the City of Kunshan](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/creating-urban-mosaic-city-kunshan/) - The CRC for Water Sensitive Cities (CRCWSC) held its first incubator workshop with the City of Kunshan, the CRCWSC’s first incubator city in China, between 8-11 March 2014. During the 4-day intensive workshop, the CRCWSC team inspected key sites and developed a conceptual city-wide open space strategy that aims to provide the city with ecosystem
- [CRCWSC contributes to climate change seminar in Beijing, China](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/crcwsc-contributes-climate-change-seminar-beijing-china/) - The CRC for Water Sensitive Cities (CRCWSC) recently contributed to the ‘International Workshop on Urban Adaptation to Climate Change’ held in Beijing, China on Friday 5th September 2014. Wholly funded by Asia Development Bank (ADB) the event was jointly organised by China’s National Development and Reform Commission (NDRC) and the Ministry of Housing and Urban-Rural
- [CRCWSC Researchers and students participate in design studio in City of Kunshan](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/crcwsc-researchers-students-participate-design-studio-city-kunshan/) - The City of Kunshan in China is the first CRC for Water Sensitive Cities (CRCWSC) incubator city outside of Australia. Following the CRCWSC research synthesis workshop in March 2014 in the City of Kunshan, researchers and students have continued the development of water sensitive ideas for one of the largest land parcels identified in the
- [CEO interviewed on solutions for urban flooding in China](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/ceo-interviewed-solutions-urban-flooding-china/) - Urban flooding in China is increasing as city populations grow, forcing local governments and water authorities to look at new technologies for reducing storm and flood damage. The issue was tackled by CRC for Water Sensitive Cities Chief Executive Professor Tony Wong in a recent interview on Beijing internet radio program People In the Know.
- [Chief Executive featured in Australia Day special on Asia Pacific TV](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/chief-executive-featured-australia-day-special-asia-pacific-tv/) - Asia Pacific and Singaporean television audiences have been shown the research and practices that are revolutionising water management during an interview with CRC for Water Sensitive Cities (CRCWSC) Chief Executive Professor Tony Wong. The interview, conducted by ABC Australia Plus and also shown on Channel News Asia Singapore as part of an Australia Day special,
- [Water Sensitive Steps a highlight of Kunshan’s progress](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/water-sensitive-steps-a-highlight-of-kunshans-progress/) - Rome may be famous for their Spanish Steps but the City of Kunshan in China is drawing visitors of an environmental persuasion with its Water Sensitive Steps. This remarkable feature, which uses appealing native plants and grasses to trap and filter rainwater and stormwater, is one of many water sensitive sites being developed across the
- [Remotely sensed thermal pollution and its relationship with energy consumption and industry in a rapidly urbanizing Chinese city.](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/remotely-sensed-thermal-pollution-and-its-relationship-with-energy-consumption-and-industry-in-a-rapidly-urbanizing-chinese-city/) - Abstract Taking the city of Xiamen, China, as an example, we used thermal infrared remote sensing to detect thermal pollution, and examined its relationship to energy consumption and the industrial economy. Monthly changes in 2002 and dynamics throughout the period of rapid urbanization (1987–2007) are analysed. It is found that seasonal variation led to distinct
- [Talking water sensitive cities in China](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/talking-water-sensitive-cities-china/) - A large contingent of CRC for Water Sensitive Cities (CRCWSC) researchers and partner organisations travelled to China recently for the International Low Impact Development Conference in Beijing and the China-Australia Water Sensitive City Summit in Kunshan. Twenty-one CRCWSC representatives presented 28 papers at the conference and showcased seven research posters, which represented the largest paper
- [CRCWSC helps to strengthen ties between China and regional Victoria](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/crcwsc-helps-strengthen-ties-china-regional-victoria/) - The CRCWSC will play a key role in an intergovernmental agreement to strengthen ties between Victoria’s regional cities and their counterparts in the Chinese region of Jiangsu. An announcement was made in September by the Victorian Premier Daniel Andrews, and Minister for Regional Development Jaala Pulford to reaffirm the Victoria-Jiangsu relationship at the 16th biennial meeting
- [Sponge City Trade Mission to Kunshan, Jiangsu Province, China](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/trademission-kunshan/) - Join the CRCWSC in a Trade Mission to the City of Kunshan, China in February 2017. Unlike other trade missions, this mission is purposeful and is Kunshan-specific, aimed at facilitating Australian companies forming partnerships with local companies to deliver an ambitious capital works program over the next 3 years. Off the back of over 30
- [CRCWSC, government and industry travel to China for Kunshan trade mission](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/crcwsc-government-industry-travel-china-kunshan-trade-mission/) - As we speak, a CRCWSC-led delegation of government and industry representatives are visiting the City of Kunshan, Jiangsu Province in China, for a trade mission that aims to connect Australian industry expertise with a burgeoning Chinese market for innovation and knowledge that will assist cities to become more water sensitive. The CRCWSC has enjoyed a
- [The CRC for Water Sensitive Cities to support Jiangsu Province Ecological and Sponge City Initiative, China](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/crc-water-sensitive-cities-support-jiangsu-province-ecological-sponge-city-initiative-china/) - On Thursday 23 March, the Victorian Government and the Jiangsu Provincial Government reaffirmed their commitment to strengthen Victoria–Jiangsu cooperation in improving urban water management, with the two governments signing a Memorandum of Understanding (MoU) recognising that good urban water management is a foundation of the liveability of our cities. Witnessed by the Premier of Victoria,
- [CRCWSC boosts international awareness of water sensitive cities](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/crcwsc-boosts-international-awareness-water-sensitive-cities/) - Boosting visibility and understanding of water sensitive cities came to the fore recently for the CRC for Water Sensitive Cities (CRCWSC). A series of international meetings saw Chief Executive, Professor Tony Wong, lay groundwork for future collaborations that could open doors for commercial and partnership prospects for Australian organisations, secure future funding for research, profile
- [Victoria’s Water Minister visits China](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/victorias-water-minister-visits-china/) - The Victorian Water Minister has visited the City of Kunshan (Jiangsu province, China) to further progress the bilateral Victoria–Jiangsu Memorandum of Understanding: a commitment between the two governments to cooperate in their efforts to improve urban water management. The Cooperative Research Centre for Water Sensitive Cities (CRCWSC) was pleased to ensure the Hon. Lisa Neville's
- [Using the Water Sensitive Cities Index online platform to achieve waterwise goals](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/using-the-water-sensitive-cities-index-online-platform-to-achieve-waterwise-goals/) - A growing number of water practitioners in Western Australia are going through the Water Sensitive Cities (WSC) Index benchmarking process, as part of WA Water Corporation’s Waterwise Councils Program. (WA Water Corporation uses ‘waterwise city’ to communicate the water sensitive city concept to the community.) But, getting the benchmarking results is just the beginning. What
- [What our Participants are saying about IRP2's comprehensive economic evaluation framework](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/what-our-participants-are-saying-about-irp2s-comprehensive-economic-evaluation-framework/) - We asked our Participants about the performance to date of IRP2’s comprehensive economic evaluation framework project. Generally, our Participants support the project’s direction. They think the workshops, meetings and direct contact with team members is either effective or very effective. They are keen to help with adoption activities that support the tools, and they suggested
- [Cooler, greener Adelaide: shaping our future city](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/cooler-greener-adelaide-shaping-our-future-city/) - What: Cooler, greener Adelaide: shaping our future city forum and showcase When: Wednesday 20 March 2019, 5pm–9pm Where: Adelaide Convention Centre Register now. It's free! It’s been another hot and dry summer in Adelaide. In January 2019, we recorded 10 days over 35oC and no rain. February wasn’t quite as hot, but
- [Interested in benchmarking your city?](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/interested-in-benchmarking-your-city/) - Are you interested in finding out how well your city, town or region manages its urban water resources? Have you wondered what’s involved in benchmarking water sensitive performance? A new video from the CRC for Water Sensitive Cities explains that the Water Sensitive Cities Index can help you answer some critical questions about becoming water
- [Broader engagement across water sector for 4th WSC Conference](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/broader-engagement-across-water-sector-for-4th-wsc-conference/) - Participants at our 4th Water Sensitive Cities Conference in Brisbane on 26–28 March will gain an unprecedented broader perspective on water sensitive cities issues, research and adoption activities. We have speakers and panellists joining us from the widest cross-section of the water sector we’ve ever hosted during our conference series. For the first time, our
- [Overview: IRP1 — Water Sensitive City Visions and Transition Strategies](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/overview-irp1-water-sensitive-city-visions-transition-strategies/) - There is a growing international interest by governments, organisations, and communities in the liveability, sustainability, productivity, and resilience of cities. While there is typically broad agreement about such aspirations, decision-makers face the challenge of determining how to most effectively shape and service our cities. Integrated Research Project 1 (IRP1) aims to deliver a suite of
- [Message from Tony Wong on the 4th Water Sensitive Cities Conference](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/message-from-tony-wong-on-the-4th-water-sensitive-cities-conference/) - Join us by registering for the 4th Water Sensitive Cities Conference 2019 hosted in Brisbane. Click here to register
- [CRCWSC helps progress water sensitivity planning for Cooks River](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/crcwsc-helps-progress-water-sensitivity-planning-for-cooks-river/) - Planning and testing are underway to improve the water quality and integrity of two precincts within the Cooks River catchment, an ecologically significant tributary of Botany Bay and part of the area between Sydenham to Bankstown identified by the NSW State Government for urban growth in Greater Sydney. At the second of three research synthesis
- [Valuing inclusion, inspiring change: Join us for our conference breakfast](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/valuing-inclusion-inspiring-change-join-us-for-our-conference-breakfast/) - What does ‘Valuing inclusion, inspiring change’ mean to people in our industry who are embracing innovation and inclusion in their workplaces? What challenges have they overcome to get where they are? Deep dive into diversity at our special networking breakfast on Day 2 of our 4th Water Sensitive Cities Conference, to be held in Brisbane
- [Adelaide progresses its transition to a water sensitive city](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/adelaide-progresses-its-transition-to-a-water-sensitive-city/) - Adelaide is on track for transitioning to a water sensitive city, with industry stakeholders in South Australia meeting to discuss the strategic direction for the city’s urban water planning. The ‘Water for a Vibrant Adelaide’ workshop, in November last year, brought together stakeholders from across urban water management, planning, development, open space management, and other
- [CRCWSC’s future: Our T3 roadshow series starts today in Perth!](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/crcwscs-future-our-t3-roadshow-series-starts-today-in-perth/) - Our colleagues in Perth will be gathering today for the first of five workshops discussing the future of the CRCWSC beyond the end of our current term in 2021 and our next tranche of water sensitive cities research and adoption activities, to be known as Tranche 3 (T3). The Perth workshop kicks off what we’re
- [Professor Zhiguo Yuan awarded AM](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/professor-zhiguo-yuan-awarded-am/) - On behalf of the CRCWSC and the entire water industry, I congratulate Professor Zhiguo Yuan on being awarded the Member of the Order of Australia in the 2019 Australia Day Honours list. This award recognises his significant service to science through urban water management and to higher education. We are so fortunate to have Zhiguo
- [Urban intensification and green infrastructure: Towards a water sensitive city (Project D5.1)](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/urban-intensification-and-green-infrastructure-towards-a-water-sensitive-city-project-d5-1/) - This project examines the issues and processes involved in delivering best practice water sensitive urban design through demonstration precinct development and redevelopment projects in Victoria, Western Australia, South East Queensland and in international cities. A key outcome will be the demonstration of how the various social, science and economic outputs of the CRCWSC can influence design
- [Tactics for Artificially Modified Territories](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/tactics-for-artificially-modified-territories/) - Tactics for Artificially Modified Territories. Poster presented by Daniel Nyandega (Monash University) at the 3rd Water Sensitive Cities Conference, Perth, Australia, 18-20 July 2017.
- [Urban Water Catchments](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/urban-water-catchments-d5-1/) - Urban Water Catchments. Poster presented by Gyöngyvér Engloner (Monash University) at the 3rd Water Sensitive Cities Conference, Perth, Australia, 18-20 July 2017.
- [Overview: TAP — Tools and Products Program](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/overview-tools-and-products-program/) - The Tools and Products (TAP) Program will further develop, refine and harmonise the portfolio of tools and practical products that the CRCWSC has developed through our research activities. The Water Sensitive Cities Toolbox is an integrated set of platforms to support practitioners in their work and foster collaboration that will support the transition of our
- [Socio-technical modelling tools to examine urban water management scenarios (Project A4.3)](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/socio-technical-modelling-tools-to-examine-urban-water-management-scenarios-project-a4-3/) - This project takes groundbreaking steps toward the next generation of water modelling tools to address this gap. The project will develop a user-friendly computer-based modelling platform to inform planning and decision making about water management and adaptation strategies at the city or regional scale.
- [Catchment-scale landscape planning for water sensitive city-regions in an age of climate change (Project B1.2)](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/catchment-scale-landscape-planning-for-water-sensitive-city-regions-in-an-age-of-climate-change-project-b1-2/) - The project aims to develop an integrated approach to whole-of catchment planning and management that is capable of linking the ecology and hydrology of cities to their region whilst accommodating urban and peri-urban growth adapted to a changing climate. It will explore alternative institutional arrangements for catchment planning and management from a landscape-scale perspective.
- [Modelling the water metabolism of cities](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/modelling-the-water-metabolism-of-cities/) - Modelling the water metabolism of cities. Poster presented at the 9th IWA Symposium on Systems Analysis and Integrated Assessment (WaterMatex 2015), Gold Coast, 14-17 June 2015.
- [Statutory planning for water sensitive urban design (Project B5.1)](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/statutory-planning-for-water-sensitive-urban-design-project-b5-1/) - The project aims to assess the role of statutory planning legislation, regulation and processes in facilitating or constraining the adoption of water sensitive urban design and identify best practice planning legislation and policies to facilitate water resilience in cities.
- [Influence of statutory land use planning on water sensitive urban design practice](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/influence-of-statutory-land-use-planning-on-water-sensitive-urban-design-practice/) - Influence of statutory land use planning on water sensitive urban design practice. Poster presented by Don Williams (Monash University) at the 2nd Water Sensitive Cities Conference, Brisbane, Australia, 8-9 September, 2015.
- [Influence of Statutory Land Use Planning on WSUD Practices](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/influence-of-statutory-land-use-planning-on-wsud-practices/) - Influence of Statutory Land Use Planning on WSUD Practices. Poster presented by Don Williams (Monash University) at the 3rd Water Sensitive Cities Conference, Perth, Australia, 18-20 July, 2017.
- [Valuation of economic, social and ecological costs and benefits of strategies and systems for water sensitive cities (Project A1.2)](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/valuation-of-economic-social-and-ecological-costs-and-benefits-of-strategies-and-systems-for-water-sensitive-cities-project-a1-2/) - Both industry and government require clear evidence about the full range of costs and benefits of investments in new systems and infrastructure before they can wisely invest. This project will provide industry and government with new knowledge and tools to make sound water infrastructure investment decisions that strike the best balance between economic, social and
- [INFFEWS Value Tool](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/inffews-value-tool/) - The CRCWSC has developed a comprehensive database of dollar values for non-market benefits generated by water sensitive systems and practices, and a set of user guidelines that explain how the information in the database can be used to support business case development using benefit transfer.
- [CRCWSC Tranche 3 Roadshow (beyond 2021) - Sydney](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/crcwsc-tranche-3-roadshow-sydney/) - The Tranche 3 team are travelling the nation for the T3 consultation process, which will take place in Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne, Perth and Sydney. The roadshow is designed to share the outputs from the T3 Development Workshop on 5-6 December 2018 in Melbourne, and seek your further inputs to refine the design of our T3
- [Policy Framework for Water Sensitive Urban Design in 5 Australian Cities](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/policy-framework-for-water-sensitive-urban-design-in-5-australian-cities/) - 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, Australia still lacks a suite of best practice planning policy objectives, key performance indicators, and standards
- [Our FY1718 stakeholder annual report is out](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/our-fy1718-stakeholder-annual-report-is-out/) - The CRC for Water Sensitive Cities’ Stakeholder annual report FY1718 packages our work highlights for the year, and opens up our thinking about the CRC’s future. In the report, our Chair, Cheryl Batagol, explains the CRC has made significant progress in delivering the impact that we envisioned. Well into Tranche 2 in FY1718, we focused
- [Welcome to 2019-a year of hard work and future focus](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/welcome-to-2019-a-year-of-hard-work-and-future-focus/) - Welcome to 2019, the start of a critical two-year period in which we will continue to focus on supporting our Participant organisations in realising the full value of the CRCWSC’s work to their operations, customers and stakeholders-at-large. We had a successful year in 2018 and I watched, many times, our year-in-review video to reflect on
- [Two extraordinary keynotes will kick off our March conference](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/two-extraordinary-keynotes-will-kick-off-our-march-conference/) - Adam Fennessy, Partner – Advisory, Government and Public Sector and Oceania Lead Partner for Future Cities at EY, and Caroline Stalker, Design Director (Urban) and Principal, Arup Australasia, will take to the stage to open the three-day 4th Water Sensitive Cities Conference, being held in Brisbane from 26–28 March. Both major drawcards on the program,
- [CRCWSC Tranche 3 Roadshow (beyond 2021) - Adelaide](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/crcwsc-tranche-3-roadshow-adelaide/) - The Tranche 3 team are travelling the nation for the T3 consultation process, which will take place in Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne, Perth and Sydney. The roadshow is designed to share the outputs from the T3 Development Workshop on 5-6 December 2018 in Melbourne, and seek your further inputs to refine the design of our T3
- [Automatically Detecting Abnormal Water Use](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/automatically-detecting-abnormal-water-use/) - Automatically Detecting Abnormal Water Use. Poster presented by Samitha Patabendige (The University of Western Australia) at the 3rd Water Sensitive Cities Conference, Perth, Australia, 18-20 July, 2017.
- [Disgusting images lower support for Water Sensitive Urban Design](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/disgusting-images-lower-support-for-water-sensitive-urban-design/) - Disgusting images lower support for Water Sensitive Urban Design. Poster presented by Tracy Schultz (The University of Queensland) at the 3rd Water Sensitive Cities Conference, Perth, Australia, 18-20 July, 2017.
- [New publication: What is the best mix for our urban water supply?](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/new-publication-best-mix-urban-water-supply/) - How much of our urban water supply should we draw from reservoirs? How much should come from other sources such as harvested stormwater or desalinated seawater? As part of the Cities as Water Supply Catchments – Economic Valuation project (A1.1), CRCWSC researchers at Monash University have released an industry note aimed at addressing these questions.
- [Valuation of adaptation pathways for urban flood risk management](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/valuation-adaptation-pathways-urban-flood-risk-management/) - Valuation of adaptation pathways for urban flood risk management. Poster presented by PhD candidate, Mohanasundar Radhakrishnan, at the International Water Association's World Water Congress, Brisbane, 2016.
- [Test whether your city is water sensitive (and prove it)](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/test-whether-your-city-is-water-sensitive-and-prove-it/) - Whether your city or town is thinking about becoming a water sensitive city or not, or whether you are well on your way, you will need evidence of what you’ve achieved. For the first time, a Water Sensitive Cities (WSC) Index is available to measure your city’s performance and help you identify where you may
- [Overview: IRP3 — Guiding Integrated Urban and Water Planning](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/overview-irp3-guiding-integrated-urban-and-water-planning/) - Urban planning in Australia’s major cities has struggled to accommodate population growth in a way that promotes liveability, resilience, sustainability and productivity. To achieve water sensitive outcomes, we need a planning approach that recognises the interlinkages between water, urban form and other urban systems. Developing this integrated planning approach is the key focus of Integrated
- [Accelerate your transition to a Water Sensitive City](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/accelerate-your-transition-to-a-water-sensitive-city/) - The Cooperative Research Centre for Water Sensitive Cities (CRCWSC) has developed a Water Sensitive Cities Transition Planning Process to provide strategic guidance for cities and towns wanting to accelerate their transition towards their vision of a water sensitive future.
- [Social preferences for land uses in wastewater treatment plant buffer zones: a choice experiment analysis](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/social-preferences-for-land-uses-in-wastewater-treatment-plant-buffer-zones/) - Buffer zones are commonly applied to wastewater treatment plants to manage the area impacted by odour. They require a large area with land use controls to exclude odour sensitive land uses, such as residential. How that land is best used depends, in part, on community needs and values.
- [International engagement summary](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/international-engagement-summary/) - The Cooperative Research Centre for Water Sensitive Cities (CRCWSC) was established in July 2012 to help change the way we build our cities by valuing the contribution water makes to economic growth and development, our quality of life and to the ecosystems of which cities are a part. Our global partners share the passion
- [Improving the ecological function of urban waterways: A compendium of factsheets](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/improving-the-ecological-function-of-urban-waterways-a-compendium-of-factsheets/) - We have designed these factsheets to guide the repair or design of a living stream site on a flowing urban waterway. The site may be associated with a creek/stream channel, a constructed drain, a lowland river or a living stream built in a new urban development. The factsheets refer to the repair or design of
- [Reducing household water use - which behaviours should be prioritised?](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/reducing-household-water-use-which-behaviours-should-be-prioritised/) - Abstract Households have the capacity to generate significant reductions in water use. There are many water-saving behaviours that households can adopt - but some have a greater impact on water use than others. Which household behaviours should demand-reduction campaigns prioritise?
- [CRCWSC Industry Note (2014): Valuing stormwater management: Who is willing to pay?](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/crcwsc-industry-note-2014-valuing-stormwater-management-who-is-willing-to-pay/) - There are many characteristics that impact a person’s willingness to pay for public goods. Willingness to pay for environmental services, such as stormwater quality improvement or cooler temperatures in suburbs, varies significantly across households with different incomes. Insights on community preference and the value placed on various environmental strategies are helping to inform decisions on project investment and policy design.
- [CRCWSC Industry Note (2016): Benchmarking Water Sensitive Cities](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/crcwsc-industry-note-2016-benchmarking-water-sensitive-cities/) - Supportive social and institutional frameworks are a key part of facilitating the transformation towards increased water sensitivity. Three complementary qualitative benchmarking tools have been developed to assist urban water policy makers and strategists identify current water management practice and future aspiration, as well as the institutional changes required to realise this vision. These results can
- [How much do we value green spaces?](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/much-value-green-spaces/) - Introduction What is the value of parks, trees and backyards? Should we be investing in more greenery in our urban centres? How much should we spend on this? Research has shown that people are willing to pay up to 16% more for a house with greater access to green spaces, demonstrating the high value placed on
- [CRCWSC Industry Note (2016): Allowed use and security: Community preferences for new water supply sources](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/crcwsc-industry-note-2016-allowed-use-security-community-preferences-new-water-supply-sources/) - When considering which new water supply sources to invest in it is helpful to understand what matters to the community. For example, is the public concerned about water sources that depend on the weather or unfamiliar technologies? Is there support for the use of non-potable water and other more environmentally-friendly supplies? To gain insight into
- [CRCWSC Industry Note (2016): How can social norms be leveraged to promote water sensitive cities?](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/crcwsc-industry-note-2016-how-can-social-norms-be-leveraged-to-promote-water-sensitive-cities/) - What innovative, non-price approaches are available to manage water demand? How can current conservation programs be modified to better promote water savings, particularly amongst high-use households? Is there a way to harness people’s pre-existing beliefs and motivations in order to increase water sensitive practices? Recent studies suggest an understanding of social norms can provide valuable
- [CRCWSC Industry Note (2016): Water and the Australian city: lessons from history](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/crcwsc-industry-note-2016-water-and-the-australian-city-lessons-from-history/) - Most Australians live in suburban, single-family, detached houses. This historical and continuing housing preference means that providing water and sewerage services are expensive. Australians have traditionally been profligate with water, but have always shown remarkable willingness to adapt water usage during times of crisis.
- [Selling your water sensitive city business case – practical strategies you can use](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/selling-water-sensitive-city-business-case-practical-strategies-can-use/) - Introduction A business case is regarded as the everyday expression of rational decision-making. It provides an objective look at the costs and benefits of a project to decide whether to proceed. It is recommended that as well as the numbers, you need to build organisational and political support for your business case. This ensures that
- [New publication: The value of restoring urban drains to living streams](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/new-publication-value-restoring-urban-drains-living-streams/) - Waterway restoration work can involve substantial costs, and if water sensitive urban design concepts such as the creation of living streams are to be widely adopted, it is important to demonstrate that the benefits from restoration are greater than the costs. Dr James Fogarty, Dr Fan Zhang and Dr Maksym Polyakov, researchers in the CRC
- [CRCWSC Industry Note (2016): The real problem of hypothetical bias in the valuation of stormwater management projects](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/crcwsc-industry-note-2016-the-real-problem-of-hypothetical-bias-in-the-valuation-of-stormwater-management-projects/) - Stated preference methods provide an important means of assigning monetary values to non-market goods and services but they suffer from a significant problem: hypothetical bias. That is, people’s tendency to overstate their willingness to pay in hypothetical scenarios. However, a recent study into the valuation of stormwater management projects found that the saliency approach –
- [CRCWSC Industry Note (2015): What is the best mix for our urban water supply?](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/what-is-the-best-mix-for-our-urban-water-supply/) - CRC for Water Sensitive Cities Industry Note 2015 - What is the best mix for our urban water supply? Prepared by Dr Anke Leroux, Monash University.
- [Changing water habits after drought: Why garden watering was easier to change than showering](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/changing-water-habits-drought-garden-watering-easier-change-showering/) - Summary Past experience has shown that communities can change habits and reduce water use during times of crisis but a critical question is whether these habits persist after the crisis and why? Social practice theory can be used to answer this question.
- [Fact Sheet: IRP2 — Stakeholder Engagement Strategy](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/industry-note-irp2-stakeholder-engagement-strategy/) - Integrated Research Project 2's Stakeholder Engagement Strategy is designed to maximise opportunities for key end users to use the project’s tools, information, and lessons. The full Stakeholder Engagement Strategy can be accessed here, but the attached Fact Sheet summaries its specific objectives, target audience groups, and how IRP2 will engage with each one.
- [Design of the public realm to enhance thermal comfort](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/design-public-realm-enhance-thermal-comfort/) - Improving thermal comfort in the public realm lifts the amenity of these areas and provides specific human health benefits. The attached Industry Note summarises research on how to: • identify thermal comfort investment priorities; and • design thermally comfortable outdoor spaces. Recommendations make use of a new tool, the Water Sensitive Cities Toolkit, and a
- [The climatic benefits of green infrastructure](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/climatic-benefits-green-infrastructure/) - Research shows that vegetation, especially trees, can effectively mitigate urban heat. To achieve human health and comfort benefits, it is particularly important to reduce temperatures during heat waves. The attached Industry Note summarises CRC for Water Sensitive Cities research on the factors affecting the cooling benefits of green infrastructure.
- [Cost-effective Strategies to Reduce Nitrogen and Phosphorus Emissions in an Urban River Catchment](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/cost-effective-strategies-reduce-nitrogen-phosphorus-emissions-urban-river-catchment-2/) - Emissions of nitrogen and phosphorus from various sources into urban waterways cause algal blooms and generally degrade delicate aquatic ecosystems. Perth’s Canning River is a prime example, and yet protecting it from these emissions has been a policy challenge for the last 50 years. A mix of incentives and regulation is needed to improve the
- [Education programs to foster water sensitive leaders](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/education-programs-foster-water-sensitive-leaders-article/) - A new Industry Note provides a snapshot summary of some of the research informing how organisations can foster water leaders of the future. The integrated approach behind successful water sensitive city outcomes new types of skills to meet the water industry’s current and future challenges. Education programs to foster water sensitive leaders describes CRC for
- [Review of non-market values of water sensitive systems and practices](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/review-of-non-market-values-of-water-sensitive-systems-and-practices/) - The adoption of water sensitive systems and practices can provide tangible benefits that are easily quantifiable, such as additional water supply, and intangible benefits that are difficult to quantify, such as amenity value. As a result, intangible benefits are often ignored in the formal investment decision framework. The CRC for Water Sensitive Cities’ (CRCWSC) Integrated
- [Overview: Vision and Transition Strategy for a Water Sensitive Townsville](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/overview-vision-and-transition-strategy-for-a-water-sensitive-townsville/) - This note provides an overview of the Vision and Transition Strategy for a Water Sensitive Townsville. The note presents the 50-year water sensitive vision for Townsville, and a summary assessment of Townsville’s current water sensitive performance and its progress towards its vision. High level strategies to address priority transition needs are also outlined.
- [Strategies and tactics for influencing decision making](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/strategies-and-tactics-for-influencing-decision-making/) - Knowing what to do with scientific research outcomes can be tricky. But, by changing how we present research proposals or findings to government and industry, we have a real chance to influence policy making and industry practice. This industry note provides a number of tips to enhance the value of scientific ideas and findings in
- [Small Creek naturalisation](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/small-creek-naturalisation/) - Transformation of 1.6km of existing concrete channel into a natural waterway. The channel is located in a heavily urbanised catchment and works will take place over five years of staged construction. The community has been actively involved in the design of the waterway works through a range of community workshops and events held early in
- [Elizabeth Street catchment integrated water cycle management plan](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/elizabeth-street-catchment-integrated-water-cycle-management-plan/) - The Elizabeth Street Catchment Integrated Water Cycle Management (IWCM) Plan aims to mitigate the extreme flood risks present in the 308-hectare Elizabeth Street Catchment. The plan includes a suite of targets, projects and initiatives to be implemented over a five-year period. These actions will enable the City of Melbourne to reduce its flood risk and
- [Sponge City Innovation Park](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/sponge-city-innovation-park/) - The Jiangsu-Victoria Sponge City Innovation Park is a 10 hectare site that will exhibit cutting edge water sensitive infrastructure and technology, with facilities for validating emerging sponge city technologies and products. The CRC for Water Sensitive Cities (CRCWSC) and its partners have been commissioned to lead the park’s development and masterplanning, and to undertake landscape
- [Sydney water bank naturalisation](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/sydney-water-bank-naturalisation/) - The $4.9 million naturalisation of 1.1km of riverbank along the Cooks River in Sydney involved demolishing and replacing steep, deteriorated concrete panels from the 1930s and 1940s with more gently sloped river banks, stabilised with sandstone and more than 80,000 local native plants. The works have created attractive activated spaces for the public and extra
- [Dobsons Creek stormwater disconnection project](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/dobsons-creek-stormwater-disconnection-project/) - Dobsons Creek has the highest ecological value of any waterway within the Knox City Council area, and is one of the highest value waterways in the wider Dandenong Creek catchment. In 2010, Melbourne Water and Knox City Council initiated a pilot program to retrofit the 1300 hectare Dobsons Creek catchment with stormwater disconnection measures on
- [Waterwise Council Program](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/waterwise-council-program/) - The Waterwise Council Program established in 2009 is a partnership between the Water Corporation (WA water utility) and the Department of Water and Environmental Regulation. It aims to build a cooperative working relationship with local governments, to improve water use efficiency and adopt water sensitive cities concepts in their operations and communities. The program also
- [Warrnambool roof water harvesting](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/warrnambool-roof-water-harvesting/) - This roof water harvesting scheme collects and diverts roof water from all new houses and industrial buildings within new estates located in a growth corridor. Water is then transferred via gravity into an existing untreated water storage where it is treated through the existing treatment plant to provide drinking water for the city of Warrnambool.
- [The challenges of translating science and research into policy](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/the-challenges-of-translating-science-and-research-into-policy/) - Developing a strategic mindset about influencing policy must start with the understanding that opportunities to influence policy and make significant change occur infrequently and often unpredictably. The research community needs to seize such opportunities (termed 'policy windows') when they do arise, for we cannot know when the next window will open once one closes. Identifying
- [How can scientists have greater influence in policy making?](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/how-can-scientists-have-greater-influence-in-policy-making/) - Policy making is an extremely complex area of politics that brings together many different considerations, contexts, institutions and personalities. Strategies for influencing the political dynamics of decision-making (Project A3.3) of the CRC for Water Sensitive Cities unpacked some of this complexity in the urban water sector and developed strategic and tactical advice for those who
- [CRCWSC Tranche 3 Roadshow (beyond 2021) - Melbourne](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/crcwsc-tranche-3-roadshow-melbourne/) - The Tranche 3 team are travelling the nation for the T3 consultation process, which will take place in Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne, Perth and Sydney. The roadshow is designed to share the outputs from the T3 Development Workshop on 5-6 December 2018 in Melbourne, and seek your further inputs to refine the design of our T3
- [2019 Stormwater Victoria Conference](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/2019-stormwater-victoria-conference/) - Stormwater Victoria would like to invite you to attend the 2019 State Conference: River for Liveability - Promote, Protect and Preserve The Conference will bring together thought leaders and innovators, and provide opportunities for the industry to share successes, as well as provide education that can be used to provide tangible benefits for the communities,
- [The world is watching Australia's water sensitive cities](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/the-world-is-watching-australias-water-sensitive-cities/) - Our International Engagement Manager (Asia) Jianbin Wang brought the world’s attention to Australia’s water sensitive cities as a leading example for other countries during his plenary keynote address at the 4th International Water Association Science Summit on Urban Water, held in China from 26–27 November. Jianbin presented the CRCWSC’s vision for future water smart cities,
- [The future of the CRCWSC: Come to our roadshow](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/the-future-of-the-crcwsc-come-to-our-roadshow/) - We’d love to see you at our upcoming roadshow, where we’ll be discussing the future of the CRCWSC beyond the end of our current term in 2021, and our next tranche of water sensitive cities research and adoption activities, with the working title of Tranche 3 (T3). We’re hitting the road from 19 February to
- [CRCWSC Tranche 3 Roadshow (beyond 2021) - Brisbane](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/crcwsc-tranche-3-roadshow-brisbane/) - The Tranche 3 team are travelling the nation for the T3 consultation process, which will take place in Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne, Perth and Sydney. The roadshow is designed to share the outputs from the T3 Development Workshop on 5-6 December 2018 in Melbourne, and seek your further inputs to refine the design of our T3
- [Interdisciplinary approach to designing water sensitive infill](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/interdisciplinary-approach-to-designing-water-sensitive-infill/) - Healthy competition can bring out the best in people and that was certainly the case at the annual Energy and Water Systems Integration: Urban Design Challenge. This educational event co-hosted by the University of Queensland and the CRCWSC helps students to better understand multidisciplinary team engagement for urban design challenges. Masters and PhD students of
- [CRCWSC Tranche 3 Roadshow (beyond 2021) - Perth](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/crcwsc-tranche-3-roadshow-perth/) - The Tranche 3 team are travelling the nation for the T3 consultation process, which will take place in Adelaide, Brisbane, Melbourne, Perth and Sydney. The roadshow is designed to share the outputs from the T3 Development Workshop on 5-6 December 2018 in Melbourne, and seek your further inputs to refine the design of our T3
- [Your contributions made 2018 another successful year](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/your-contributions-made-2018-another-successful-year/) - At the beginning of the year, I outlined an ambitious agenda for 2018. And thanks to the efforts of our Participants, partners and CRCWSC staff, we achieved our goals and more. Take a look at our end-of-year video. We showed our Water Sensitive Cities Transition Planning Process can be applied in any urban setting Altogether,
- [Rewind 2018 at the CRC for Water Sensitive Cities](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/rewind-2018-at-the-crc-for-water-sensitive-cities/) - Take a look at our end-of-year video.
- [Integrated multi-functional urban water systems: key findings from project C4.1](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/integrated-multi-functional-urban-water-systems-key-findings-from-project-c4-1/) - Abstract This report presents the research outcomes from Project C4.1. It is divided into four distinct sections, namely, green treatment technologies (which provides performance data from laboratory studies together with practical recommendations on the design, operation and maintenance of these systems); findings arising from field testing of the Monash City Council EIBC biofilter systems; an
- [How social capital influences community support for alternative water sources](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/social-capital-influences-community-support-alternative-water-sources/) - Abstract Ensuring future water security requires broad community support for changes in policy, practice, and technology, such as those involved in delivering alternative water schemes. Building community support for alternative water sources may involve a suite of engagement activities, ranging from information campaigns, through to grassroots and participatory approaches. There is increasing recognition that ‘social
- [Benchmarking, Envisioning and Transition Planning for a Water Sensitive Greater Sydney: Final Case Report](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/benchmarking-envisioning-and-transition-planning-for-a-water-sensitive-greater-sydney/) - The Cooperative Research Centre for Water Sensitive Cities (CRCWSC) was invited to develop a WSC vision and transition strategy for Sydney, encompassing the Greater Sydney region. This forms part of the Water Sensitive City Visions and Transition Strategies integrated research project (IRP1), which aims to develop tools and processes for bringing city stakeholders together to
- [Benchmarking, Envisioning and Transition Planning for a Water Sensitive Townsville: Final Case Report](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/benchmarking-envisioning-and-transition-planning-for-a-water-sensitive-townsville-final-case-report/) - The Cooperative Research Centre for Water Sensitive Cities (CRCWSC) was invited to develop a WSC vision and transition strategy for Townsville. This process forms part of the Water Sensitive City Visions and Transition Strategies integrated research project (IRP1), which aims to develop tools and processes for bringing city stakeholders together to create strategic alignment and
- [A spatial vulnerability analysis of urban populations during extreme heat events in Australian capital cities](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/a-spatial-vulnerability-analysis-urban-populations-during-extreme-heat-events-in-australian-capital-cities/) - Abstract Extreme heat events pose a risk to the health of all individuals, especially the elderly and the chronically ill, and are associated with an increased demand for healthcare services. In order to address this problem, policy makers’ need information about temperatures above which mortality and morbidity of the exposed population is likely to increase,
- [Modelling of green roof hydrological performance for urban drainage applications](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/modelling-of-green-roof-hydrological-performance-for-urban-drainage-applications/) - Abstract Green roofs are being widely implemented for stormwater management and their impact on the urban hydrological cycle can be evaluated by incorporating them into urban drainage models. This paper presents a model of green roof long term and single event hydrological performance. The model includes surface and subsurface storage components representing the overall retention
- [Dr Jurg Keller and Dr Sandra Hall appointed to AWA board](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/dr-jurg-keller-re-appointed-to-awa-board/) - The Australian Water Association (AWA) appointed its new board in October. Among its eight directors is the CRCWSC’s Chief Research Officer, Dr Jurg Keller and former CRCWSC Regional Executive Director and now Operations and Business Manager of the Advanced Water Management Centre (AWMC) at the University of Queensland (a CRCWSC Essential Participant), Dr Sandra Hall.
- [Can a spatial index of heat-related vulnerability predict emergency service demand in Australian capital cities?](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/spatial-index-heat-related-vulnerability-predict-emergency-service-demand-australian-capital-cities/) - Abstract Purpose – The purpose of this paper is to demonstrate a spatial model of population vulnerability (VI) capable of identifying areas of high emergency service demand (ESD) during extreme heat events (EHE). Design/methodology/approach – An index of population vulnerability to EHE was developed from a literature review. Threshold temperatures for EHE were defined using
- [Assessing practical measures to reduce urban heat: Green and cool roofs](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/assessing-practical-measures-reduce-urban-heat-green-cool-roofs/) - Abstract As cities continue to grow and develop under climate change, identifying and assessing practical approaches to mitigate high urban temperatures is critical to help provide thermally comfortable, attractive and sustainable urban environments. Green and cool roofs are commonly reported to provide urban heat mitigation potential; however, their performance is highly dependent upon their design,
- [An exploration of temperature metrics for further developing the heat-health weather warning system in Hong Kong](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/an-exploration-temperature-metrics-for-further-developing-the-heat-health-weather-warning-system-hong-kong/) - Abstract Background. The current weather warning system aims to reduce mortality from heat and cold stress but still has room to be improved in terms of incorporating other temperature metrics. The aim of this study is to determine how extreme temperature affects mortality in Hong Kong. Methods. An ecological study was used; daily weather data
- [Remotely sensed thermal pollution and its relationship with energy consumption and industry in a rapidly urbanizing Chinese city](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/remotely-sensed-thermal-pollution-its-relationship-energy-consumption-industry-in-rapidly-urbanizing-chinese-city/) - Abstract Taking the city of Xiamen, China, as an example, we used thermal infrared remote sensing to detect thermal pollution, and examined its relationship to energy consumption and the industrial economy. Monthly changes in 2002 and dynamics throughout the period of rapid urbanization (1987–2007) are analysed. It is found that seasonal variation led to distinct
- [Watering our cities: the capacity for water sensitive urban design to support urban cooling and improve human thermal comfort in the Australian context](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/watering-our-cities-the-capacity-for-wsud-to-support-urban-cooling-and-improve-human-thermal-comfort-in-australian-context/) - Abstract Urban drainage infrastructure is generally designed to rapidly export stormwater away from the urban environment to minimize flood risk created by extensive impervious surface cover. This deficit is resolved by importing high-quality potable water for irrigation. However, cities and towns at times face water restrictions in response to drought and water scarcity. This can
- [Learning from our older people: Pilot study findings on responding to heat](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/learning-from-our-older-people-pilot-study-findings-on-responding-to-heat/) - Abstract Aims: With the advent of climate change, it is important that strategies be put in place to minimise the effects of heat. These impacts can be compounded by other factors such as location and age. This exploratory pilot study focuses on older people in a rural Victorian community that regularly experiences hot weather. Method:
- [Mapping heat health risks in urban areas](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/mapping-heat-health-risks-in-urban-areas/) - Abstract Periods of extreme heat pose a risk to the health of individuals, especially the elderly, the very young, and the chronically ill. Risk factors include housing characteristics, and socioeconomic factors, or environmental risk factors such as urban heat islands. This study developed an index of population vulnerability in an urban setting using known environmental,
- [Temperature and human thermal comfort effects of street trees across three contrasting street canyon environments](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/temperature-human-thermal-comfort-effects-street-trees-across-three-contrasting-street-canyon-environments/) - Abstract Urban street trees provide many environmental, social, and economic benefits for our cities. This research explored the role of street trees in Melbourne, Australia, in cooling the urban microclimate and improving human thermal comfort (HTC). Three east–west (E–W) oriented streets were studied in two contrasting street canyon forms (deep and shallow) and between contrasting
- [Planning for cooler cities: A framework to prioritise green infrastructure to mitigate high temperatures in urban landscapes](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/planning-for-cooler-cities-a-framework-to-prioritise-green-infrastructure-to-mitigate-high-temperatures-in-urban-landscapes/) - Abstract Warming associated with urban development will be exacerbated in future years by temperature increases due to climate change. The strategic implementation of urban green infrastructure (UGI) e.g. street trees, parks, green roofs and facades can help achieve temperature reductions in urban areas while delivering diverse additional benefits such as pollution reduction and biodiversity habitat.
- [Simulating the surface energy balance over two contrasting urban environments using the Community Land Model Urban](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/simulating-the-surface-energy-balance-over-two-contrasting-urban-environments-using-the-community-land-model-urban/) - Abstract A single-layer urban canopy model Community Land Model Urban (CLMU) is evaluated over two contrasting urban environments of Toulouse (France) and Melbourne (Australia). For the latter, three measurement sites are available characterized by a varying amount of vegetation, which supports a detailed assessment of the representation of urban vegetation in CLMU. For Toulouse, observed
- [Weekly cycles in peak time temperatures and urban heat island intensity](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/weekly-cycles-in-peak-time-temperatures-and-urban-heat-island-intensity/) - Abstract Regular diurnal and weekly cycles (WCs) in temperature provide valuable insights into the consequences of anthropogenic activity on the urban environment. Different locations experience a range of identified WCs and have very different structures. Two important sources of urban heat are those associated with the effect of large urban structures on the radiation budget
- [Health and climate related ecosystem services provided by street trees in the urban environment](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/health-and-climate-related-ecosystem-services-provided-by-street-trees-in-urban-environment/) - Abstract Urban tree planting initiatives are being actively promoted as a planning tool to enable urban areas to adapt to and mitigate against climate change, enhance urban sustainability and improve human health and well-being. However, opportunities for creating new areas of green space within cities are often limited and tree planting initiatives may be constrained
- [The influence of increasing tree cover on mean radiant temperature across a mixed development suburb in Adelaide, Australia](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/the-influence-of-increasing-tree-cover-on-mean-radiant-temperature-across-mixed-development-suburb-in-adelaide/) - Abstract The implementation of trees in urban environments can mitigate outdoor thermal stress. Growing global urban population and the risk of heatwaves, compounded by development driven urban warmth (the urban heat island), means more people are at risk of heat stress in our cities. Effective planning of urban environments must minimise heat-health risks through a
- [Short-term changes in thermal perception associated with heatwave conditions in Melbourne, Australia](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/short-term-changes-in-thermal-perception-associated-with-heatwave-conditions-in-melbourne-australia/) - Abstract Variations in human thermal perception have been described on timescales from minutes to seasons. However, the effect of weather-related thermal extremes on inter-daily changes to outdoor thermal perception has not been well characterised. This study used human thermal comfort data from an outdoor botanic garden in sub-urban Melbourne, Australia as a case study. We
- [VTUF-3D: An urban micro-climate model to assess temperature moderation from increased vegetation and water in urban canyons](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/vtuf-3d-urban-micro-climate-model-assess-temperature-moderation-increased-vegetation-water-urban-canyons/) - Abstract With urban areas facing future longer duration heatwaves and temperature extremes, adaptation strategies are needed. Examining the role that increased tree cover and water availability can have on human thermal comfort (HTC) in urban areas as part of these strategies has been done using observations, but further work requires a modelling tool suited for
- [People who are elderly or have chronic conditions](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/people-who-are-elderly-or-have-chronic-conditions/) - Abstract What we need to do in local communities to support and protect the people most vulnerable to the impacts of climate change in Australia. Climate Change Adaptation for Health and Social Services addresses concerns from the health and community services sector, including local government, about how to respond to climate change and its impacts
- [Urban populations’ vulnerability to climate extremes: mitigating urban heat through technology and water-sensitive urban design](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/urban-populations-vulnerability-to-climate-extremes-mitigating-urban-heat-through-technology-wsud/) - Abstract Low Carbon Cities is a book for practitioners, students and scholars in architecture, urban planning and design. It features essays on ecologically sustainable cities by leading exponents of urban sustainability, case studies of the new directions low carbon cities might take and investigations of how we can mitigate urban heat stress in our cities’
- [Determination of operational and challenge conditions for validation of stormwater biofilters and wetlands](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/determination-of-operational-and-challenge-conditions-for-validation-of-stormwater-biofilters-and-wetlands/) - Abstract In Australia, guidelines have been developed for the validation of engineered treatment processes. However, these guidelines do not prescriptively address validation of passive water sensitive urban design (WSUD) treatment systems. The first step in developing validation guidelines for WSUD systems is pre-validation, which includes defining operational and challenge conditions for the systems. This
- [Another reason urban streams are stuffed: geomorphic history, challenges and opportunities](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/another-reason-urban-streams-are-stuffed-geomorphic-history-challenges-opportunities/) - Abstract Urbanisation influences a range of factors related to stream health, including the hydrologic regime and water quality. There is also a significant, but lesser known, impact on the physical form and functioning of stream channels. Most urban geomorphic research and management have focused on channel widening and deepening arising from a primary concern with
- [Will it rise or will it fall? Managing the complex effects of urbanization on base flow](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/will-it-rise-or-will-it-fall-managing-the-complex-effects-of-urbanization-on-base-flow/) - Abstract Sustaining natural levels of base flow is critical to maintaining ecological function as stream catchments are urbanized. Stream base flow responds variably to urbanization. Base flow or water tables rise in some locations, fall in others, or remain constant. This variable response is the result of the array of natural (e.g., physiographic setting and
- [Are our urban streams on fire? Using studies on fire to learn about the Urban Stream Syndrome](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/are-our-urban-streams-on-fire-using-studies-on-fire-to-learn-about-the-urban-stream-syndrome/) - Abstract The Urban Stream Syndrome is a term applied to describe the multiple impacts urbanisation has on aquatic ecosystems. Altered hydrology is considered to be the dominant stressor driving the syndrome. However, the current focus on hydrology may overshadow the importance of other stressors, such as poor water quality and a degraded riparian zone. Separating
- [Stormwater nutrient attenuation in a constructed wetland with alternating surface and subsurface flow pathways: Event to annual dynamics](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/stormwater-nutrient-attenuation-in-a-constructed-wetland-with-alternating-surface-subsurface-flow-pathways-event-to-annual-dynamics/) - Abstract Among different Water Sensitive Urban Design (WSUD) options, constructed wetlands (CWs) are widely used to protect and support downstream urban waterways from stormwater nutrients. This analysis assessed the nutrient attenuation ability of a novel CW in Western Australia that combined multiple alternating surface flow (SF) and laterite-based subsurface flow (SSF) compartments within a parkland
- [Using multi-tracer inference to move beyond single-catchment ecohydrology](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/using-multi-tracer-inference-to-move-beyond-single-catchment-ecohydrology/) - Abstract Protecting or restoring aquatic ecosystems in the face of growing anthropogenic pressures requires an understanding of hydrological and biogeochemical functioning across multiple spatial and temporal scales. Recent technological and methodological advances have vastly increased the number and diversity of hydrological, biogeochemical, and ecological tracers available, providing potentially powerful tools to improve understanding of fundamental
- [Effect of hydrological variability on the performance of stormwater constructed wetlands: Assessment of the gaps in current modelling approaches](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/effect-hydrological-variability-performance-stormwater-constructed-wetlands-assessment-gaps-current-modelling-approaches/) - Abstract In order to design stormwater constructed wetlands (CW) for the improved efficiency in terms of nutrient reduction and flood attenuation, designers seek assistance from numerical models to justify different criteria. While there is a wide range of models based on physical and biogeochemical processes, there are a number of important criteria in CWs design that are
- [A multi-functional, multi-compartment constructed wetland to support urban waterway restoration](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/a-multi-functional-multi-compartment-constructed-wetland-support-urban-waterway-restoration/) - Abstract This study described the implementation of a multi-functional constructed wetland implemented to restore a degraded urban waterway in Western Australia. The restoration aimed to improve urban liveability by reducing stormwater nutrients and improving local amenity. The wetland was constructed as a multi-compartment surface flow and laterite-based subsurface flow system, with the potential for operation
- [Ecohydrology and stormwater nutrient attenuation performance of constructed wetland in Western Australia](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/ecohydrology-and-stormwater-nutrient-attenuation-performance-of-constructed-wetland-in-wa/) - Abstract The present study investigated ecohydrology and urban stormwater nutrient attenuation of Anvil Way Compensation Basin (AWCB) of Western Australia. This constructed wetland enjoys stormwater runoff through main inlet and an ungauged drain plus groundwater input, and discharges at main outlet. The hydrological assessment establishes a basic water balance for the wetland from June 2012
- [The impact of urbanisation on hydrology in areas with significant groundwater surface water interactions: Three case studies](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/the-impact-of-urbanisation-on-hydrology-in-areas-with-significant-groundwater-surface-water-interactions-three-case-studies/) - Abstract In the context of Project B2.4 "Hydrology and nutrient transport processes in surface water groundwater systems" of the CRC for Water Sensitive Cities, this paper presents an investigation of three case studies in Perth, Western Australia, where WSUD control elements have been implemented in urban areas with high watertables: a subsoil cut-off drain, a
- [Comparison of machine learning techniques and variables for groundwater dissolved organic nitrogen prediction in an urban area](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/comparison-of-machine-learning-techniques-and-variables-for-groundwater-dissolved-organic-nitrogen-prediction-urban-area/) - Abstract Dissolved inorganic nitrogen (DIN) are typically the main focus of nutrient management strategies; however, some studies have found that dissolved organic nitrogen (DON) can be the dominant form of total nitrogen (TN) in several Australian estuaries and catchments. To better understand nitrogen cycling and explore the relationships between measured groundwater DON and environmental factors,
- [Visitors’ perception of thermal comfort during extreme heat events at the Royal Botanic Garden Melbourne](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/visitors-perception-of-thermal-comfort-during-extreme-heat-events-at-the-royal-botanic-garden-melbourne/) - Abstract Outdoor thermal comfort studies have mainly examined the perception of local residents, and there has been little work on how those conditions are perceived differently by tourists, especially tourists of diverse origins. This issue is important because it will improve the application of thermal indices in predicting the thermal perception of tourists. This study
- [Thermal infrared remote sensing of urban heat: Hotspots, vegetation, and an assessment of techniques for use in urban planning](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/thermal-infrared-remote-sensing-urban-heat-hotspots-vegetation-and-an-assessment-of-techniques-for-use-in-urban-planning/) - Abstract In order to mitigate areas of high urban air temperature (or ‘hotspots’), advice and tools are currently being sought to help inform urban planning and decision making around urban greening. One potential tool receiving growing interest is the use of thermal imagery for identifying hotspots, however this relies on the assumption that patterns in
- [The implementation of biofiltration systems, rainwater tanks and urban irrigation in a single-layer urban canopy model](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/implementation-biofiltration-systems-rainwater-tanks-and-urban-irrigation-a-single-layer-urban-canopy-model/) - Abstract Urban vegetation is generally considered as a key tool to modify the urban energy balance through enhanced evapotranspiration (ET). Given that vegetation is most effective when it is healthy, stormwater harvesting and retention strategies (such as water sensitive urban design) could be used to support vegetation and promote ET. This study presents the implementation
- [Heat stress during the Black Saturday event in Melbourne, Australia](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/heat-stress-during-the-black-saturday-event-in-melbourne/) - Abstract The Black Saturday bushfire event of February 7, 2009, devastated the state of Victoria, Australia, resulting in 173 deaths. On this day, the maximum temperature in Melbourne (state capital of Victoria, population 4 million people) exceeded 46 °C, there were wind gusts of over 80 km h−1 and the relative humidity dropped below 5 %. We investigated the
- [The relationship between housing and heat wave resilience in older people](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/the-relationship-between-housing-heat-wave-resilience-in-older-people/) - Abstract Older people have justifiably been highlighted as a high-risk group with respect to heat wave mortality and morbidity. However, there are older people living within the community who have developed adaptive and resilient environments around their home that provide some protection during periods of extreme heat. This study investigated the housing stock and self-reported
- [Identifying vulnerable populations in subtropical Brisbane, Australia: A guide for heatwave preparedness and health promotion](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/identifying-vulnerable-populations-in-subtropical-brisbane-australia-guide-for-heatwave-preparedness-health-promotion/) - Abstract Building healthy societies is a key step towards climate resilient communities. Ill health is related to increased risk during heat events and is disproportionally distributed within and between communities. To understand the differences in the spatial distribution of climate related health risks and how this will change in the future we have undertaken a
- [The impact of “unseasonably” warm spring temperatures on acute myocardial infarction hospital admissions in Melbourne, Australia: A city with a temperate climate](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/impact-unseasonably-warm-spring-temperatures-acute-myocardial-infarction-hospital-admissions-in-melbourne-australia-city-with-temperate-climate/) - Abstract The effects of extreme temperatures on human health have been well described. However, the adverse health effects of warm weather that occurs outside the summer period have had little attention. We used daily anomalous AMI morbidity and daily anomalous temperature to determine the impact of “unseasonable” temperature on human health. The “unseasonably” warm weather
- [Ecologically relevant geomorphic attributes of streams are impaired by even low levels of watershed effective imperviousness](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/ecologically-relevant-geomorphic-attributes-streams-are-impaired-by-even-low-levels-watershed-effective-imperviousness/) - Abstract Urbanization almost inevitably results in changes to stream morphology. Understanding the mechanisms for such impacts is a prerequisite to minimizing stream degradation and achieving restoration goals. However, investigations of urban-induced changes to stream morphology typically use indicators of watershed urbanization that may not adequately represent degrading mechanisms and commonly focus on geomorphic attributes such
- [Protection of stream ecosystems from urban stormwater runoff: The multiple benefits of an ecohydrological approach](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/protection-stream-ecosystems-from-urban-stormwater-runoff-multiple-benefits-ecohydrological-approach/) - Abstract There is now widespread recognition of the degrading influence of urban stormwater runoff on stream ecosystems and of the need to mitigate these impacts using stormwater control measures. Unfortunately, however, understanding of the flow regime requirements to protect urban stream ecosystems remains poor, with a focus typically on only limited aspects of the flow
- [Understanding, management and modelling of urban hydrology and its consequences for receiving waters: A state of the art](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/understanding-management-and-modelling-of-urban-hydrology-and-its-consequences-for-receiving-waters/) - Abstract Urban hydrology has evolved to improve the way urban runoff is managed for flood protection, public health and environmental protection. There have been significant recent advances in the measurement and prediction of urban rainfall, with technologies such as radar and microwave networks showing promise. The ability to predict urban hydrology has also evolved, to
- [Modelling the impact of stormwater source control infiltration techniques on catchment baseflow](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/modelling-the-impact-of-stormwater-source-control-infiltration-techniques-on-catchment-baseflow/) - Abstract Stormwater management increasingly recognises the need to emulate, to the maximum extent possible, the flow regime of receiving waters in their pre-development state. Hydrological models play a central role in assessing the catchment-scale impacts of alternative stormwater management strategies. However, because of the complexity of physical processes involved in urban hydrology, particularly subsurface flows,
- [Factors that affect the hydraulic performance of raingardens: implications for design and maintenance](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/factors-that-affect-the-hydraulic-performance-raingardens-implications-for-design-maintenance/) - Abstract Raingardens are becoming an increasingly popular technology for urban stormwater treatment. However, their hydraulic performance is known to reduce due to clogging from deposition of fine-grained sediments on the surface. This impacts on their capacity to treat urban runoff. It has been recently hypothesised that plants can help to mitigate the effect of surface
- [Hydrologic shortcomings of conventional urban stormwater management and opportunities for reform](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/hydrologic-shortcomings-of-conventional-urban-stormwater-management-opportunities-for-reform/) - Abstract Conventional approaches to stormwater management for environmental protection fail because they do not address all of the changes to the flow regime caused by conventional stormwater drainage. In this paper, we contrasted the hydrologic effects of two conventional approaches to urban stormwater management – (a) drainage-efficiency focused and (b) pollutant-load-reduction focused – identifying their
- [The impact of stormwater source-control strategies on the (low) flow regime of urban catchments](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/impact-stormwater-source-control-strategies-on-low-flow-regime-of-urban-catchments/) - Abstract Stormwater management strategies increasingly recognise the need to emulate the pre-development flow regime, in addition to reducing pollutant concentrations and loads. However, it is unclear whether current design approaches for stormwater source-control techniques are effective in restoring the whole flow regime, and in particular low flows, towards their pre-development levels. We therefore modelled and
- [Urban hydrogeomorphology and the urban stream syndrome: Treating the symptoms and causes of geomorphic change](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/urban-hydrogeomorphology-the-urban-stream-syndrome-treating-the-symptoms-causes-geomorphic-change/) - Abstract The urban stream syndrome is an almost universal physical and ecological response of streams to catchment urbanization. Altered channel geomorphology is a primary symptom that includes channel deepening, widening and instability. While the common approach is to treat the symptoms (e.g. modifying and stabilizing the channel), many stream restoration objectives will not be achieved
- [Urban Stormwater Runoff: A New Class of Environmental Flow Problem](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/urban-stormwater-runoff-new-class-environmental-flow-problem/) - Abstract Environmental flow assessment frameworks have begun to consider changes to flow regimes resulting from land-use change. Urban stormwater runoff, which degrades streams through altered volume, pattern and quality of flow, presents a problem that challenges dominant approaches to stormwater and water resource management, and to environmental flow assessment. We used evidence of ecological response
- [Source-control stormwater management for mitigating the impacts of urbanisation on baseflow: A review](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/source-control-stormwater-management-for-mitigating-the-impacts-of-urbanisation-on-baseflow-review/) - Abstract While infiltration source-control technologies are increasingly used to manage the volume, rate and quality of stormwater runoff, there is little guidance on their role and impact on baseflow. This review addresses the impacts of urbanisation on baseflow in peri-urban catchments, with the aim to better understand the potential role of stormwater infiltration source-control technologies
- [Hydrology of peri-urban catchments: processes and modelling](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/hydrology-of-peri-urban-catchments-processes-and-modelling/) - Note: Journal articles and conference papers (and links where available) are available under open access arrangements where possible. Otherwise please contact your institution’s library, the authors, or publishers to organise full access.
- [Improving urban stream condition by redirecting sediments: A review of associated contaminants](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/improving-urban-stream-condition-by-redirecting-sediments-review-associated-contaminants/) - Abstract It is well known that established urban catchments often result in increased flow to receiving streams, but they can also lead to reduction in coarse-grained sediment to receiving streams. The resulting loss of coarse-grained sediments (e.g. sands, gravels etc.) in streams has negative consequences for aquatic ecosystems, including reduced foraging and refuge for macroinvertebrates
- [Interactive effects of urban stormwater drainage, land clearance, and flow regime on stream macroinvertebrate assemblages across a large metropolitan region](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/interactive-effects-of-urban-stormwater-drainage-land-clearance-and-flow-regime-on-stream-macroinvertebrate-assemblages/) - Abstract Urban impacts on streams are mediated by alteration of land cover and subsurface drainage. Understanding interactions of these 2 effects is critical for urban land and water management. We used boosted regression trees to analyze relationships between environmental predictors, including land-cover measures that indicate urban impacts, and Stream Invertebrate Grade Number Average Level (SIGNAL)
- [Flows that cause geomorphic change in urban streams and what stormwater control measures can do](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/flows-that-cause-geomorphic-change-in-urban-streams-and-what-stormwater-control-measures-can-do/) - Abstract Reduced infiltration and evapotranspiration from impervious areas of urban watersheds once covered by vegetation, and stormwater runoff directed through drainage networks, can lead to ten times more water “doing work” on stream channels. Recent research demonstrates the potential for stormwater control measures (SCMs) to address the causes of urban stream degradation, by retaining and
- [A catchment-scale experiment on stream restoration through dispersed upland stormwater retention](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/catchment-scale-experiment-on-stream-restoration-through-dispersed-upland-stormwater-retention/) - Abstract To date, no examples of improved ecological condition in stream ecosystems resulting from low impact urban stormwater management have been reported. We worked with a catchment community and municipality to retrofit the stormwater drainage of a 2.5 km2 urban watershed in the headwaters of a small, degraded stream to the east of Melbourne, Australia.
- [A macroinvertebrate assemblage composition index is better predicted by a landscape measure of urban stormwater effects than by hydrologic indicators](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/macroinvertebrate-assemblage-composition-index-better-predicted-by-landscape-measure-urban-stormwater-effects-than-hydrologic-indicators/) - Abstract The primary cause of urban stream degradation could be altered flow regime, or the range of stressors associated with urban stormwater runoff or with urban density. We used mixed linear models to assess whether various hydrologic indicators better predicted a macroinvertebrate assemblage composition index (SIGNAL score) than did attenuated imperviousness (AI; a landscape measure
- [New resources for converting science to policy](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/new-resources-for-converting-science-to-policy/) - Policy regulation and practice informed by the best available science are precursors for a water sensitive city. However, achieving this in practice is a significant challenge for scientists and policy makers alike. We asked, what’s the best approach for converting science to policy? The answers came from our A3.3 research project, ‘Strategies for influencing the
- [Configuring transformative governance to enhance resilient urban water systems](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/configuring-transformative-governance-to-enhance-resilient-urban-water-systems/) - Abstract Governance reforms are required to establish adaptive and resilient urban water resource management that takes into account complexity, uncertainty and immediate and long term change. This paper details the outcomes of a qualitative, social science research project, drawing on insights from Australian urban water practitioners (n = 90) across three Australian cities to explore the effectiveness
- [Diagnosing transformative change in urban water systems: theories and frameworks](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/diagnosing-transformative-change-urban-water-systems-theories-and-frameworks/) - Abstract As urban water systems become increasingly stressed from climate change impacts, population growth and resource limitations, there is growing acceptance by scholars and practitioners of the need to transform practices towards more sustainable urban water management. However, insights into how strategic planning should be made operational to enable this transformation are limited; there is
- [Marrying exploratory modelling to strategic planning: towards participatory model use](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/marrying-exploratory-modelling-to-strategic-planning-towards-participatory-model-use/) - Abstract Long-term strategic planning in the context of urban systems involves uncertainties beyond mere error margins on assumptions and predictions. Exploratory modelling, as opposed to the well established predictive/deterministic modelling, has emerged to cope with, rather than reduce, uncertainty in this realm. However, the scholarly commentary is largely silent, despite its advocacy, on how this
- [Rainfall changes over Southwestern Australia and their relationship to the Southern Annular Mode and ENSO](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/rainfall-changes-over-southwestern-australia-relationship-southern-annular-mode-enso/) - Abstract Since the 1970s, winter rainfall over coastal southwestern Australia (SWA) has decreased by 10%–20%, while summer rainfall has been increased by 40%–50% in the semiarid inland area. In this paper, a K-means algorithm is used to cluster rainfall patterns directly as opposed to the more conventional approach of clustering synoptic conditions (usually the mean
- [Application of a space-time stochastic model for downscaling future rainfall projections](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/application-space-time-stochastic-model-downscaling-future-rainfall-projections/) - Abstract A space-time statistical downscaling model, based on current NWP techniques, is being developed at Monash University in collaboration with Bureau of Meteorology. This model, in combination with regional climate models, will provide high-resolution projections of the future rainfall over the major Australian cities together with reliable estimates of the uncertainty in these projections. These
- [The case for urban metabolism: what is it, and how can it help the water sector?](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/the-case-for-urban-metabolism-what-is-it-how-can-help-water-sector/) - Abstract In 2008, Francis Pamminger, Manager, Research and Innovation at Yarra Valley Water, and Steven Kenway, Senior Research Fellow, School of Chemical Engineering, University of Queensland, published a future-oriented view on how the concept of urban metabolism could be of value to the Australian water sector (Pamminger and Kenway, 2008). Four years later, we consider
- [Connecting land-use and water planning: Prospects for an urban water metabolism approach](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/connecting-land-use-water-planning-prospects-for-an-urban-water-metabolism-approach/) - Abstract The current fabric of urban areas is largely the result of past land development and land-use planning decisions. Historically, there was relatively little consideration of the impact of these decisions upon hydrological systems within and outside urban areas. Despite their close relationship, urban and regional planning and water resources management have typically been carried
- [Evaluation approaches for advancing urban water goals](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/evaluation-approaches-for-advancing-urban-water-goals/) - Abstract Urban areas (especially cities) are challenged in meeting their direct water needs from local sources. They also exert strain on global water resources through their indirect (virtual) water use. Agencies concerned with urban water management have visions and goals for managing direct water use, but indirect use is only inferred in more global visions
- [A metabolism perspective on alternative urban water servicing options using water mass balance](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/a-metabolism-perspective-on-alternative-urban-water-servicing-options-using-water-mass-balance/) - Abstract Urban areas will need to pursue new water servicing options to ensure local supply security. Decisions about how best to employ them are not straightforward due to multiple considerations and the potential for problem shifting among them. We hypothesise that urban water metabolism evaluation based a water mass balance can help address this, and
- [Water sensitive cities and regions: tackling threats to water resources in metropolitan areas.](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/water-sensitive-cities-regions-tackling-threats-water-resources-metropolitan-areas/) - Abstract Globally, water resources management in urbanised areas is facing increased pressures and challenges. Pressures range from an increased demand for water supply and a decline in water quality due to ongoing population growth through to climate change impacts. To address these challenges cities and regions alike will need to adopt water sensitive strategies. The
- [Advancing the adaptation of the water resource sector in highly urbanised regions across Australia](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/advancing-the-adaptation-water-resource-sector-highly-urbanised-regions-across-australia/) - Abstract The latest Australian State of the Climate report points to key changes in rainfall averages across the country. For example, the report indicates a declining trend in winter rainfall in the southwest and southeast. With climate change predicted to continue to influence rainfall variability in Australia, highly urbanised regions located in the southwest and
- [Multi-stakeholder scenarios for decision-making in the face of climate change: the matter of scale](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/multi-stakeholder-scenarios-decision-making-in-the-face-climate-change-the-matter-of-scale/) - Abstract There is widespread recognition that climate change will affect cities and regions worldwide. Projected impacts of climate change will be spatially non-uniform and the ability of communities to respond to those impacts will also vary significantly. Assisting multi-level decision-making involving climate change adaptation with scenario planning is well placed given the uncertainty related to
- [Are we there yet? Integrated water sensitive open space planning for climate change adaptation](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/are-we-there-yet-integrated-water-sensitive-open-space-planning-for-climate-change-adaptation/) - Abstract Water sensitive planning has been touted as an important climate change adaptation response to the increasing frequency and severity of both flooding and drought episodes. In particular, open space planning can play an important role in water sensitive cities through its potential to establish and maintain a range of hydrological functions in open space
- [Stream experiments at the catchment scale: the challenges and rewards of collaborating with community and government to push policy boundaries](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/stream-experiments-catchment-scale-challenges-rewards-collaborating-community-government-push-policy-boundaries/) - Note: Journal articles and conference papers (and links where available) are available under open access arrangements where possible. Otherwise please contact your institution’s library, the authors, or publishers to organise full access.
- [Saving a creek one bid at a time: A uniform price auction for urban stormwater retention](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/saving-a-creek-one-bid-time-uniform-price-auction-urban-stormwater-retention/) - Abstract Urban stormwater runoff degrades waterway health. We describe a market-based approach to identify the most efficient investments to reduce urban stormwater impacts at minimum cost. The framework involves the joint consideration of public and private supply of environmental services across scales; a metric to compare the benefits of interventions across and within scales; an
- [More than money: how multiple factors influence householder participation in at-source stormwater management](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/more-than-money-multiple-factors-influence-householder-participation-at-source-stormwater-management/) - Abstract Urban stormwater run-off is a threat to stream ecosystems. New approaches to stormwater management aim to protect urban streams from such impacts, by retaining, treating and using stormwater at its source. As up to ∼50% of runoff from urban surfaces comes from private property, fostering stormwater retention requires effective householder engagement. We evaluated householder
- [Automated chamber system to measure field evapotranspiration rates](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/automated-chamber-system-measure-field-evapotranspiration-rates/) - Abstract Reliable estimation of evapotranspiration is important for many hydrological applications, including agriculture, climatology, and assessment of stormwater control measures. An automated chamber system was constructed to measure field evapotranspiration. The system consists of six chambers, sampled consecutively by means of a dynamic closed-chamber design, and is fully automated to allow replicable long-term measurements. However,
- [Setting stream naturalisation goals to achieve ecosystem improvement in urbanising greenfield catchments](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/setting-stream-naturalisation-goals-to-achieve-ecosystem-improvement-in-urbanising-greenfield-catchments/) - Abstract Expanding cities worldwide are gradually absorbing peripheral greenfield streams that often require some level of improvement to fulfil their role as central public spaces in the urban landscape. Restoration is often impossible due to physical constraints imposed by urban development coupled with fundamental biophysical modification from previous land use. However, it is possible to
- [A landscape measure of urban stormwater runoff effects is a better predictor of stream condition than a suite of hydrologic factors](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/a-landscape-measure-urban-stormwater-runoff-effects-is-better-predictor-stream-condition-than-suite-hydrologic-factors/) - Abstract Restoration and protection of urban stream ecosystems require knowledge of the primary causes of their degradation. Conventional stormwater drainage has been identified as a primary source of stress to streams, but it remains unclear if the proximal stressor to stream biota can be represented by flow regime alone or requires a metric integrating the
- [Flow-regime management at the urban land-parcel scale: test of feasibility](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/flow-regime-management-at-the-urban-land-parcel-scale-test-of-feasibility/) - Abstract Overcoming the hydrologic shortcomings of conventional approaches to stormwater management requires the protection or restoration of flow regimes at small scales. A better understanding of how stormwater management strategies can achieve this aim is needed. This study modeled 28,800 design configurations of a typical stormwater management strategy at the scale of urban land parcels
- [Decentralized grey-water treatment system based on combined adsorption and electrochemical oxidation](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/wwc-egarcia/) - Abstract Electrochemical technologies for wastewater treatment present several promising characteristics to be used as decentralized systems. In this work, synthetic grey water (SGW) was treated in a three-dimensional (3D), flow-through electrochemical reactor filled with granular activated carbon (GAC), which enabled simultaneous adsorption of contaminants onto GAC and their electrochemical oxidation. The results show that the
- [Developing T-Shaped Water Professionals: Building Capacity in Collaboration, Learning, and Leadership to Drive Innovation](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/developing-t-shaped-water-professionals-building-capacity-collaboration-learning-leadership-drive-innovation/) - Abstract As we progress into the 21st century, change is an increasingly central theme for water professionals and for professionals in sectors where water plays a central role. Building the capacity of professionals in water and closely related sectors to lead such change will be an essential component of the response to global water challenges
- [Water and the making of Californian and Australian cities: Introduction](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/water-making-californian-australian-cities/) - Abstract The articles in this special issue draw on examples from Californian and Australian history to consider how people have met the challenges of securing adequate water supplies and managing water issues in urban settings. Through studies in which water, an issue that is of universal relevance, is central to the narrative, the collection aims
- [Overcoming abundance: Social capital and managing floods in inner Melbourne during the nineteenth century](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/overcoming-abundance-social-capital-managing-floods-inner-melbourne-nineteenth-century/) - Abstract Before effective drainage and flood protection systems were built in the early twentieth century, areas of inner Melbourne close to the Yarra River were prone to flooding. An overabundance of water and a need to limit its impact on lives, livelihoods, and the built environment drove changes in the engineered structure of a rapidly
- [Lawnscaping Perth: Water supply, gardens, and scarcity, 1890-1925](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/lawnscaping-perth-water-supply-gardens-scarcity-1890-1925/) - Abstract While Perth's climate has been getting drier for at least four decades, its citizens maintain an ongoing commitment to year-round green lawns and gardens (or "lawnscapes"), and a resistance to water restrictions that is more pronounced than in other Australian state capital cities. This article demonstrates that these features of contemporary Perth emerged from,
- [From water engineers to financial engineering: Water provision in Australia's East Coast capital cities, 1945-2015](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/water-engineers-financial-engineering-water-provision-australias-east-coast-capital-cities-1945-2015/) - Abstract This article analyzes the provision of urban water in Australia's three east coast capital cities - Sydney, Brisbane and Melbourne - from the big dams of post-World War II years to recently completed desalination plants. We trace how major statutory authorities and their engineers built up both their organisations and their water storage and
- ["A spirit of Bolshevism?" Perth's water crisis of the 1920s](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/spirit-bolshevism-perths-water-crisis-1920s/) - Abstract The early 1920s were a pivotal period in Perth's water history, marked by conflict over the inadequacies of the city's water supply. Only a small area of the city had reticulated water; most people relied on wells or rainwater tanks. Water shortages, particuarly in new suburbs and higher districts, prompted the Western Australian Government
- [Putting One’s Money Where One’s Mouth is: Increasing Saliency in the Field](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/putting-ones-money-where-ones-mouth-is-increasing-saliency-in-the-field/) - Abstract We present a novel approach to address the difference between stated and paid choices and evaluate its effectiveness using a field experiment. In an experiment on local water management, some households were randomly treated with the saliency method. This involves incentivizing the respondents before making the valuation decision by making each decision financially relevant.
- [Hedging Supply Risks: An Optimal Urban Water Portfolio](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/hedging-supply-risks-an-optimal-urban-water-portfolio/) - Abstract Although water portfolios have been proposed as a solution to water management under risk and uncertainty, the optimal mix of natural and manufactured sources of water remains largely unexplored. We develop a dynamic portfolio model of urban water supply that hedges against the supply risks from all potential water assets, by taking into account
- [Behavioral Insights from Field Experiments in Environmental Economics](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/behavioral-insights-field-experiments-environmental-economics/) - Abstract Many environmental decisions are based on intrinsic motivations in addition to traditional economic incentives. Field experiments allow researchers to isolate a specific causal mechanism which can help advance our understanding of consumer and firm behavior in environmental markets. This article summarizes the literature on the use of field experiments in environmental economics, focusing on
- [Changing water cultures to achieve water sensitive cities: The importance of communities and households](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/changing-water-cultures-to-achieve-water-sensitive-cities/) - Abstract Achieving the vision of water sensitive cities in Australia (and elsewhere) is a complex task involving simultaneous social, institutional and technological change. In this paper I review key concepts and findings from the socio-cultural literature on domestic water cultures and argue that four key domains need to be considered to enable positive change 1.
- [Managing urban water crises: adaptive policy responses to drought and flood in Southeast Queensland](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/managing-urban-water-crises-adaptive-policy-responses-drought-flood-southeast-qld/) - Abstract In this case study, I examine the quality of decision-making under conditions of rapidly evolving urban water crises, and the adaptive policy challenges of building regional resilience in response to both drought and flood. Like other regions of Australia, Southeast Queensland has been subject to substantial cycles of drought and flood. I draw on
- [Evidence-Based Policymaking – Speaking Truth to Power?](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/evidence-based-policymaking-speaking-truth-power/) - Note: Journal articles and conference papers (and links where available) are available under open access arrangements where possible. Otherwise please contact your institution’s library, the authors, or publishers to organise full access.
- [Opportunity Structures: Understanding Capacity for Policy Innovation](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/opportunity-structures-understanding-capacity-policy-innovation/) - Abstract Policy change is a key focal point of policy studies; how and why do policies alter, or why do they remain stable in the face of mounting pressures? A common element underlying many of these theories of change is the existence of an alternative - a novel idea, new sought-after objective or potential solution
- [Mainstreaming WSUD: Indicators of institutional change](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/mainstreaming-wsud-indicators-institutional-change/) - Abstract Since the emergence of the concept of WSUD in the early 1990s (JSCWSC 2009), much progress has been made. Yet whilst WSUD is being widely encouraged across Australia (JSCWSC 2009), and in certain states and contexts is even mandated, it remains somewhere between a fringe and mainstream practice. Put another way, despite the efforts
- [Evidence-based policy-making for innovation](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/evidence-based-policy-making-innovation/) - Abstract Innovation is a core issue for public services and is a key element of public services reform – particularly in this age of austerity where policymakers urge the need to ‘innovate to do more with less’. This comprehensive and accessible Handbook explores the potential for creating efficient and effective public services. Leading researchers from
- [Better regulatory frameworks for water sensitive cities: an Australian case study](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/better-regulatory-frameworks-for-water-sensitive-cities-an-australian-case-study/) - Abstract An interesting transition has been occurring in urban areas of large cities such as Melbourne. Such cities have been progressively transitioning from a water system focussed solely on water supply, drainage control, sewerage management and waterway environmental health to a broader philosophy which also accounts for the overall water cycle and more sophisticated water
- [Transition to a water-cycle city: risk perceptions and receptivity of Australian urban water practitioners](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/transition-to-a-water-cycle-city-risk-perceptions-and-receptivity-of-australian-urban-water-practitioners/) - Abstract Transition to a water-cycle city, a sustainable urban water management future, requires the implementation of centralised and decentralised systems to augment potable water supply, protect waterways and enhance urban liveability. Risk is simultaneously driving and impeding this transition. However, risk perceptions of water practitioners and how they affect practitioner receptivity to future modes of
- [Governance experimentation and factors of success in socio-technical transitions in the urban water sector](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/governance-experimentation-and-factors-of-success-in-socio-technical-transitions-in-the-urban-water-sector/) - Abstract The necessity of a shift towards more sustainable urban water management practice is widely acknowledged and advocated. Experimentation that enables social learning is regarded of high importance for realising such a change. For instance, literature on Transition Management suggests that governance, as opposed to purely technical, experimentation is considered a critical factor in achieving
- [Are policy-makers interested in social research? Exploring the sources and uses of valued information among public servants in Australia](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/are-policy-makers-interested-in-social-research-exploring-the-sources-and-uses-of-valued-information-among-public-servants-in-australia/) - Abstract This article explores the use of research and expertise within a selection of government agencies at state and federal levels in Australia. A recent survey of public officials provides new data on the reported use of evidence and expertise sourced from within the public service and from external sources. The survey instrument targeted the
- [Beyond benchmarking: A water sensitive cities index](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/beyond-benchmarking-a-water-sensitive-cities-index/) - Abstract The CRC for Water Sensitive Cities (CRCWSC) is developing a Water Sensitive Cities Index, which is designed to benchmark and rank cities based on water sensitivity performance, set targets and inform management responses to improve water sensitive practices. It is supported by a web platform to enable visualisations of benchmarking results for a range
- [A Water Sensitive Cities Index - Benchmarking cities in developed and developing countries](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/a-water-sensitive-cities-index-benchmarking-cities-in-developed-and-developing-countries/) - Abstract It is now well understood that water services play an important role in enhancing a city’s liveability, sustainability, resilience and productivity. Achieving these outcomes requires a holistic understanding of a city’s water system across its societal, biophysical and ecological dimensions to develop strategic initiatives that support the transition to provide more water sensitive practices.
- [VCCCAR report: A multi-scale assessment of urban heating in Melbourne during an extreme heat event and policy approaches for adaptation](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/vcccar-report-multi-scale-assessment-urban-heating-melbourne-extreme-heat-event-policy-approaches-adaptation/) - Abstract Airborne thermal remote sensing can provide an excellent snapshot of spatial variability in land surface temperatures across the urban landscape. This can be used to broadly identify hot-spots across the landscape for prioritising the implementation of excess heat mitigation measures such as green infrastructure. Thermal mapping is an excellent tool for communicating the influence
- [Legal duties for restoration of waterways and wetlands: a Western Australian analysis and case study](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/legal-duties-restoration-waterways-wetlands-western-australian-analysis-case-study/) - Note: Journal articles and conference papers (and links where available) are available under open access arrangements where possible. Otherwise please contact your institution’s library, the authors, or publishers to organise full access.
- [Eliciting risk preferences for intrinsic attributes](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/eliciting-risk-preferences-intrinsic-attributes/) - Abstract Risk is an important attribute of goods, whereby the utility derived from that attribute is determined by one's attitude to risk. We develop a novel approach to leverage data on risk attitudes from a fully incentivized risk elicitation task to model intrinsic riskiness of alternatives in a choice experiment. In a door-to-door survey, 981
- [Community knowledge about water: who has better knowledge and is this associated with water-related behaviours and support for water-related policies?](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/community-knowledge-water-better-knowledge-associated-water-related-behaviours-support-water-related-policies/) - Abstract Sustainable approaches to water management require broad community acceptance of changes in policy, practice and technology, which in turn, requires an engaged community. A critical first step in building an engaged community is to identify community knowledge about water management, an issue rarely examined in research. To address this, we surveyed a representative sample
- [New factsheets offer strategies for restoring urban waterways](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/new-factsheets-offer-strategies-for-restoring-urban-waterways/) - The CRCWSC has just released a new product designed to walk practitioners through the nine components of repairing or designing a living stream site on a flowing urban waterway, and to support them in working out which actions to take. The 13 factsheets about improving the ecological function of urban waterways cover nine different ecological
- [Health Risk Assessment of Urban Stormwater](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/health-risk-assessment-urban-stormwater/) - Abstract Urban stormwater is a relatively untapped alternate water source in Australia, which could be used to augment non-potable and potable water supplies within cities. Elevated levels of chemical and microbial contaminants in the storm runoff, however, can negatively impact public health if polluted surface water bodies are used for recreational purposes or under treated
- [Crisis, change and water institutions in Southeast Queensland: strategies for an integrated approach](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/crisis-change-water-institutions-southeast-queensland-strategies-integrated-approach/) - Note: Journal articles and conference papers (and links where available) are available under open access arrangements where possible. Otherwise please contact your institution’s library, the authors, or publishers to organise full access.
- [Integrated urban water management in the water sensitive city: systems, silos and practitioners' risk perceptions](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/integrated-urban-water-management-water-sensitive-city-systems-silos-practitioners-risk-perceptions/) - Abstract Integrated urban water management within the water-sensitive city will involve a mix of centralised and decentralised water systems, with different water sources, depending on the particular bio-geographical, social and political context of the city. This will require a whole-of-system approach to water management, in contrast to the traditional system of water supply, sanitation and
- [Public perceptions of freshwater wetlands in Victoria, Australia](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/public-perceptions-freshwater-wetlands-victoria-australia/) - Abstract To be effective, wetland management must understand public perceptions, including what people notice when they look at wetlands. Previous studies have investigated wetland perception in terms of attitudes, knowledge and values. None have revealed what people ‘see’. Thus, this study applies a novel methodology associated with Personal Construct Theory to reveal how Victorian freshwater
- [Transition to a water-cycle city: sociodemographic influences on Australian urban water practitioners' risk perceptions towards alternative water systems](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/transition-water-cycle-city-sociodemographic-influences-australian-urban-water-practitioners-risk-perceptions-towards-alternative-water-systems/) - Abstract Transition to a sustainable water future such as the water-cycle city will necessitate shared, diversified risk management, which acknowledges the subjective risk perceptions of all stakeholders, including water practitioners. Such risk perceptions might vary with personal and professional characteristics. This study explores the influence of these characteristics on Australian urban water practitioners' risk perceptions
- [A diagnostic procedure for transformative change based on transitions, resilience, and institutional thinking](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/diagnostic-procedure-transformative-change-based-transitions-resilience-institutional-thinking/) - Abstract Urban water governance regimes around the world have traditionally planned large-scale, centralized infrastructure systems that aim to control variables and reduce uncertainties. There is growing sectoral awareness that a transition toward sustainable alternatives is necessary if systems are to meet society’s future water needs in the context of drivers such as climate change and
- [A Water Sensitive Cities Index to support transitions to more liveable, sustainable, resilient and productive cities](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/water-sensitive-cities-index-support-transitions-liveable-sustainable-resilient-productive-cities/) - Abstract There is growing emphasis globally on the importance of water system services in enhancing a city’s liveability, sustainability, resilience and productivity. However, achieving these outcomes, particularly against the backdrop of climate change and rapid urbanisation, requires significant realignment of the how water system services are planned, designed and delivered. Initiating and navigating this realignment
- [Regions showcase impressive water sensitive projects](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/regions-showcase-impressive-water-sensitive-projects/) - Perhaps it’s the word ‘city’ in ‘water sensitive city’ but sometimes people don’t realise water sensitive principles and practices don’t just apply to metropolitan areas. Throughout Australia, there are plenty of regional areas making major strides in their transition to being water sensitive too. Indeed, Wannon Water—a water utility in Warrnambool in Victoria’s south west—is
- [Responding to the Millennium drought: comparing domestic water cultures in three Australian cities](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/responding-millennium-drought-comparing-domestic-water-cultures-three-australian-cities/) - Abstract Adapting to water scarcity is a critical issue for many cities around the world as they respond to the influences of population growth, urbanisation and climate change. There is increasing recognition that geographic context has an impact on experiences of and approaches to domestic water use, but research comparing urban environments is scarce. This
- [Scientists versus policy-makers: building capacity for productive interactions across boundaries in the urban water sector](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/scientists-versus-policy-makers-building-capacity-productive-interactions-across-boundaries-urban-water-sector/) - Abstract This paper critically reflects on a trial process for building the capacity of researchers to influence policy-makers in the urban water sector in Australia. Framed as an action research inquiry, this study brought together multidisciplinary teams of researchers to make policy pitches to simulated panels of current and former politicians, senior bureaucrats and industry
- [Urban water system safety: a human factors investigation](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/urban-water-system-safety-a-human-factors-investigation/) - Abstract Water systems in first-world countries such as Australia are still vulnerable to critical incidents that can result in health and safety disturbances. This research investigated the human element issues of control room operations for both water treatment and distribution. Data collection was by means of semi-structured management interviews, observations of routine work, operator interviews
- [The enabling institutional context for integrated water management: lessons from Melbourne](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/the-enabling-institutional-context-for-integrated-water-management-lessons-from-melbourne/) - Abstract There is widespread international acceptance that climate change, demographic shifts and resource limitations impact on the performance of water servicing in cities. In response to these challenges, many scholars propose that a fundamental move away from traditional centralised infrastructure towards more integrated water management is required. However, there is limited practical or scholarly understanding
- [Sewage pollution in urban stormwater runoff as evident from the widespread presence of multiple microbial and chemical source tracking markers](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/sewage-pollution-in-urban-stormwater-runoff-as-evident-from-the-widespread-presence-of-multiple-microbial-and-chemical-source-tracking-markers/) - Abstract The concurrence of human sewage contamination in urban stormwater runoff (n=23) from six urban catchments across Australia was assessed by using both microbial source tracking (MST) and chemical source tracking (CST) markers. Out of 23 stormwater samples human adenovirus (HAv), human polyomavirus (HPv) and the sewage-associated markers; Methanobrevibacter smithii nifH and Bacteroides HF183 were
- [Zinc-sulphate-heptahydrate coated activated carbon for microbe removal from stormwater](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/zinc-sulphate-heptahydrate-coated-activated-carbon-for-microbe-removal-from-stormwater/) - Abstract There is a need to develop effective stormwater filters for passive (without any addition of chemicals or energy) and effective removal of pathogens in order to mainstream stormwater harvesting. This study focuses on the development of coated granular activated carbon (GAC) filtration material in order to develop filters for effective removal of pathogens from
- [Public aesthetic preferences to inform sustainable wetland management in Victoria, Australia](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/public-aesthetic-preferences-to-inform-sustainable-wetland-management-in-victoria-australia/) - Abstract Wetlands are an important landscape element in the sustainable city, providing valuable ecosystem services that can be harnessed in alternative urban water management systems. To ensure sustainable wetland management, community preferences for wetlands in (sub)urban landscapes must be understood. Thus, public aesthetic preferences were examined for freshwater wetlands in Victoria, Australia. A simple rating
- [The influence of design parameters on clogging of stormwater biofilters: A large-scale column study](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/the-influence-of-design-parameters-on-clogging-of-stormwater-biofilters-a-large-scale-column-study/) - Abstract A large-scale laboratory study was conducted to test the influence of design and operating conditions on the lifespan of stormwater biofilters. The evolution of hydraulic conductivity over time was studied in relation to a number of key design parameters (media type, filter depth, vegetation type, system sizing, etc). The biofilters were observed to clog
- [Evaluating Escherichia coli removal performance in stormwater biofilters: a preliminary modelling approach](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/evaluating-escherichia-coli-removal-performance-in-stormwater-biofilters-a-preliminary-modelling-approach/) - Abstract Stormwater biofilters are not currently optimised for pathogen removal since the behaviour of these pollutants within the stormwater biofilters is poorly understood. Modelling is a common way of optimising these systems, which also provides a better understanding of the major processes that govern the pathogen removal. This paper provides an overview of a laboratory-scale
- [Optimising nitrogen removal in existing stormwater biofilters: Benefits and tradeoffs of a retrofitted saturated zone](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/optimising-nitrogen-removal-in-existing-stormwater-biofilters-benefits-and-tradeoffs-of-a-retrofitted-saturated-zone/) - Abstract Nitrogen excess is a key trigger for eutrophication of water bodies. Stormwater can be an important N source in urban environments and thus requires effective treatment. Stormwater biofilters can remove a wide range of pollutants. However, removal of N is often insufficient due to a lack of denitrification in freely drained biofilters. We tested
- [Intra-event variability of Escherichia coli and total suspended solids in urban stormwater runoff](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/intra-event-variability-of-escherichia-coli-and-total-suspended-solids-in-urban-stormwater-runoff/) - Abstract Sediment levels are important for environmental health risk assessments of surface water bodies, while faecal pollution can introduce significant public health risks for users of these systems. Urban stormwater is one of the largest sources of contaminants to surface waters, yet the fate and transport of these contaminants (especially those microbiological) have received little
- [Predicting Between-Event Variability of Escherichia coli in Urban Storm Water](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/predicting-between-event-variability-of-escherichia-coli-in-urban-storm-water/) - Abstract Understanding microorganism levels in urban runoff is essential for appropriate storm-water management, especially when storm-water is utilized by humans. An Escherichia coli monitoring program was conducted at four urban catchments in Melbourne, Australia. Simple and multiple correlation analyses were conducted that related climatic, rainfall, storm-water runoff, and other water-quality characteristics with the event mean
- [Modelling cities and water infrastructure dynamics](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/modelling-cities-and-water-infrastructure-dynamics/) - Abstract Urban water systems are under increasing pressure due to the impact of climate change, population growth and urbanisation. In order to make our urban water systems more adaptable to these challenges new water management strategies must be developed. During the last 20 years many new decentralised technologies have emerged and their integration with existing
- [Risk perceptions and receptivity of Australian urban water practitioners to stormwater harvesting and treatment systems](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/risk-perceptions-and-receptivity-of-australian-urban-water-practitioners-to-stormwater-harvesting-and-treatment-systems/) - Abstract Stormwater harvesting and treatment will be critical systems within water-sensitive cities. Although water practitioners acknowledge the importance of developing stormwater as a water source, their risk perceptions might be barriers. Risk perceptions can be understood within a receptivity framework, with awareness, association, acquisition and application components. In this study, water practitioners' risk perceptions of
- [A strategic program for transitioning to a water sensitive city](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/a-strategic-program-for-transitioning-to-a-water-sensitive-city/) - Abstract In the context of climate change, resource limitations and other drivers, there is growing international acceptance that conventional technocratic approaches to planning urban water systems are inadequate to deliver the services society requires. Instead, scholars and practitioners are calling for a shift to an adaptive approach that increases a system's sustainability and resilience. This
- [Transforming our cities while we keep the taps and toilets working](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/transforming-our-cities-while-we-keep-the-taps-and-toilets-working/) - Abstract Australia today is struggling to retain the key skills and knowledge needed to evolve urban water management to the next level. How best can we tackle these skills shortages to meet the challenges ahead? Note: Journal articles and conference papers (and links where available) are available under open access arrangements where possible. Otherwise
- [A socio-technical model to explore urban water systems scenarios](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/a-socio-technical-model-to-explore-urban-water-systems-scenarios/) - Abstract This article reports on the ongoing work and research involved in the development of a socio-technical model of urban water systems. Socio-technical means the model is not so much concerned with the technical or biophysical aspects of urban water systems, but rather with the social and institutional implications of the urban water infrastructure and
- [A framework for understanding risk perception, explored from the perspective of the water practitioner](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/a-framework-for-understanding-risk-perception-explored-from-the-perspective-of-the-water-practitioner/) - Abstract Sustainable urban water systems are likely to be hybrids of centralized and decentralized infrastructure, managed as an integrated system in water-sensitive cities. The technology for many of these systems is available. However, social and institutional barriers, which can be understood as deeply embedded risk perceptions, have impeded their implementation. Risk perceptions within the water
- [Actors working the institutions in sustainability transitions: the case of Melbourne's stormwater management](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/actors-working-the-institutions-in-sustainability-transitions-the-case-of-melbournes-stormwater-management/) - Abstract The role of agency in overcoming path dependence and enabling sustainability transitions is receiving increasing attention. Currently lacking are more empirically derived explanations of the co-evolutionary dynamics between actors and institutional change that could potentially provide guidance on facilitating such transitions into the future. This paper investigates these dynamics through a longitudinal case analysis
- [Corrosion and odour management in sewer systems](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/corrosion-and-odour-management-in-sewer-systems/) - Abstract Sewers emit hydrogen sulfide and various volatile organic sulfur and carbon compounds, which require control and mitigation. In the last 5–10 years, extensive research was conducted to optimize existing sulfide abatement technologies based on newly developed in-depth understanding of the in-sewer processes. Recent advances have also led to low-cost novel solutions targeting sewer biofilms.
- ['It is not a biography...' it is executive practice](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/it-is-not-a-biography-it-is-executive-practice/) - Click to view book
- [Political leadership](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/political-leadership/) - Summary Government and Politics in Australia 10e is the comprehensive and scholarly political science text that provides thorough and accessible content written by authorities in the field. Now in its 10th edition, Government and Politics in Australia continues to provide students with a research-based, in-depth contemporary introduction to the Australian political system. A strengthened focus
- [The collaboration solution? Factors for collaborative success](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/the-collaboration-solution-factors-for-collaborative-success/) - Abstract This chapter considers solutions to cross-boundary dilemmas by re-examining the process factors associated with outcome success. In other words, the chapter assesses the factors that influence collaborative success, taking into account the importance of both process factors (e.g. key actors, governance, resources, capacities) and outcome factors (e.g. measurable service improvements, political legitimacy). The wide
- [Making the implicit, explicit: time for renegotiating the urban water supply hydrosocial contract?](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/making-the-implicit-explicit-time-for-renegotiating-the-urban-water-supply-hydrosocial-contract/) - Abstract Today's modern cities' ‘big-pipes in, big-pipes out’ potable water supply approach does not offer society the resilience for adaptation to future climate challenges. One approach towards building resilience would involve cities adopting diverse, alternative water supplies; such as recycled wastewater, greywater and stormwater, within a fit-for-purpose philosophy, incorporating a mix of centralised and decentralised
- [A two-dimensional model of hydraulic performance ofstormwa ter infiltration systems](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/a-two-dimensional-model-of-hydraulic-performance-ofstormwa-ter-infiltration-systems/) - Abstract Stormwater infiltration systems are a popular method for urban stormwater control. They are often designed using an assumptionof one-dimensional saturated outflow, although this is not very accurate for many typical designs where two-dimensional (2D)flows into unsaturated soils occur. Available 2D variably saturated flow models are not commonly used for design because oftheir complexity and
- [Escherichia coli concentrations and loads in an urbanised catchment: The Yarra River, Australia](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/escherichia-coli-concentrations-and-loads-in-an-urbanised-catchment-the-yarra-river-australia/) - Abstract The Yarra River flows through the city of Melbourne in southeast Australia. The estuary of the river is in the centre of the city, and so is an area of recreational activities with strict water quality requirements to limit human health risks. These requirements are based on ensuring that the measured E. coli concentrations
- [Removal of Clostridium perfringens, Escherichia coli and F-RNA coliphages by stormwater biofilters](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/removal-of-clostridium-perfringens-escherichia-coli-and-f-rna-coliphages-by-stormwater-biofilters/) - Abstract Biofiltration is a technology applied to treat urban stormwater runoff that transports various pollutants, including pathogens. However, the pathogen removal performance of biofiltration systems remains unknown. A laboratory study was conducted to investigate the removal of three indicator organisms (Clostridium perfringens, Escherichia coli, and F-RNA coliphages) by biofilters. The influence of a range of
- [Book Chapter: Urban Metabolism: A Way to Make Cities More Efficient?](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/book-chapter-urban-metabolism-a-way-to-make-cities-more-efficient/) - Abstract Note: Journal articles and conference papers (and links where available) are available under open access arrangements where possible. Otherwise please contact your institution’s library, the authors, or publishers to organise full access.
- [Research and its policy influence](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/research-and-its-policy-influence/) - Abstract This chapter considers how high-quality social research can be undertaken, and communicated, in ways that are most useful and relevant for government policy-makers or for other end-users of research. The main focus is on the conduct and communication of independent academic research, and how it can be tailored to improve impacts without undermining reliability,
- [Book Chapter: Urban population vulnerability to climate extremes: mitigating urban heat through technology and water-sensitive urban design.](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/book-chapter-urban-population-vulnerability-to-climate-extremes-mitigating-urban-heat-through-technology-and-water-sensitive-urban-design/) - Abstract Australia recently endured what was arguably its worst drought in 200 years. The 'Millennium Drought' lasted from 1999 until 2009, producing acute water shortages for several major Australian cities. Towards the end of the drought an extreme heat wave with temperatures approaching 50 C claimed the lives of several hundred people in Melbourne and
- [Australia: building policy capacity for managing wicked policy problems](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/australia-building-policy-capacity-for-managing-wicked-policy-problems/) - Abstract Governments in Australia, as in many other countries, have wrestled since the late 1970s with a series of structural reforms in the public sector, intended as the foundation for improving governmental efficiency and effectiveness, and thereby contributing to national economic productivity. While these broad goals and directions of public sector reform have been widely
- [Root biomass production in populations of six rooted macrophytes in response to Cu exposure: Intra-specific variability versus constitutive-like tolerance](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/root-biomass-production-in-populations-of-six-rooted-macrophytes-in-response-to-cu-exposure-intra-specific-variability-versus-constitutive-like-tolerance/) - Abstract Intra-specific variability of root biomass production (RP) of six rooted macrophytes, i.e. Juncus effusus, Phragmites australis, Schoenoplectus lacustris, Typha latifolia, Phalaris arundinacea, and Iris pseudacorus grown from clones, in response to Cu exposure was investigated. Root biomass production varied widely for all these macrophytes in control conditions (0.08 μM) according to the sampling site.
- [IRP2 WP5.5 Scoping Workshop: Case Study on urban rejuvenation in Salisbury East Precinct, Adelaide](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/irp2-wp5-5-scoping-workshop-case-study-on-urban-rejuvenation-in-salisbury-east-precinct-adelaide/) - CRCWSC’s IRP2 team, with funding body Water Sensitive SA, hosted a scoping workshop on 23rd October 2018 in Adelaide to identify details for the IRP2 WP5.5 case study on urban rejuvenation of Salisbury East precinct. One of the aims of this project is to assess the intangible benefit of specific features associated with ‘good’ infills. Such
- [Learning from our older people: Pilot study findings on responding to heat](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/learning-from-our-older-people-pilot-study-findings-on-responding-to-heat-2/) - Abstract Aims With the advent of climate change, it is important that strategies be put in place to minimise the effects of heat. These impacts can be compounded by other factors such as location and age. This exploratory pilot study focuses on older people in a rural Victorian community that regularly experiences hot weather. Method
- [Watering our Cities: The capacity for Water Sensitive Urban Design to support urban cooling and improve human thermal comfort in the Australian context.](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/watering-our-cities-the-capacity-for-water-sensitive-urban-design-to-support-urban-cooling-and-improve-human-thermal-comfort-in-the-australian-context/) - Abstract Urban drainage infrastructure is generally designed to rapidly export stormwater away from the urban environment to minimize flood risk created by extensive impervious surface cover. This deficit is resolved by importing high-quality potable water for irrigation. However, cities and towns at times face water restrictions in response to drought and water scarcity. This can
- [Mapping Heat health Risks in Urban Areas.](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/mapping-heat-health-risks-in-urban-areas-2/) - Abstract Periods of extreme heat pose a risk to the health of individuals, especially the elderly, the very young, and the chronically ill. Risk factors include housing characteristics, and socioeconomic factors, or environmental risk factors such as urban heat islands. This study developed an index of population vulnerability in an urban setting using known environmental,
- [Source-control stormwater management for mitigating the effects of urbanisation on baseflow.](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/source-control-stormwater-management-for-mitigating-the-effects-of-urbanisation-on-baseflow/) - Abstract While infiltration source-control technologies are increasingly used to manage the volume, rate and quality of stormwater runoff, there is little guidance on their role and impact on baseflow. This review addresses the impacts of urbanisation on baseflow in peri-urban catchments, with the aim to better understand the potential role of stormwater infiltration source-control technologies
- [Understanding management and modelling of urban hydrology and its consequences for receiving waters; a state of the art.](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/understanding-management-and-modelling-of-urban-hydrology-and-its-consequences-for-receiving-waters-a-state-of-the-art/) - Abstract Urban hydrology has evolved to improve the way urban runoff is managed for flood protection, public health and environmental protection. There have been significant recent advances in the measurement and prediction of urban rainfall, with technologies such as radar and microwave networks showing promise. The ability to predict urban hydrology has also evolved, to
- [Transitions through the lens of urban water](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/transitions-through-the-lens-of-urban-water/) - Abstract This special issue explores transitions in urban water; a sectoral context that provides a comprehensive and representative setting for exploring the dynamics of sustainability transitions. Not only are the ecological, social and technical facets inextricably meshed in urban water systems, in various cities sustainability innovations are gaining legitimacy and taking off against a backdrop
- [Analysis of institutional work on innovation trajectories in water infrastructure systems of Melbourne, Australia](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/analysis-of-institutional-work-on-innovation-trajectories-in-water-infrastructure-systems-of-melbourne-australia/) - Abstract Infrastructure systems are facing sustainability challenges but are locked into their current practices. Transitions studies aims to understand trajectories towards new socio-technical regimes and argue for agency-centric perspectives to explain processes of change. This paper adopts an institutional lens, examining the institutional creation processes needed for maturing innovations within established systems. Three innovations in
- [Factors that affect the hydraulic performance of raingardens: Implications for design and maintenance.](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/factors-that-affect-the-hydraulic-performance-of-raingardens-implications-for-design-and-maintenance/) - Abstract Raingardens are becoming an increasingly popular technology for urban stormwater treatment, however, their hydraulic performance is known to reduce due to clogging from deposition of fine-grained sediments on the surface. This impacts on their capacity to treat urban runoff. It has been recently hypothesised that plants can help to mitigate the effect of surface clogging
- [Hydrology of peri-urban catchments: processing and modelling](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/hydrology-of-peri-urban-catchments-processing-and-modelling/) - Abstract Preface: Hydrology of peri-urban catchments: processes and modelling Click to view journal article
- [Taking the "waste" out of "wastewater" for human water security and ecosystem sustainability.](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/taking-the-waste-out-of-wastewater-for-human-water-security-and-ecosystem-sustainability-2/) - Abstract Humans create vast quantities of wastewater through inefficiencies and poor management of water systems. The wasting of water poses sustainability challenges, depletes energy reserves, and undermines human water security and ecosystem health. Here we review emerging approaches for reusing wastewater and minimizing its generation. These complementary options make the most of scarce freshwater resources,
- [The capitalized value of rainwater tanks in the property market of Perth, Australia](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/the-capitalized-value-of-rainwater-tanks-in-the-property-market-of-perth-australia/) - Abstract 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 tanks are negative, potentially providing justification for funding support for tank installation if it results in
- [Exploring institutional adaptive capacity in practice: examining water governance adaptation in Australia](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/exploring-institutional-adaptive-capacity-in-practice-examining-water-governance-adaptation-in-australia/) - Abstract Adaptive capacity is widely held as a key property of resilient and transformative social-ecological systems. However, current knowledge of the term does not yet address key questions of how to operationalize this system condition to address sustainability challenges through research and policy. This paper explores temporal and agency dimensions of adaptive capacity in practice
- [Urban water governance in times of multiple stressors: an editorial](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/urban-water-governance-in-times-of-multiple-stressors-an-editorial/) - Abstract This article is a guest editorial for a special feature on “urban water governance” which comprises seven case studies from very different settings that have each addressed the issue of urban water governance in cities taking into account both environmental and social concerns. The editorial provides the context and background on different approaches to
- [Book: A spatial vulnerability analysis of urban populations during extreme heat events in Australian capital cities](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/book-a-spatial-vulnerability-analysis-of-urban-populations-during-extreme-heat-events-in-australian-capital-cities/) - Abstract Extreme heat events pose a risk to the health of all individuals, especially the elderly and the chronically ill, and are associated with an increased demand for healthcare services. In order to address this problem, policy makers’ need information about temperatures above which mortality and morbidity of the exposed population is likely to increase,
- [Modelling the urban water cycle as an integrated part of the city: a review](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/modelling-the-urban-water-cycle-as-an-integrated-part-of-the-city-a-review/) - Abstract In contrast to common perceptions, the urban water infrastructure system is a complex and dynamic system that is constantly evolving and adapting to changes in the urban environment, to sustain existing services and provide additional ones. Instead of simplifying urban water infrastructure to a static system that is decoupled from its urban context, new
- [The value of restoring urban drains to living streams](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/the-value-of-restoring-urban-drains-to-living-streams/) - Abstract Many urban streams have been cleared of native vegetation and converted to open drains resulting in a loss of ecological and aesthetic function. There is a growing recognition of the importance of these functions and work is being done to restore urban drains and create fully functioning wetland ecosystems (“living streams”). Such restoration work
- [Regulatory performance of audit tournaments and compliance observability](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/regulatory-performance-of-audit-tournaments-and-compliance-observability/) - Abstract This paper examines the effectiveness of traditional regulatory schemes and newly emerging social information schemes for achieving compliance. Our experiment focuses on two stochastic audit schemes for enforcing regulatory compliance. In the Random Audit mechanism firms are randomly chosen for inspection. In the Tournament Audit mechanism the probability of inspection increases with the degree
- [Understanding six water leadership roles: a framework to help build leadership capacity](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/understanding-six-water-leadership-roles-a-framework-to-help-build-leadership-capacity/) - Abstract This paper describes six leadership roles that often feature in processes of change that drive more sustainable forms of water management in developed and developing countries. These are referred to as the champion leader, enabling leader, cross-boundary team leader, thought leader, strategic leader and trusted advisor roles. The paper also highlights some of the
- [The Impact of Unseasonably Warm Spring Temperatures on Acute Myocardial Infarction Hospital Admissions in Melbourne, Australia: A City with a Temperate Climate.](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/the-impact-of-unseasonably-warm-spring-temperatures-on-acute-myocardial-infarction-hospital-admissions-in-melbourne-australia-a-city-with-a-temperate-climate/) - Abstract The effects of extreme temperatures on human health have been well described. However, the adverse health effects of warm weather that occurs outside the summer period have had little attention. We used daily anomalous AMI morbidity and daily anomalous temperature to determine the impact of “unseasonable” temperature on human health. The “unseasonably” warm weather
- [A landscape measure of urban stormwater runoff effects is a better predictor of stream condition than a suite of hydrologic factors.](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/a-landscape-measure-of-urban-stormwater-runoff-effects-is-a-better-predictor-of-stream-condition-than-a-suite-of-hydrologic-factors/) - Abstract Restoration and protection of urban stream ecosystems require knowledge of the primary causes of their degradation. Conventional stormwater drainage has been identified as a primary source of stress to streams, but it remains unclear if the proximal stressor to stream biota can be represented by flow regime alone or requires a metric integrating the
- [Identifying vulnerable populations in subtropical Brisbane, Australia: a guide for heatwave preparedness and health promotion.](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/identifying-vulnerable-populations-in-subtropical-brisbane-australia-a-guide-for-heatwave-preparedness-and-health-promotion/) - Abstract Building healthy societies is a key step towards climate resilient communities. Ill health is related to increased risk during heat events and is disproportionally distributed within and between communities. To understand the differences in the spatial distribution of climate related health risks and how this will change in the future we have undertaken a
- [The case for urban metabolism. What is it and how can it help the water sector?](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/the-case-for-urban-metabolism-what-is-it-and-how-can-it-help-the-water-sector/) - Abstract In 2008, Francis Pamminger, Manager, Research and Innovation at Yarra Valley Water, and Steven Kenway, Senior Research Fellow, School of Chemical Engineering, University of Queensland, published a future-oriented view on how the concept of urban metabolism could be of value to the Australian water sector (Pamminger and Kenway, 2008). Four years later, we consider
- [Modelling the impact of stormwater source-control infiltration techniques on catchment baseflow](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/modelling-the-impact-of-stormwater-source-control-infiltration-techniques-on-catchment-baseflow-2/) - Abstract Stormwater management increasingly recognises the need to emulate, to the maximum extent possible, the flow regime of receiving waters in their pre-development state. Hydrological models play a central role in assessing the catchment-scale impacts of alternative stormwater management strategies. However, because of the complexity of physical processes involved in urban hydrology, particularly subsurface flows,
- [Hydrologic shortcomings of conventional urban stormwater management and opportunities for reform.](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/hydrologic-shortcomings-of-conventional-urban-stormwater-management-and-opportunities-for-reform/) - Abstract Conventional approaches to stormwater management for environmental protection fail because they do not address all of the changes to the flow regime caused by conventional stormwater drainage. In this paper, we contrasted the hydrologic effects of two conventional approaches to urban stormwater management – (a) drainage-efficiency focused and (b) pollutant-load-reduction focused – identifying their
- [Book Chapter: Politics and Government](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/book-chapter-politics-and-government/) - Abstract Are modes of public reasoning promoted by politics informative and responsive? Are the policy processes to which they give rise responding to our needs in ways that satisfy reasonable expectations of just outcomes, encourage trust and contain conflict? Is there a reasonable balance between competing interests preventing undue concentrations of resources, power and influence?
- [Organizational culture and the paradox of performance management](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/organizational-culture-and-the-paradox-of-performance-management/) - Abstract Many public organizations collect information indicating whether their operations, programs, and policies achieve the desired performance outcomes, but often they do not use this information. Why do managers in some public organizations fail to use performance information to achieve desired outcomes? Why is the idea behind the implementation of performance management not reflected in
- [Imperfect detection and the determination of environmental flows for fish: challenges, implications and solutions.](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/imperfect-detection-and-the-determination-of-environmental-flows-for-fish-challenges-implications-and-solutions/) - Abstract Relationships between river flow characteristics and fish community/population dynamics (i.e. flow–ecology relationships) underpin methods to determine and monitor environmental water allocations. Quantifying these relationships can be difficult, and consequently, most environmental flow strategies for fish conservation in Australian rivers are based on general flow–ecology relationships as opposed to statistical predictions. Of those studies that
- [Flow-regime management at the urban land-parcel scale: a test of feasibility. Journal of Hydrologic Engineering](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/flow-regime-management-at-the-urban-land-parcel-scale-a-test-of-feasibility-journal-of-hydrologic-engineering/) - Abstract Overcoming the hydrologic shortcomings of conventional approaches to stormwater management requires the protection or restoration of flow regimes at small scales. A better understanding of how stormwater management strategies can achieve this aim is needed. This study modeled 28,800 design configurations of a typical stormwater management strategy at the scale of urban land parcels
- [Using catchment history to define a naturalised urban stream when restoration is impossible](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/using-catchment-history-to-define-a-naturalised-urban-stream-when-restoration-is-impossible/) - Abstract Expanding cities worldwide are gradually absorbing peripheral greenfield streams that often require some level of improvement to fulfil their role as central public spaces in the urban landscape. Restoration is often impossible due to physical constraints imposed by urban development coupled with fundamental biophysical modification from previous land use. However, it is possible to
- [Hedging supply risks: an optimal water portfolio](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/hedging-supply-risks-an-optimal-water-portfolio/) - Abstract Although water supply diversification has been proposed as a solution to dwindling water reserves, the optimal mix of natural and manufactured sources of water remains largely unexplored. We develop a dynamic portfolio model of water supply that hedges against the supply risks from all potential water sources, by taking into account the size of
- [Restoring a stream through retention of urban stormwater runoff: a catchment-scale experiment in a social-ecological system.](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/restoring-a-stream-through-retention-of-urban-stormwater-runoff-a-catchment-scale-experiment-in-a-social-ecological-system/) - Abstract Restoration of ecological structure and function of urban streams probably requires catchment-scale modification of drainage infrastructure, but such catchment-scale restoration attempts and their assessment are rare. They require stream ecologists to embrace the interdisciplinary challenges of studying the social–ecological systems that are urban catchments. We designed and monitored a catchment-scale experiment that involved the
- [Which baseflow metrics should be used in assessing flow regimes of urban streams?](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/which-baseflow-metrics-should-be-used-in-assessing-flow-regimes-of-urban-streams/) - Abstract Determining the impact of urbanisation on baseflow is complex because of the multiplicity of factors that govern subsurface flows. Although many metrics are available to quantify the baseflow regime, the lack of consensus on which metrics need to be used for baseflow characterisation limit their practical application for stormwater management. We performed principal component
- [Stream experiments at the catchment scale: the challenges and rewards of collaborating with community and government to push policy boundaries.](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/stream-experiments-at-the-catchment-scale-the-challenges-and-rewards-of-collaborating-with-community-and-government-to-push-policy-boundaries/) - Abstract As large areas of global landscapes become increasingly urbanized, the world’s rivers and streams degrade, with resultant alarming losses of biodiversity and capacity to provide ecosystem services (Dudgeon et al. 2006). This widespread degradation has spurred large investments in urban stream restoration programs that usually involve increasing in-stream habitat complexity or replanting riparian vegetation
- [Protection of stream ecosystems from urban stormwater runoff; the multiple benefits of an ecohydrological approach](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/protection-of-stream-ecosystems-from-urban-stormwater-runoff-the-multiple-benefits-of-an-ecohydrological-approach/) - Abstract There is now widespread recognition of the degrading influence of urban stormwater runoff on stream ecosystems and of the need to mitigate these impacts using stormwater control measures. Unfortunately, however, understanding of the flow regime requirements to protect urban stream ecosystems remains poor, with a focus typically on only limited aspects of the flow
- [Overcoming barriers to community participation in a catchment-scale experiment: building trust and changing behaviour.](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/overcoming-barriers-to-community-participation-in-a-catchment-scale-experiment-building-trust-and-changing-behaviour/) - Abstract Communities have an important role to play in the protection of urban streams, particularly with how stormwater runoff from their properties is managed. As part of a larger research project, we used 3 sequential approaches to engage communities in protecting their local creek by managing their properties’ stormwater runoff. We assessed their success through
- [An automated chamber system to measure field evapotranspiration rates.](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/an-automated-chamber-system-to-measure-field-evapotranspiration-rates/) - Abstract Reliable estimation of evapotranspiration is important for many hydrological applications, including agriculture, climatology, and assessment of stormwater control measures. An automated chamber system was constructed to measure field evapotranspiration. The system consists of six chambers, sampled consecutively by means of a dynamic closed-chamber design, and is fully automated to allow replicable long-term measurements. However,
- [Operationalising resilience to drought: Multi-layered safety for flooding applied to droughts.](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/operationalising-resilience-to-drought-multi-layered-safety-for-flooding-applied-to-droughts/) - Abstract This paper sets out a way of thinking about how to prepare for and respond to droughts in a holistic way using a framework developed for managing floods. It shows how the multi-layered safety (MLS) approach for flood resilience can be utilised in the context of drought in a way that three layers of
- [Risk governance in the water sensitive city: practitioner perspectives on ownership, management and trust](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/risk-governance-in-the-water-sensitive-city-practitioner-perspectives-on-ownership-management-and-trust/) - Abstract In the water sensitive city, a hybrid mix of centralised and decentralised water systems and sources will operate at a range of scales to provide sustainable fit-for-purpose water services that will safeguard environmental quality, intergenerational equity and landscape amenity. Governance of these systems is likely to differ from the traditional arrangement, involving multiple stakeholders
- [Incorporation and application of resilience in the context of water-sensitive urban design: linking European and Australian perspectives](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/incorporation-and-application-of-resilience-in-the-context-of-water-sensitive-urban-design-linking-european-and-australian-perspectives/) - Abstract The water sensitive city is a term within urban water management in which the concept of resilience to extreme climatic events and climate change plays a key role and represents the interaction between different branches of water science, engineering, and other domains such as urban planning and design. In this context, resilience is the
- [Performance of a mobile car platform for mean wind and turbulence measurements](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/performance-of-a-mobile-car-platform-for-mean-wind-and-turbulence-measurements/) - Abstract The lack of adequate near-surface observations of the stable atmospheric boundary layer spatial structure motivated the development of an instrumented car for mobile turbulence measurements. The calibration and validation of the car measurements are performed using controlled field experiments and a comparison with an instrumented tower. The corrections required to remove the effects of
- [The relationship between housing and heatwave resilience in older people](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/the-relationship-between-housing-and-heatwave-resilience-in-older-people/) - Abstract Older people have justifiably been highlighted as a high-risk group with respect to heat wave mortality and morbidity. However, there are older people living within the community who have developed adaptive and resilient environments around their home that provide some protection during periods of extreme heat. This study investigated the housing stock and self-reported
- [Fostering water sensitive citizenship - community profiles of engagement in water-related issues](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content/fostering-water-sensitive-citizenship-community-profiles-of-engagement-in-water-related-issues/) - Abstract Citizen engagement in water-related issues is vital for securing future water supplies and protecting waterways. In this paper we explore elements of engagement in water related issues – what people know, what they value and their actions, and describe how these cohere in ways that can inform planning and interventions. Drawing on a nationally

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- [TARGET](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/tag/target/)

## Projects

- [A](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/project/a/) - This program will focus on understanding and delivering the social transformations needed to support water sensitive cities, including community attitude and behavioural change, governance & economic assessment practices, management systems and technological innovation.
- [B](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/project/b/) - This program will focus on the influence of urban configurations on resource flows across a range of scales. It will apply green infrastructure and climate responsive design principles to water security, flood protection and the ecological health of terrestrial and aquatic landscapes from whole-of-catchment to street level.
- [C](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/project/c/) - This program will develop integrated and multi-functional urban water systems that manage and/or use multiple water sources at a range of scales. It will deliver innovative technologies for: integrative management of the urban water systems; fit-for-purpose production of water; the recovery of energy, nutrients and other valuable materials embedded in urban water; minimising the carbon footprint and ecological impacts of water systems; and maximising the potential multiple beneficial values of urban water services.
- [D](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/project/d/) - This program will deliver a suite of capacity building projects and socio-technical modeling tools that will provide a focus for participants and stakeholders at a national regional and community level to interact, experiment, and learn from each other. This in turn will: improve community engagement; enrich educational and training programs at the professional and sub-professional levels; and support the development of robust science-policy partnerships.
- [A1.1](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/project/a/a1/a1-1/) - The project provides a monetary evaluation of non-market benefits of stormwater management in metropolitan areas in Australia
- [A2.3](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/project/a/a2/a2-3/)
- [B1.2](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/project/b/b1-2/)
- [B4.1](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/project/b/b4-1/)
- [B4.2](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/project/b/b4-2/)
- [C1.1](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/project/c/c1-1/)
- [C2.1](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/project/c/c2-1/)
- [C4.1](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/project/c/c4-1/)
- [C5.1](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/project/c/c5-1/)
- [D1.5](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/project/d/d1-5/)
- [D1.4](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/project/d/d1-4/)
- [D4.1](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/project/d/d4-1/)
- [D1.1](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/project/d/d1-1/)
- [D6.1](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/project/d/d6-1/)
- [D6.2](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/project/d/d6-2/)
- [D5.1](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/project/d/d5-1/)
- [D3.1](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/project/d/d3-1/)
- [A1.2](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/project/a/a1/a1-2/)
- [A1.3](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/project/a/a1/a1-3/)
- [A2.1](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/project/a/a2/a2-1/)
- [A2.2](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/project/a/a2/a2-2/)
- [A3.1](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/project/a/a3/a3-1/)
- [A3.2](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/project/a/a3/a3-2/)
- [A3.3](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/project/a/a3/a3-3/)
- [A4.1](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/project/a/a4/a4-1/)
- [A4.2](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/project/a/a4/a4-2/)
- [A4.3](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/project/a/a4/a4-3/)
- [B1.1](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/project/b/b1-1/)
- [B1.3](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/project/b/b1-3/)
- [B2.1](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/project/b/b2-1/)
- [B2.23](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/project/b/b2-23/)
- [B2.4](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/project/b/b2-4/)
- [B3.1](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/project/b/b3-1/)
- [B3.2](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/project/b/b3-2/)
- [B5.1](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/project/b/b5-1/)
- [C1.2](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/project/c/c1-2/)
- [C1.3](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/project/c/c1-3/)
- [C3.1](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/project/c/c3-1/)
- [A1](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/project/a/a1/)
- [A2](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/project/a/a2/)
- [A4](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/project/a/a4/)
- [A3](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/project/a/a3/)
- [Stakeholder Engagement](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/project/stakeholder-engagement/) - Stakeholder Engagement
- [IRP](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/project/irp/)
- [IRP1](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/project/irp/irp1/)
- [IRP2](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/project/irp/irp2/)
- [IRP2.2](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/project/irp/irp2-2/)
- [IRP5](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/project/irp/irp5/)
- [IRP3](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/project/irp/irp3/)
- [IRP4](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/project/irp/irp4/)
- [TAP](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/project/tap/)
- [REG6.2](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/project/reg6-2/)
- [REG6.4](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/project/reg6-4/)

## Pathways

- [Science influence](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/pathway/science-influence/)
- [Networks](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/pathway/networks/)
- [Leadership](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/pathway/leadership/)
- [Community Connection](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/pathway/community-connection/)
- [Capacity](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/pathway/capacity/)
- [Water systems planning](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/pathway/water-systems-planning/)
- [Urban and landscape design](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/pathway/urban-and-landscape-design/)
- [Operation & maintenance](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/pathway/operation-and-maintenance/)
- [Monitoring and evaluation](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/pathway/monitoring-and-evaluation/)
- [Cost-benefit analyses](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/pathway/cost-benefit-analyses/)
- [Citizen engagement](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/pathway/citizen-engagement/)
- [Vision and narrative](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/pathway/vision-and-narrative/)
- [Revenue, funding & investment](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/pathway/revenue-funding-and-investment/)
- [Policy and strategy](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/pathway/policy-and-strategy/)
- [Legislation & regulation](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/pathway/legislation-and-regulation/)
- [Evaluation frameworks](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/pathway/evaluation-frameworks/)
- [Learning culture](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/pathway/learning-culture/)
- [Water systems design](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/pathway/water-systems-design/)

## Topics

- [Urban waterways](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/topic/urban-waterways/) - Urban waterways includes information on natural and constructed waterways, and how they can provide multiple social and environmental benefits. This may include natural ecosystem functions as well as flood management, stormwater capture and reuse, biodiversity, ecological and social connectivity, and the provision of green space. This topic may include information also associated with Urban planning, Stormwater, and Green infrastructure topics.
- [Stormwater treatment](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/topic/stormwater-treatment/) - Stormwater includes information on rainfall runoff in urban areas, its impacts on waterways and planning, design and management considerations for improving environmental and social outcomes, and providing alternate water sources.
- [Alternative water supplies](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/topic/alternative-water-supplies/) - Alternative water supplies includes information on researching, designing or experimenting with water supply options including recycled water, sewer mining, stormwater harvesting, aquifer storage and recovery, and aquifer replenishment. It also includes information on, for example, how these supply options could contribute to current and future water demands, enhance the resilience of urban water systems to climatic extremes, and support social and environmental outcomes.
- [Green infrastructure](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/topic/green-infrastructure/) - Green infrastructure includes information on the design of vegetated systems and landscapes in urban settings that contribute to improved environmental (e.g. flood management, water treatment) or social (e.g. urban climate, amenity) outcomes.
- [Operation and maintenance](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/topic/operation-and-maintenance/)
- [Design and implementation](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/topic/design-and-implementation/) - Design and implementation includes information on the development and execution of green infrastructure and water management initiatives including biofilters and raingardens, living walls and green walls, as well as wastewater recycling and resource recovery.
- [Urban heat](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/topic/urban-heat-island-mitigation/) - Microclimate and urban heat includes information on the influence of urban development on human-scale climatic conditions, and strategies for mitigating adverse urban climatic conditions, for example, urban heat extremes and the vulnerability of particular communities and population groups. It also includes the relationship between water management and urban microclimate, and often overlaps with topics including Green infrastructure, Urban waterways, and Alternate water supplies.
- [Community engagement](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/topic/community-engagement/) - Engaging with the community builds trust and ownership, leads to better decision making, and can deliver more effective outcomes. Local community knowledge and support is highly valuable in developing local and regional-scale solutions, and can provide a rich source of ideas for water sensitive strategies and solutions. Sustainable, resilient, productive and liveable communities are well within reach if communities are actively engaged. Community engagement includes information on community water literacy, developing engagement strategies that respond to diverse community needs and influencing water-related behaviours.
- [Governance and policy](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/topic/governance-and-policy/) - The shift from conventional water management to a water sensitive city is one which requires significant change in cultures, technical approaches, principles of urban design, and governance approaches. Policy can be a powerful tool for effecting change during this transition, setting standards and regulatory requirements across many areas, influencing the local, city or regional scale change. Large-scale change also requires significant capacity building and support, which is where structured programs can provide incentives and supportive resources to facilitate leadership from the communities, industries and governments. Governance and policy includes information on high-level frameworks and guidance for water resource management. It also includes information on current governance arrangements in different jurisdictions. This topic is related to Regulation and legislation.
- [Regulation and legislation](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/topic/regulation-and-legislation/) - Regulation and legislation includes information on regulatory and legislative characteristics of different jurisdictions (e.g. roles and responsibilities for different aspect of urban water systems, water charges and market rules etc.) and how these influence the transition toward a water sensitive future. It also includes information on the governance of alternative water supplies, treatment technologies, and ownership and operation of decentralised water systems.
- [Urban planning](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/topic/urban-planning-statutory-strategic-land-use/) - Urban planning includes information on strategic and statutory planning processes as they relate to urban development and associated water services, and how planning can support and enable the transition toward a water sensitive future. It includes information related to hydrology and ecosystem function, as well as emerging knowledge and tools that can assist in managing water in an urban landscape.
- [Economics and business case](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/topic/economics-and-business-case/) - Economics and business case provides information on understanding economic valuation, and quantifying socio-economic costs and benefits of a range of water sensitive initiatives.
- [Monitoring and evaluation](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/topic/monitoring-and-evaluation/) - Monitoring and evaluation includes information on improving the efficiency and/or effectiveness of water systems and services, particularly in relation to increased climate variability and uncertainty. This topic relates particularly to the development of tools for monitoring and evaluation, and measuring impact.
- [Water sensitive professionals](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/topic/leadership-and-influence/) - Leadership and influence includes information on how to effect change in the water sector, including guidance and tools on strengthening the influence of science in decision making and policy development.
- [Mitigating climate change impacts](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/topic/mitigating-climate-change-impacts/)
- [Urban metabolism](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/topic/urban-metabolism/) - Urban metabolism covers the interactions of natural and human systems within an urban setting, particularly energy and resource flow/exchanges within the system. In the context of urban water management it encompasses the flow of water in all its forms into and out of a defined area. As a conceptual model, it can support decision-making on managing population growth, prioritising completing demands for available water resources, and managing wastewater.
- [Flood resilience](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/topic/flood-resilience/) - Flood resilience includes information on structural (physical) and non-structural (e.g. social and operational) considerations relating to flooding and flood risk management. This may include design of buildings, green infrastructure networks, urban planning, as well as a community awareness of flood and rain events and rapid response mechanisms.
- [Benchmarking and decision support](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/topic/benchmarking-decision-support/) - Benchmarking and decision support
- [Ecosystem health](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/topic/ecosystem-health/) - Water sensitive cities protect and enhance ecosystem health ensuring that urban areas minimise their impact on natural ecosystems and by integrating healthy natural systems into the urban environment. With good design and management, healthy waterways, trees, vegetation and waterbodies can be integrated into the urban environment.
- [Visioning & strategy development](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/topic/visioning-strategy-development/)

## Locations

- [Pacific](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/location/pacific/)
- [Europe](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/location/europe/)
- [Australia](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/location/australia/)
- [Singapore](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/location/singapore/)
- [QLD](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/location/qld/)
- [NSW](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/location/nsw/)
- [VIC](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/location/vic/)
- [SA](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/location/sa/)
- [WA](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/location/wa/)
- [NT](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/location/nt/)
- [ACT](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/location/act/)
- [India](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/location/india/)
- [China](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/location/china/)
- [South Africa](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/location/south-africa/)
- [New Zealand](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/location/new-zealand/)
- [Fiji](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/location/fiji/)
- [South-East Asia](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/location/south-east-asia/)
- [Indonesia](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/location/indonesia/)
- [Brazil](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/location/brazil/)
- [USA](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/location/usa/)
- [Canada](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/location/canada/)

## Content Types

- [News](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content_type/news/)
- [Events](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content_type/event/)
- [Case Studies](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content_type/case-study/)
- [Academic Publication](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content_type/academic-publication/)
- [Video](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content_type/video/)
- [Resources](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content_type/resources/) - Find resources, information & materials to help you build water sensitive cities We bring together global thought leaders to drive cross-disciplinary research into urban planning and water management in Australia and overseas. Collaborating with our university, industry, and government partners, we help cities respond to today’s pressing water problems for the benefit of current and future generations. Our impact is diverse: end-users are empowered with new research, effective tools, and an opportunity to join the global transition to water sensitive cities.
- [Media Release](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content_type/media-release/)
- [Project](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content_type/project/)
- [Corporate Publication](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content_type/corporate-publication/)
- [Industry guidelines](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content_type/design-guideline/)
- [Presentation](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content_type/presentation/)
- [Technical reports](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content_type/crcwsc-technical-milestone-report/)
- [Fact sheet / Industry Note](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content_type/fact-sheet-industry/)
- [Partner Event](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content_type/partner-event/)
- [Past CRCWSC Event](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content_type/past-event/)
- [Communication and Marketing](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content_type/communication/)
- [Industry Resources](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content_type/industry-tool/)
- [Publications](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content_type/publication/)
- [Presentations and Videos](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content_type/learning-tool/)
- [CRCWSC Operational](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content_type/crcwsc-operational/)
- [News & Events](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content_type/news-and-events/)
- [Template](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/content_type/template-publication/)

## Authors

- [Jin WANG, Dr.](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/jin-wang/)
- [Carlos Nicolas Ariel SALINAS RODRIGUEZ](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/carlos-n-a-salinas-rodriguez/)
- [Richard ASHLEY, Prof.](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/richard-ashley/)
- [Berry GERSONIUS](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/berry-gersonius/)
- [Jeroen RIJKE](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/jeroen-rijke/)
- [Assela PATHIRANA, Dr.](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/assela-pathirana/)
- [Chris ZEVENBERGEN, Prof.](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/chris-zevenbergen/)
- [Francis PAMMINGER](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/francis-pamminger/)
- [Anthony Priestely](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/anthony-priestely/)
- [Gary WOLFF](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/gary-wolff/)
- [Ted GRADNER](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/ted-gradner/)
- [Slav HERMANOWICZ](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/slav-hermanowicz/)
- [Eric ROSEBLUM](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/eric-rosenblum/)
- [Steven KENWAY, Dr.](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/dr-steven-kenway/)
- [Ross ALLEN](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/ross-allen/)
- [Alex GUNN](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/alex-gunn/)
- [Arie FREIBERG, Prof.](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/arie-freiberg/)
- [Camilla WEST](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/camilla-west/)
- [Colin CAMPBELL, Dr.](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/colin-campbell/)
- [Dariel DESOUSA](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/dariel-desousa/)
- [David PANNELL, Prof.](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/david-pannell/)
- [Fiona NEWTON, Dr.](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/fiona-newton/)
- [Graeme HODGE, Prof.](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/graeme-hodge/)
- [James WALTER, Prof.](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/james-walter/)
- [James FOGARTY, Dr.](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/james-fogarty/)
- [Jeddah BREMAN](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/jeddah-breman/)
- [Jo LINDSAY, Prof.](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/jo-lindsay/)
- [Kelly FIELDING, Assoc. Prof.](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/kelly-fielding/)
- [Lara WERBELOFF](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/lara-werbeloff/)
- [Lata GANGADHARAN, Prof.](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/lata-gangadharan/)
- [Liam SMITH, Dr.](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/liam-smith/)
- [Matthew HIPSEY, Assoc. Prof.](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/matthew-hipsey/)
- [Peter WEGENER](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/peter-wegener/)
- [Rebekah BROWN, Prof.](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/rebekah-brown/)
- [Sarah KNEEBONE, Dr.](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/sarah-kneebone/)
- [Tracy SCHULTZ](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/tracy-schultz/)
- [Tanveer ADYEL](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/tanveer-adyel/)
- [Tara MCCALLUM](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/tara-mccallum/)
- [William VEERBEEK](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/william-veerbeek/)
- [Zachary DORNER](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/zachary-dorner/)
- [Angela DEAN, Dr.](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/dr-angela-dean/)
- [Ana DELETIC, Prof.](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/prof-ana-deletic/)
- [Brian MCINTOSH, Dr.](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/dr-brian-mcintosh/)
- [Belinda HATT, Dr.](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/dr-belinda-hatt/)
- [Brian HEAD, Prof.](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/prof-brian-head/)
- [Briony ROGERS, Dr.](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/dr-briony-rogers/)
- [Carlos OCAMPO, Assist. Prof.](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/assist-prof-carlos-ocampo/)
- [Carolyn OLDHAM, Prof.](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/prof-carolyn-oldham/)
- [Darryl LOW CHOY, Prof.](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/prof-darryl-low-choy/)
- [David MCCARTHY, Assoc. Prof.](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/dr-david-mccarthy/)
- [Emily PAYNE, Dr.](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/dr-emily-payne/)
- [Marguerite RENOUF, Dr.](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/dr-marguerite-renouf/)
- [Paula WRIGHT, Dr.](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/dr-paula-wright/)
- [Silvia SERRAO-NEUMANN, Dr.](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/dr-silvia-serrao-neumann/)
- [Zhiguo YUAN, Prof.](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/prof-zhiguo-yuan/)
- [Haywantee Rumi RAMKISSOON, Dr.](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/dr-haywantee-rumi-ramkissoon/)
- [Yvette BETTINI, Dr](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/yvette-bettini/)
- [Sian SUPSKI](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/sian-supski/)
- [Emille BOULOT, Dr.](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/emille-boulot/)
- [Meredith DOBBIE, Dr.](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/meredith-dobbie/)
- [Gayani CHANDRASENA](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/gayani-chandrasena/)
- [Phillip Johnstone](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/phillip-johnstone/)
- [Rachelle Adamowicz](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/rachelle-adamowicz/)
- [Fjalar J. de HAAN, Dr.](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/fjalar-j-de-haan/)
- [Tony WONG, Prof.](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/tony-wong/)
- [Elizabeth MITCHELL, Dr.](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/elizabeth-mitchell/)
- [Fika KARNADEWI](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/fika-karnadewi/)
- [Susannah STANFORD](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/susannah-stanford/)
- [Sophie COX](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/sophie-cox/)
- [Robert SAKIC](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/robert-sakic/)
- [Ana Laura Ruibal-Conti](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/ana-laura-ruibal-conti/)
- [Sonja MENNEN](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/sonja-mennen/)
- [Jennifer MIDDLETON](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/jennifer-middleton/)
- [Ana SINGH](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/ana-singh/)
- [Benya WANG, Dr.](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/benya-wang/)
- [Antony MOULIS, Assoc. Prof.](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/antony-moulis-dr/)
- [Adam SHYPANSKI](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/adam-shypanski/)
- [Adam CHARETTE-CASTONGUAY, Dr.](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/adam-charette-castonguay/)
- [Ailie GALLANT, Dr.](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/ailie-gallant-dr/)
- [Alex GARDNER, Prof.](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/alex-gardner-assoc-prof/)
- [Allison LASSITER, Dr.](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/allison-lassiter-dr/)
- [Amar Vijaj Vykash NANDA](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/amar-vijaj-vykash-nanda/)
- [Ana GUZMAN RUIZ](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/ana-guzman-ruiz/)
- [Anas GHADOUANI, Prof.](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/anas-ghadouani-prof/)
- [Andrea GAYNOR, Assoc. Prof.](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/andrea-gaynor-assoc-prof/)
- [Andrew CARRUTHERS](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/andrew-carruthers/)
- [Andrew COUTTS, Dr.](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/andrew-coutts-dr/)
- [Angela MARCHI, Dr.](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/angela-marchi-dr/)
- [Angus SIMPSON, Prof.](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/angus-simpson-prof/)
- [Anke LEROUX, Dr.](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/anke-leroux-dr/)
- [Arezou HOUSHMAND](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/arezou-houshmand/)
- [Ary Mazharuddin SHIDDIQI, Dr.](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/ary-mazharuddin-shiddiqi/)
- [Ashley BROADBENT](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/ashley-broadbent/)
- [Asieh MOTAZEDIAN](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/asieh-motazedian/)
- [Barnaby MCILRATH](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/barnaby-mcilrath/)
- [Belinda QUINTON](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/belinda-quinton/)
- [Ben WHITE, Prof.](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/ben-white-prof/)
- [Bhupendra RAUT, Dr.](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/bhupendra-raut-dr/)
- [Chirag MEHTA, Dr.](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/chirag-mehta-dr/)
- [Carl DAVIES](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/carl-davies/)
- [Catherine MURPHY](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/catherine-murphy/)
- [Cassandra ROGERS](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/cassandra-rogers/)
- [Celeste MORGAN](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/celeste-morgan/)
- [Christopher CHESTERFIELD](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/christopher-chesterfield/)
- [Christelle SCHANG](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/christelle-schang/)
- [Christian JAKOB, Prof.](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/christian-jakob-prof/)
- [Christian URICH, Dr.](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/christian-urich/)
- [Christoph BRODNIK](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/christoph-brodnik/)
- [Cho Kwong LAM](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/cho-kwong-charlie-lam/)
- [Janaine ZANELLA-COLETTI](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/janaine-zanella-coletti/)
- [Chris WALSH, Assoc. Prof.](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/chris-walsh-assoc-prof/)
- [Damien BATSTONE, Prof.](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/damien-batstone-prof/)
- [Danijel BELUSIC, Dr.](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/danijel-belusic-dr/)
- [Donald Raymond WILLIAMS](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/donald-raymond-williams/)
- [Elisabet ANDRES GARCIA](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/elisabet-andres-garcia/)
- [Edward Mark Rafter BARRY](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/edward-mark-rafter-barry/)
- [Edward MORGAN, Dr.](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/edward-morgan-dr/)
- [Erika Miyuri DUNCAN-HORNER](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/erika-miyuri-duncan-horner/)
- [Fiona CHANDLER](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/fiona-chandler/)
- [Fan ZHANG, Assist. Prof.](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/fan-zhang-assist-prof/)
- [Francesco GIMELLI, Dr.](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/francesco-gimelli/)
- [Gemma SCHUCH](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/gemma-schuch/)
- [Geoff VIETZ, Dr.](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/geoff-vietz-dr/)
- [Gemma DUNN](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/gemma-dunn/)
- [Gelareh KHAKBAZ](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/gelareh-khakbaz/)
- [Geoffrey LONDON, Prof.](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/geoffrey-london-prof/)
- [Harsha FOWDAR](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/harsha-fowdar/)
- [Henrik MADSEN](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/henrik-madsen/)
- [Helena ASTROM](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/helena-astrom/)
- [Jurg KELLER, Prof.](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/jurg-keller-prof/)
- [Jeanette TAYLOR, Prof.](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/jeanette-taylor-prof/)
- [Jenny GREGORY, Winthrop Prof.](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/jenny-gregory-winthrop-prof/)
- [Jane-Louise LAMPARD](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/jane-louise-lampard/)
- [Juri JUNG](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/juri-jung/)
- [Keshab SHARMA, Dr.](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/keshab-sharma-dr/)
- [Karsten ARNBJERG-NIELSEN, Prof.](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/karsten-arnbjerg-nielsen-assoc-prof/)
- [Kay Tze NG](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/kay-tze-ng/)
- [Kefeng ZHANG](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/kefeng-zhang/)
- [Kerry NICE, Dr.](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/kerry-nice/)
- [Keryn ROBERTS, Dr.](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/keryn-roberts-dr/)
- [Leah BEESLEY, Dr.](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/leah-beesley-dr/)
- [Linda CHOI, Dr.](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/linda-choi-dr/)
- [Lindsey BROWN](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/lindsey-beck/)
- [Lionel FROST, Assoc. Prof.](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/lionel-frost-assoc-prof/)
- [Lisa BLINCO](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/lisa-blinco/)
- [Luca LOCATELLI](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/luca-locatelli/)
- [Miriam AGULLO-BARCELO, Dr.](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/miriam-agullo-barcelo-dr/)
- [Mohanasundar RADHAKRISHNAN](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/mohanasundar-radhakrishnan/)
- [Madhu Krishna MURALI](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/madhu-krishna-murali/)
- [Maksym POLYAKOV, Dr.](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/maksym-polyakov-dr/)
- [Margaret LOUGHNAN, Dr.](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/margaret-loughnan-dr/)
- [Maria PINYA SUNYER](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/maria-pinya-sunyer/)
- [Matthew LAING, Dr.](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/matthew-laing-dr/)
- [Mohammed MOKLESUR RAHMAN](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/mohammed-mokelesur-rahman/)
- [Md Sayed IFTEKHAR, Dr.](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/sayed-iftekhar-assoc-prof/)
- [Megan FARRELLY, Dr.](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/megan-farrelly-dr/)
- [Michael REEDER, Prof.](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/michael-reeder-prof/)
- [Mike GRACE, Assoc. Prof.](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/mike-grace-assoc-prof/)
- [Mike STEWARDSON, Dr.](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/mike-stewardson-dr/)
- [Nita LAUREN](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/nita-lauren/)
- [Natalie BARRON](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/natalie-barron/)
- [Neil PETTIT, Dr.](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/neil-pettit-dr/)
- [Nigel BERTRAM, Prof.](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/nigel-bertram-prof/)
- [Nigel TAPPER, Prof.](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/nigel-tapper-prof/)
- [Ole MARK](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/ole-mark/)
- [Paola LEARDINI, Dr.](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/paola-leardini/)
- [Pablo ORAMS WITTING](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/pablo-orams-witting/)
- [Peter SPEARRITT, Prof.](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/peter-spearritt-prof/)
- [Peter VAN DER STEEN, Dr.](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/peter-van-der-steen-dr/)
- [Paul SATUR](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/paul-satur/)
- [Paul CLOSE, Dr.](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/paul-close-dr/)
- [Paul RASCHKY, Dr.](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/paul-raschky-dr/)
- [Perran COOK, Dr.](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/perran-cook-dr/)
- [Peter BACH, Dr.](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/peter-bach-dr/)
- [Peter DAVIES, Prof.](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/peter-davies-winthrop-prof/)
- [Peter POELSMA](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/peter-poelsma/)
- [Peter BREEN, Dr.](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/peter-breen-dr/)
- [Phil BOND, Dr.](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/phil-bond-dr/)
- [Philip WALLIS, Dr.](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/philip-wallis-dr/)
- [Phillip BINNING, Prof.](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/phillip-binning-prof/)
- [Peter STEEN MIKKELSEN, Assoc. Prof.](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/peter-steen-mikkelsen-assoc-prof/)
- [Robert HOELZLE](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/robert-hoelzle/)
- [Rachael BAREKET](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/rachael-bareket/)
- [Rachel CARDELL-OLIVER, Prof.](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/rachel-cardell-oliver-prof/)
- [Rebekah HENRY, Dr.](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/rebekah-henry-dr/)
- [Roland LOWE, Dr.](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/roland-lowe/)
- [Roslyn WOOD](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/roslyn-wood/)
- [Ruth LANE, Dr.](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/ruth-lane-dr/)
- [Ruth MORGAN, Dr.](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/ruth-morgan-dr/)
- [Harith Kumara MADDUMA PATABENDIGE](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/harith-samitha-kumara-madduma-patabendige/)
- [Seamus O'HANLON, Assoc. Prof.](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/seamus-ohanlon-assoc-prof/)
- [Stephanie JACOBS](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/stephanie-jacobs/)
- [Steven SCHILIZZI, Assoc. Prof.](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/steven-schilizzi-assoc-prof/)
- [Sultana NURY](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/sultana-nury/)
- [Sylvia TAWFIK](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/sylvia-tawfik/)
- [Tim HUELSEN](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/tim-huelsen/)
- [Tricia WATTS](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/tricia-watts/)
- [Veljko PRODANOVIC](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/veljko-prodanovic/)
- [Wei LIU, Assist. Prof.](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/wei-liu-assist-prof/)
- [Wikke NOVALIA](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/wikke-novalia/)
- [Wolfgang RAUCH, Prof.](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/wolfgang-rauch-prof/)
- [Yang LU](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/yang-lu/)
- [Yali LI](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/yali-li/)
- [Yi Yuan LEE](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/yi-yuan-emily-lee/)
- [Jasmine THOM](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/jasmine-thom/)
- [Katherine HAMMER](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/katherine-hammer/)
- [Sara LLOYD, Dr.](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/sara-lloyd-dr/)
- [Sarah MEEHAN](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/sarah-meehan/)
- [Gyongyver ENGLONER](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/gyongyver-engloner/)
- [Kaan OZGUN, Dr.](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/kaan-ozgun-dr/)
- [Daniel NYANDEGA](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/daniel-nyandega/)
- [Cecilie THRYSøE](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/cecilie-thrysoe/)
- [Jeanette JENSEN](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/jeanette-jensen/)
- [Rui WANG](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/rui-wang/)
- [Susan VAN DE MEENE, Dr.](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/susan-van-de-meene-dr/)
- [Steffen DAVIDSEN](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/steffen-davidsen/)
- [Estelle ROUX](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/estelle-roux/)
- [Tamara HAROLD](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/tamara-harold/)
- [Asha GUNAWARDENA, Dr.](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/asha-gunawardena-dr/)
- [Lea OLESEN](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/lea-olesen-olesen/)
- [Wolfgang GERNJAK](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/wolfgang-gernjak/)
- [Janet TANG, Dr.](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/janet-tang-dr/)
- [Kim MARKWELL](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/kim-markwell/)
- [Joannette J BOS, Dr.](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/joannette-j-bos-dr/)
- [Daniel (Danny) BRENT, Dr.](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/daniel-danny-brent-dr/)
- [Fjalar DE HAAN, Dr.](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/fjalar-de-haan-dr/)
- [CRCWSC](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/crcwsc/)
- [Joe ROSETTI](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/jo-rosetti/)
- [Kym WHITEOAK](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/kym-whiteoak/)
- [Mark SIEBENTRITT](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/mark-siebentritt/)
- [Fraser EYNON](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/fraser-eynon/)
- [Emma CHURCH](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/emma-church/)
- [Rutger PASMAN](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/rutger-pasman/)
- [Oscar SAINSBURY](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/oscar-sainsbury/)
- [Charity EDWARDS](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/charity-edwards/)
- [Helen ROSS, Prof.](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/helen-ross-prof/)
- [Joost BUURMAN, Dr.](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/joost-buurman-dr/)
- [Daniel MARTIN](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/daniel-martin/)
- [Beata SOCHACKA](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/beata-sochacka/)
- [Ka Leung LAM, Dr.](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/ka-leung-lam/)
- [Marie-Laure PYPE, Dr.](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/marie-laure-pype-dr/)
- [Xuli MENG](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/xuli-meng/)
- [Tim STORER, Dr.](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/tim-storer-dr/)
- [Mojtaba MORAVEJ](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/mojtaba-moravej/)
- [Abbie ROGERS, Dr.](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/abbie-rogers-dr/)
- [Louise BLACKMORE, Dr.](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/louise-blackmore-dr/)
- [Tatjana TODOROVIC, Dr.](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/tatjana-todorovic-dr/)
- [Carl GRODACH, Prof.](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/carl-grodach-prof/)
- [Shirin MALEKPOUR, Dr.](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/shirin-malekpour-dr/)
- [Niloo TARAKEMEHZADEH](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/niloo-tarakemehzadeh/)
- [Shelley SHEPHERD](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/shelley-shepherd/)
- [Suzanne KING](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/suzanne-king/)
- [Shengemeenal SURENDRAN](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/creator/shengemeenal-surendran/)

## Participants

- [Brisbane City Council](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/participant/brisbane-city-council/)
- [Monash University](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/participant/monash-university/)
- [South East Water](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/participant/south-east-water/)
- [The University of Queensland](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/participant/the-university-of-queensland/)
- [Integrated Planning and Design (Shanghai)](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/participant/integrated-planning-and-design-shanghai/)
- [Water Technology](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/participant/water-technology/)
- [Townsville City Council](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/participant/townsville-city-council/)
- [REALMstudios](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/participant/realmstudios/)
- [Southeast University](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/participant/southeast-university/)
- [Urbaqua](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/participant/urbaqua/)
- [Jacobs Group](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/participant/jacobs-group/)
- [Kunshan City Construction Investment & Development Group](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/participant/kunshan-city-construction-investment-development-group/)
- [Kunshan City Bureau of Planning](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/participant/kunshan-city-bureau-of-planning/)
- [DesignFlow](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/participant/designflow/)
- [Bligh Tanner Consulting Engineers](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/participant/bligh-tanner-consulting-engineers/)
- [City of Unley](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/participant/city-of-unley/)
- [Yarra Valley Water](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/participant/yarra-valley-water/)
- [Water Corporation WA](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/participant/water-corporation-wa/)
- [Northern Beaches Council](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/participant/northern-beaches-council/)
- [University of Innsbruck](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/participant/university-of-innsbruck/)
- [IHE Delft Institute for Water Education](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/participant/ihe-delft-institute-for-water-education/)
- [The University of Western Australia](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/participant/the-university-of-western-australia/)
- [The University of Adelaide](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/participant/the-university-of-adelaide/)
- [SA Water Corporation](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/participant/sa-water-corporation/)
- [Public Utilities Board (PUB)](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/participant/public-utilities-board-pub/)
- [National University of Singapore](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/participant/national-university-of-singapore/)
- [Moonee Valley City Council](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/participant/moonee-valley-city-council/)
- [Melbourne Water Corporation](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/participant/melbourne-water-corporation/)
- [Manningham City Council](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/participant/manningham-city-council/)
- [Maddocks](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/participant/maddocks/)
- [DevelopmentWA (previously LandCorp)](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/participant/developmentwa-previously-landcorp/)
- [Ku-ring-gai Council](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/participant/ku-ring-gai-council/)
- [Knox City Council](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/participant/knox-city-council/)
- [International WaterCentre](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/participant/international-watercentre/)
- [Hornsby Shire Council](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/participant/hornsby-shire-council/)
- [Griffith University](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/participant/griffith-university/)
- [Greater Sydney Local Land Services](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/participant/greater-sydney-local-land-services/)
- [GHD](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/participant/ghd/)
- [eWater Limited](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/participant/ewater-limited/)
- [Eastern Metropolitan Regional Council](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/participant/eastern-metropolitan-regional-council/)
- [e2DesignLab](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/participant/e2designlab/)
- [Technical University of Denmark (DTU)](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/participant/technical-university-of-denmark-dtu/)
- [DHI](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/participant/dhi/)
- [Department of Environment, Land, Water & Planning](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/participant/department-of-environment-land-water-planning/)
- [Department of Planning, Industry and Environment](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/participant/department-of-planning-industry-and-environment/)
- [Department of Health & Human Services](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/participant/department-of-health-human-services/)
- [City West Water](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/participant/city-west-water/)
- [The Council of the City of Sydney](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/participant/the-council-of-the-city-of-sydney/)
- [City of Rotterdam](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/participant/city-of-rotterdam/)
- [City of Port Phillip](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/participant/city-of-port-phillip/)
- [City of Melbourne](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/participant/city-of-melbourne/)
- [Inner West Council](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/participant/inner-west-council/)
- [City of Kingston](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/participant/city-of-kingston/)
- [City of Greater Bendigo](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/participant/city-of-greater-bendigo/)
- [City of Gosnells](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/participant/city-of-gosnells/)
- [Fairfield City Council](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/participant/fairfield-city-council/)
- [City of Canning](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/participant/city-of-canning/)
- [Blacktown City Council](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/participant/blacktown-city-council/)
- [City of Gold Coast](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/participant/city-of-gold-coast/)
- [Alluvium Consulting](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/participant/alluvium-consulting/)
- [Adelaide and Mount Lofty Ranges Natural Resources Management Board](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/participant/adelaide-and-mount-lofty-ranges-natural-resources-management-board/)
- [Foundry Consulting](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/participant/foundry-consulting/)
- [Coliban Water](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/participant/coliban-water/)
- [Josh Byrne & Associates](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/participant/josh-byrne-associates/)
- [RM Consulting Group (RMCG)](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/participant/rm-consulting-group-rmcg/)
- [Department of Communities (Housing)](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/participant/department-of-communities-housing/)
- [Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/participant/department-of-biodiversity-conservation-and-attractions/)
- [Department of Water and Environmental Regulation](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/participant/department-of-water-and-environmental-regulation/)
- [Coolth.Inc](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/participant/coolth-inc/)
- [Morphum Environmental Ltd](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/participant/morphum-environmental-ltd/)
- [Cooks River Alliance (City of Canterbury-Bankstown)](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/participant/cooks-river-alliance-city-of-canterbury-bankstown/)
- [Wave Consulting Australia](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/participant/wave-consulting-australia/)
- [Edge Environment](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/participant/edge-environment/)
- [City of Salisbury](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/participant/city-of-salisbury/)
- [Create Develop](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/participant/create-develop/)
- [Water Corporation](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/participant/water-corporation/)
- [Salisbury Water, City of Salisbury](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/participant/salisbury-water-city-of-salisbury/)
- [Water Services Association of Australia](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/participant/water-services-association-of-australia/)

## Stakeholder Types

- [Consultants](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/stakeholder/consultants/)
- [Developers](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/stakeholder/developers/)
- [Government & policy makers](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/stakeholder/government-policy-makers/)
- [International](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/stakeholder/international/)
- [Researchers](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/stakeholder/researchers/)
- [Water businesses & utilities](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/stakeholder/water-businesses-utilities/)

## Media Categories

- [Meetings](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/media_category/meetings/)
- [3WSCC](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/media_category/3wscc/) - Presentations conference 2017
- [index-accreditation](https://watersensitivecities.org.au/media_category/index-accreditation/)