Clearwaterevents & news | Enabling the transition to Water Sensitive Cities | Dear Clearwater Newsletter Subscriber, Welcome to the latest update from the Clearwater team. |
| | training and events | | Friday 26 October 2012 The tour highlights an array of WSUD stormwater treatment measures and harvesting systems across the City of Stonnington & Port Phillip. Council experts and design consultants will be onsite to provide insights into the development and management of each project, discussing challenges, learnings and outcomes from concept to completion. Click here for more information or to register now | | Thursday 1 November 2012 This one day training course will introduce you to the concepts of Water Sensitive Urban Design (WSUD) and water sensitive cities, focusing on the WSUD approach to stormwater management. The session will cover the principles of stormwater management, focusing on how to set targets to allow for water conservation as well as flow and water quality management. It will emphasise basic principles of water quality treatment and flow management to guide selection and design of treatment systems. Design considerations, treatment performance and operation and maintenance will be discussed for a wide range of treatment systems. Click here for more information or to register now | | Thursday 22 November 2012 Clearwater’s latest tour travels to Hume City Council and The City of Whittlesea. The tour will include site visits to biofilters and wetlands in new housing estates, visits to council owned WSUD assets and town centre renewal projects incorporating WSUD and stormwater harvesting. Click here for more information or to register now | | Wednesday 28 November 2012 This one day training course, developed in partnership with Monash Water for Liveability, will introduce you with the concepts required to design an effective stormwater harvesting project. The workshop will feature insights into stormwater harvesting guidelines, latest research on the performance of stormwater treatment technologies, conceptual design and costs associated with stormwater harvesting systems. The course will include practical design exercises to develop the conceptual design of a stormwater harvesting system for a (i) greenfield and (ii) retrofit situation. Click here for more information or to register now |
| news | | 15 August 2012 The Barwon Region Integrated Water Cycle Management (IWCM) Network was formally launched on 7 August. The Network brings together representatives from five councils (Geelong, Colac Otway, Surf Coast, Queenscliff and Golden Plains) as well as the Corangamite CMA, Southern Rural Water and Barwon Water... Click for full story | | 27 August 2012 A graffiti canvas, lego figures and a wall of achievements mapped against a meandering river. These were just a few of the fun, interactive displays that greeted guests as they arrived to celebrate a milestone event - ten years of Clearwater. On Thursday 16 August, a who’s who of the water industry gathered at the National Gallery of Victoria to acknowledge the significant achievements of the Clearwater program, and how its people and partners have influenced the water industry in sustainable urban water management... Click for full story | | 14 August 2012 Launched earlier this month, the reportMelbourne's Transition to a Water Sensitive City: Recommendations for Strategic Action provides an interpretation of the outcomes of the Melbourne’s Transition to a Water Sensitive City project, led by Monash Water for Liveability... Click for full story |
| resources | | 1 May 2012 This paper focuses on planning for urban growth in Melbourne in an area with low mean annual rainfall. It discusses the development of an integrated water management strategy addressing the policy, economics and social aspects of water use where flexibility in water sources and in particular stormwater harvesting helps to create resilience in a time of climate change and emphasises the importance of sustainable water management practices... Click for full story |
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