WSUD Archives - Water Research Australia https://www.waterra.com.au/topic/wsud/ National leader in water solutions through collaboration and high impact research Mon, 05 Dec 2022 05:25:41 +0000 en-AU hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=6.1.1 https://www.waterra.com.au/wp-content/uploads/2022/05/cropped-waterRA-favicon-1-32x32.png WSUD Archives - Water Research Australia https://www.waterra.com.au/topic/wsud/ 32 32 Implementation of WSUD approaches to manage stormwater quality & quantity in existing developments https://www.waterra.com.au/project/implementation-of-wsud-approaches-to-manage-stormwater-quality-quantity-in-existing-developments/ Mon, 05 Dec 2022 05:25:41 +0000 https://www.waterra.com.au/?post_type=ts-portfolio&p=10906 To manage stormwater in an adaptive way as well as improving the mitigation strategies to cope with the climate change and urbanisation impacts, Water Sensitive Urban Design (WSUD) approaches are becoming popular...

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Status: In Progress

Focus Area: Source & Catchments

National Research Priority: Liveability

Topics: WSUD, stormwater

Project Description

To manage stormwater in an adaptive way as well as improving the mitigation strategies to cope with the climate change and urbanisation impacts, Water Sensitive Urban Design (WSUD) approaches are becoming popular. Most of the exiting research in this area has been focused on implementation in infill developments or greenfield sites. Thus, significant knowledge gaps exist in the implementation of WSUD approaches within existing urban areas with holistic approaches. This research will investigate the optimal implementation of WSUD approaches in existing urban development.

PhD Thesis underway by Samira Rashetnia.

Resources

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]]> An investigation into Integrated Urban Water Management and its implementation in Melbourne, Australia https://www.waterra.com.au/project/an-investigation-into-integrated-urban-water-management-and-its-implementation-in-melbourne-australia/ Mon, 05 Dec 2022 00:54:24 +0000 https://www.waterra.com.au/?post_type=ts-portfolio&p=10871 This project was designed to inform future IUWM infrastructure planning processes by comparing different planning processes that have been used in the past...

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Status: Complete

Focus Area: Networks & Treatment

National Research Priority: Liveability

Topics: WSUD

Project Description

This project was designed to inform future IUWM infrastructure planning processes by comparing different planning processes that have been used in the past. This was done through a case study based research program on 7 previously completed infrastructure projects.

PhD Thesis completed by Casey Alexander Morton Furlong in October 2016.

Resources

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]]> Update to stormwater quality knowledge for AGWR https://www.waterra.com.au/project/update-to-stormwater-quality-knowledge-for-agwr/ Thu, 01 Sep 2022 00:41:58 +0000 https://43.250.142.120/~waterrac/?post_type=ts-portfolio&p=9200 As an alternative water resource, stormwater has a great potential to be reused for various purposes, including for the augmentation of drinking water supplies, but the reason stormwater run-off has not been widely used is because it contains unknown and variable amounts of chemical contaminants and microscopic organisms, some of which can cause illness and disease...

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Status: In Progress

Focus Area: Networks & Treatment

National Research Priority: Service Delivery

Topics: AGWR, Australian Drinking Water Guidelines, WSUD, contaminants, drinking water, microbes, pollution, recycled water, stormwater

Project Description

As an alternative water resource, stormwater has a great potential to be reused for various purposes, including for the augmentation of drinking water supplies, but the reason stormwater run-off has not been widely used is because it contains unknown and variable amounts of chemical contaminants and microscopic organisms, some of which can cause illness and disease.
The project will collate previously unpublished datasets from Australia’s water utilities and academic institutions about the types and amounts of pollution in stormwater from different sources, the best ways to assess the hazards and risk that stormwater poses to public health and safety, and explore innovative treatment processes that can be applied to recycle and reuse different types of stormwaters.
The careful consideration of all these up-to-date sets of information will result in improvements to the Australian Guidelines for Water Recycling, and will increase Australia’s capacity for safe stormwater recycling and reuse schemes.
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