Clearwater events and news - April & May 2019

Welcome to Clearwater's latest update.

We hope to see you at the upcoming May Water Drinks ready for some mid-year mingling with your water colleagues.

Thank you to those of you who have been involved in our recent consultation process, which will inform the prioritisation of our services and ensure our program meets the evolving capacity needs of our customers. If you are interested in finding out more or would like to input into this process, please get in touch.

News highlights

Find out more about Clearwater and DELWP's planned capacity building initiatives to assist with implementation of the recent stormwater planning amendment
Watch this excellent 2 minute clip on securing our water supply to learn more about Melbourne Water's strategy to safeguard water storage levels to buffer for times of drought
Be part of the consultation process for testing the new Melbourne Water Design Guide for Development Services Schemes

Resources highlights

Watch this RMIT documentary to find out what residents have to say about life on the urban fringe
Check out the CRC for Water Sensitive Cities Economic Evaluation Framework for ideas on decision making and informing the business case to achieve water sensitive, liveable and resilient cities and register for upcoming training here.
Listen to a podcast on how water is valued by Indigenous culture
Learn more about the role of Community Champions in Sustainable Urban Water planning from this case study based research report

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training and events

Mid-year Water Drinks

23 May 2019
Where: Hophaus - Southbank

Clearwater and Stormwater Victoria are continuing their popular series of networking events for practitioners involved in stormwater...

Construction Hold Points Training - Bio-retention Systems and Wetlands

Where: Event held in your organisation on request

Clearwater’s in-house training provides your staff and contractors with a tailored and interactive learning experience....

Maintenance of WSUD Assets Technical Training Packages

Where: Event held in-house

Clearwater’s in-house training provides organisations with an interactive learning experience. Our trainers are experts...

news

resources

	Case Study: Eastbank Lake Revitalisation 14 December 2018 The Eastbank Lake Revitalisation project is a stormwater harvesting and reuse scheme for Shepparton, using a section of the Goulburn...			Guidelines And Strategy: Development Integrated Water Management Plans - guidance for developers 20 March 2019 As part of the land development process, Western Water require developers to produce a Development IWM Plan. The Development...
	Publications And Reports: The Role of Community Champions in Long-Term Sustainable Urban Water Planning 29 March 2019 Community engagement and stewardship are important elements in urban water planning if we are to achieve the vision of water sensitive...			Publications And Reports: State of the Yarra and its Parklands 2018 Report 01 April 2019 The State of the Yarra and its Parklands 2018 report released by the Commissioner for Environmental Sustainability last month,...
	Publications And Reports: Integrating Green & Grey 13 May 2019 Creating Next Generation Infrastructure Natural systems such as forests, floodplains, and soils can contribute to clean, reliable...			Factsheets And Tools: CRC for WSC Economic tools and resources 17 April 2019 The CRC for Water Sensitive Cities 'Integrated Research Project 2: Comprehensive Economic Evaluation Framework (IRP2)' has developed...
	External Resources: How water is valued by Indigenous culture 24 February 2019 For Indigenous people, water is an intricate part of the landscape that holds vast social, cultural and economic importance; its...			External Resources: What residents have to say about life on the urban fringe 21 February 2019 RMIT University researchers produced a short documentary film, Living Liveable, about the experiences of residents in outer suburbs...