Sustainable
Water Challenge Projects
and Other WSUD Case Studies
This page contains sustainable water management/water sustainability
case studies of WSUD projects from around NSW and other parts of
Australia. Many of the case studies were submitted as entries by
Local Councils to the Sustainable Water Challenge (SWC), which has
been held annually since 2003. Some case studies are weblinks to
sites that explain the project in more detail. Also be aware that
projects may be in more than one grouping for example the retrofit
of commercial building could be found in retrofit and/or also commercial
buildings. There are also detailed conference papers on some other
WSUD case studies on the WSUD literature
page
The Sustainable Water Challenge Entries and other sustainable water
management case studies have been grouped into the following categories
(just click on the link below to go directly to that category further
down the page).
Planning
& Policy
Projects (SWC
Category)
Landscape Projects (SWC Category)
Retrofit Projects (SWC Category)
Infill/Brownfield Projects (SWC Category)
Greenfield Site Projects (SWC Category)
Commercial
Buildings
WSUD Roadway Retrofits
Multi-Unit Residential
Industrial Sites (SWC Category from 2005)
Educational & Capacity Building Projects
(SWC
Category from 2005)
Individual House Projects
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Beware that some of them are very large.
Planning &
Policy Projects
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Landscape
Projects
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Retrofit
Projects
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Infill/Brownfield
Projects
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SWC
Infill/Brownfield Projects
2006 SWC Infill Winner Sutherland
Shire Council (3Meg!!) Karimbla Road Reserve, Miranda District
Park Development
2006
SWC Hornsby Shire (647k) Council Galston Rural Sports Facility
- sustainable water management
2005 SWC Infill Winner
Hornsby
Shire Council (1Meg!) Development and Embellishment of
Brickpit Park Dartford Road, Thornleigh
2004 SWC Infill Winner
Hornsby
Shire Council (188k) Green Roofs for High Density Multi-unit
Housing Development
2004
SWC Randwick City Council (526k) Bundock Street Community
Centre and Park – Recycled Water Project
2003 Winner Peers' choice award
Hornsby
Council (14k) - Redevelopment of La Mancha caravan park
with WSUD features
2003 SWC Infill Winner Mosman
Council (631k)- Raglan St West carpark redevelopment -
Feasibility study for environmental best practice residential
redevelopment
2003
SWC Strathfield Council (441k)- A Sustainable library
for Strathfield
Other
Infill/Brownfield Case Studies
Ascot
Waters, Perth WA (652k) - Ascot Waters is a 97 hectare
brownfield site (degraded and disused) that has been developed
on the Swan River. The site is 75% open space and features
grassed swales, overland filter strips, sand filters, bioretention
systems, sediment traps, wetlands urban forestry etc.
Inkerman Oasis (St Kilda, Melbourne) Council depot rezoned
to residential Look in the multiunit section below or go to
Melbourne Water's website and look in the case studies section:
http://www.wsud.melbournewater.com.au
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Greenfield
Site Projects
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Water Challenge (SWC) Greenfield Projects
2006 SWC Greenfield Winner Kempsey
Shire Council (724k) South West Rocks Wastewater Recycling
Project
2004 SWC Greenfield Winner
Kiama
Municipal Council (304k)Elambra Estate, Gerringong Project
2004
Wingecarribee Shire Council (1.4M)East Bowral Northern
Precinct Civil Works
2003 SWC Greenfield Winner
Camden
Council (17k) - Utilising bioribbons for stormwater management
in Elderslie subdivision
2003
Sutherland Council (262k) - Preservation Through Our Actions
- integrate stormwater planning to shift the Shire to sustainability
Other
Greenfield Case Studies
Carindale
Pines Estate - (761k) Greenfield subdivision where each
house has a rainwater tank, solar panels and swales in the
street.
Lynbrook Estate - (website) Greenfield subdivision in South
East Melbourne. Constructed in the late 1990's has street
swales and wetland. Brief description can be found on Melbourne
Water's website, look in the case studies section:
http://www.wsud.melbournewater.com.au
Also check the WSUD Literature Page
of this site for papers on Lynbrook.
Heritage
Mews - (747k) This paper outlines the design used for
Heritage Mews in Castle Hill in Sydney's Hills District. Rainwater
tanks, under roadway storage and treatment of stormwater.
Waterways Estate
- (website) A large water treatment wetland forms the focus
of this subdivision on Mordialloc Creek, South East of Melbourne.
New Brompton
Estate, Adelaide - (website) The New Brompton Estate was
commissioned in 1991. Its scheme to collect, treat and use
runoff generated on roofs of 15 residences has since been
improved and expanded to include aquifer recharge and storage
and the potential for providing irrigation for the Estate’s
Central Reserve.
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Commercial
Buildings
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Albert Road (Szencorp Building) - (website) This building
was first constructed in 1987 and has been "recycled"
into Australia's first office refurbishment to achieve a 6 Star
Office Design rating from the Green Building Council of Australia.
They have reduced water consumption by 82% (rainwater harvesting
and grey water recycling, waterless urinals, electronic taps,
etc.) and typical office energy use has been reduced by 70%.
There are also other numerous great innovations in the design
and construction including use of fuel cells.
Sutherland
Shire Council's Business Incubator - (400k) This is a
shared site, half is a business incubator for start up companies
and the other half of the site is part of Wollongong University's
Loftus Campus. The site has permeable paving, swales, rainwater
capture and reuse (More Info about this case study on Literature
Page).
The 60L Building
- (website) Commercial office redeveloped from an industrial
building with full ESD features including wastewater treatment
& recycling, rainwater harvesting and water efficiency.
CH2
- (website) Redevelopment of Melbourne City Council's
headquarters. Office building under construction with full
ESD features including waste water treatment & recycling,
rainwater harvesting, water and energy efficiency.
Charles
Sturt University, Thurgoona Campus (Albury)-
(website) Full suite of ESD features on buildings and integrated
water management in the landscape including greywater treatment
with sub-surface wetlands.
Landcare
Research's - (website) (New Zealand) new science building
at the University of Auckland's Tamaki campus has just opened
(29 April 2005). It has a host of sustainablility features
including low electricity use, rainwater capture and re-use,
waterless composting toilets, raingardens, pervious pavements
etc.
This site also has a lot of good information on low impact
development (LID) in NZ.
Green Building
Council of Australia -(website) Some great examples of
commercial buildings designed to minimise their environmental
impacts.
US Green Building Council
- (website) Accreditation of buildings achieving environmental
excellence. Features database of certified projects.
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WSUD
Roadway Retrofits
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2005
SWC Ku-ring-gai Council (123k) Minnamurra Avenue Water
Sensitive Road Retrofit Project
Cremorne
St, Richmond Victoria (City of Yarra) - (website PDF file
1.2Meg) Roadway reconstruction with inclusion of bioretention
basins to treat stormwater. Constructed in 2003. Case study
includes pictures, design drawings, stormwater treatment efficiency
modelling results and costs.
Fowler
St, Chelsea Victoria (City of Kingston) - (website PDF
file 1.2Meg) Roadway reconstruction with inclusion of bioretention
swales/basins to treat stormwater. Constructed in 2003/04.
Case study includes pictures, design drawings, stormwater
treatment modelling results and construction costs.
Stawell
St, Mentone Victoria (City of Kingston) - (website PDF
file 1.7Meg) Roadway reconstruction with inclusion of bioretention
basins to treat stormwater. Constructed in 2004. Case study
includes pictures, design drawings, stormwater treatment modelling
results and construction costs.
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Multiunit
Residential
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Victoria
Park, Zetland - (1Meg) Redevelopment of past industrial
site featuring bioretention swales, retention basis, stormwater
recycling through electromagnetic filter and water feature.
Also visit the Victoria
Park Web Site
Kogarah
Town Square - (269k)Redevelopment of Council carpark to
commercial, residential and community buildings with rainwater
capture and reuse and stormwater treatment through landscaping
before reuse. Also visit Kogarah
Council's website for more information
Inkerman
Estate - (Council website) A Council depot rezoned and
redeveloped to provide high density residential units in St
Kilda. Includes greywater treatment, wetland reuse of treated
water in dwellings and affordable housing. This web site features
several of the activities that The City of Port Phillip are
undertaking. There is also a more detailed case study of this
site on Melbourne
Water's WSUD site (Melb Water website). The link to Melbourne
Water's WSUD area is http://wsud.melbournewater.com.au/
BedZED (Beddington
Zero Energy Development, UK) - (website) BedZED, is an
environmentally-friendly, energy-efficient mix of housing
and work space in Beddington, Sutton, UK. It's being promoted
as the first large-scale 'carbon neutral' community in the
UK. On the water side of things they have reduced mains water
consumption by a third - including installing water saving
appliances and making the most of rain and recycled water.
Click on the link to read a one page summary of the environmental
principles for the site (you can also take a virtual tour).
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Industrial
Sites
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Educational
& Capacity Building Projects
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Individual
House Projects
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2005
SWC Mosman Council (415k) Mosman Green (House Renovation
to Improve Water and Energy Efficiency).
Michael
Mobb's House - ( 462k) An individual house with rainwater
tanks, blackwater reuse and solar panels.
Rob
Kemp's House - (website) An individual house with rainwater
tanks, solar power and solar hot water.
Stuart
McQuire's House - (978k) An individual house with rainwater
tanks, greywater reuse and solar panels.
EcoHome
- (website) An individual home built as part of a new greenfield
development (Cairnlea) 28kms west of Melbourne. Features water
& energy efficiency and greywater treatment. Click on
the concept pics PDF to view the design features of the house.
Healthy
Home (Gold Coast) - (website) Individual house designed
for sustainability.
QLD
Government Smart Homes (website) Site has case studies
and design examples of more sustainable housing designs.
For more information on more sustainable house designs including
more than 20 case studies have a look at: http://www.greenhouse.gov.au/yourhome/technical/
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