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 | | Tuesday 30 October 2012 A unique opportunity! A partnership between Fresh Landscape Design and Clearwater brings Raingardens Essentials to Canberra for the first time. This popular workshop provides practical guidance on the design and construction of raingardens and biofilters. The workshop covers site analysis, design, materials selection, construction and maintenance to ensure project success. Practical class exercises give participants a deeper understanding of best practice design and effective project management. 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 | | Friday 16 November 2012 Clearwater is excited to announce the return of 'Hot Topics', our signature peer-to-peer learning and networking event. Delivered in partnership with Melbourne Water, this half day session will provide attendees with a unique opportunity to hear how Clause 56.07-4 is currently being implemented and to inform how any extension of the clause to other zones is approached. The day will feature an expert panel with Q&A, facilitated peer-to-peer discussion and short presentations from State Government representatives. Click here for more information or to register now |
| news | | 4 October 2012 On Monday 24 September, the Clearwater Team attended the launch of the CRC for Water Sensitive Cities. The CRC was officially launched in Melbourne, by Parliamentary Secretary for Sustainability and Urban Water, Senator Don Farrell. Click for full story | | 13 September 2012 Our very own Anna Jennings, Regional Stormwater Policy Advisor, received a Merit Award for her role in 'building capacity and supporting regional and rural councils in the uptake of WSUD and Integrated Water Management'. Anna has delivered a range of training, workshops and presentations to 37 (out of 42) regional and rural councils over the past year. Click for full story |
| resources | | 5 September 2012 Living Rivers is a Melbourne Water program offering tailored packages of technical and funding support for council for the implementation of strategic and structural WSUD projects. Clearwater works closely with the Living Rivers team to identify and develop training, tours and events in response to industry needs. Click for full story | | 25 May 2012 Moonee Valley City Council has prepared a Water Strategy (The Strategy) that demonstrates their ongoing commitment to fostering healthy communities and promoting Integrated Water Management (IWM). Aimed at Council and the community, it draws together existing Council water policies and strategies into a single coherent document. Click for full story |
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