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RELATED EVENTS
WSUD in Sydney Program Events
Advancing the Design of Rain Gardens
Presented and Facilitated by Tony Wong, Ana Deletic, Tim Fletcher and others from FAWB (EDAW and Monash University).
Day 1 – 10 June 2008: 9am-5pm(Limited to 120 attendees) - $209 (G.S.T. inclusive)
Day 2 – 11 June 2008: 9am-5pm (FULL) - $506 per person (G.S.T. inclusive)
Day 2 – 12 June 2008: 9am-5pm(Limited to 24 attendees) - $506 per person (G.S.T. inclusive)
Cost includes catering, information packs and training materials.
Join us for a one or two-day workshop, Advancing the Design of Rain Gardens (bioretention system) , with the Facility for Advancing Water Biofiltration (FAWB), a recognised Australian leader in rain garden research.
This event provides a unique once-off opportunity to tap into world-class research and implementation techniques. This 1 or 2 day workshop is designed for local council officers, consultants, research professionals, engineers, landscape architects, urban designers and sustainability officers.
Registration forms and full payment must be received by COB Wednesday, 3 June 2008 .
Click Here for the Informational Brochure
Click Here for the Registration Form
For additional information regarding the event or registration, please contact Kate Black on (02) 9895 6206 or kate.black@cms.nsw.gov.au.
Sustainable Water Challenge & Site Visit
Waterview Convention Centre, Bicentennial Park
18th to 19th September 2008
For further information refer http://www.wsud.org/swc.htm
Greenroofs Stakeholder Workshop
Sydney Metropolitan CMAs Offices, Parramatta
7 February 2008
For a copy of the agenda click here
Future Events
The following Water Sensitive Urban Design and/or sustainable urban water management related capacity building events are scheduled in the next few months:
AUSTRALIAN WATER INDUSTRY ESSENTIALS, 8th -9th July 2008 . Mercure Hotel, Sydney. http://www.awa.asn.au/AM/Template.cfm?Section=_b_Jun_08_b_Australian_Water_Industry_Essentials&Template=/CM/HTMLDisplay.cfm&ContentID=9340
Stormwater Industry Association Joint NSW & QLD Conference - Surfers Paradise , QLD, 8 th – 11 th July 2008. Refer http://www.gemspl.com.au/stormwater
AWA - AUSTRALIAN WATER INDUSTRY ESSENTIALS, 8-9 July 2008. Sydney. Refer http://www.awa.asn.au/AM/Template.cfm?Section=_b_Jun_08_b_Australian_Water_Industry_Essentials&Template=/CM/HTMLDisplay.cfm&ContentID=9340
11th International River Symposium – A future of extremes (includes a full day on WSUD) – Brisbane , QLD, 1 st -4 th September 2008 . Refer http://www.riversymposium.com
Centre for Groundwater Studies - Soil & Groundwater Pollution: Characterisation, Remediation & Risk. Hyde Park Plaza, Sydney 1 st -5 th September 2008. Refer http://groundwater.com.au/images/stories/courses_and_conferences/courses/flyer-soil&gw-poll-2008.pdf
Local Government Sustainable Development Conference, Dockside Sydney.10 th – 11 th September 2008 Refer http://www.halledit.com.au/events.php?id=84
Centre for Groundwater Studies – 1 st Surface Water-Groundwater Interactions Workshop. Oaks Hyde Park Plaza, Sydney. 24 th to 26 th September 2008.Refer http://groundwater.com.au/images/stories/courses_and_conferences/courses/flyer-1st-sw-gw-interactions-2008.pdf
Refer also to Hunter Central Coast Regional Environmental Management Strategy’s (HCCREMS) website for regional event listings: http://www.hccrems.com.au/water/events/watereventsindex.html#allwaterevents
Past Events
5th
International Water Sensitive Urban Design Conference & 13th
International Rainwater Catchment Systems Conference
"Rainwater & Urban Design 2007 "
Held in Sydney 21 - 23 August 2007
The Conference was a great success with 350 delegates from more than 22 countries attending. There were more than 120 papers and posters presented over the 3 days and you can still view the program at the website below.
A CD containing all the papers and posters presented can be purchased ($55 plus postage) via the conference website.
www.rainwater2007.com .
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WSUD
in Sydney Events
Meeting
the Sustainable Water Challenge 2006
Seminar & Sites Visits
Seminar
Thursday 14th September 2006
Congratulations to all the councils who presented their short-listed
Sustainable Water Challenge projects at the seminar. It was a great
day with 125 attendees learning about the many innovative WSUD projects
being undertaken by Councils in NSW.
Click here to download a copy of the seminar booklet given out to
attendees.
You can also download a copy of the keynote presentations given
on the day by clicking on the presenter's name (just be aware they
are PDF files of their presentations which can be fairly big!)
Prof
Bill Randolph from the City Futures Research Centre
at UNSW
André
Taylor from the National
Urban Water Governance Research Program
Damian
McGarry (3.14 Meg!) from Maroochy Shire Council
John
Dahlenburg (4.2 Meg!) from the WSUD in Sydney Program
Also a range of WSUD council practitioners gave short presentations
about their Sustainable Water Challenge Projects. For
a complete list of the 23 council projects submitted to the 2006
Sustainable Water Challenge click here.
Site
Visits Friday 15th September 2006
We were lucky with the weather and 62 of us visited five sites in
Sydney that featured a range of WSUD devices. Click
here to download a copy of the site visits booklet given out to
attendees (it contains short case studies on each of the sites
we visited). The sites visited included a 70 lot infill/brownfield
site with bioretention and grass swales, permeable paving and constructed
wetlands; a residential street retrofit with swales, permeable pavers
and a bioretention basin; a council swimming pool treating and reusing
backwash water; new street tree bioretention systems in a commercial
shopping strip and a sports field harvesting and reusing stormwater
for irrigation.
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Past
WSUD in the Sydney Region
Seminars, Workshops & Sites Visits
WSUD NSW 2005 Seminar & Site Visits Held
(No. 7)
SEMINAR & SUSTAINABLE WATER CHALLENGE
AWARDS
Wednesday 17th AUGUST 2005
Bankstown Town Hall
9.15 to 4.30pm
The Meeting the Sustainable Water Challenge 2005 seminar and
sites visits was held on the 17th and 18th of August. The seminar
was a huge success with 21 projects submitted for judging in the
Sustainable Water Challenge and 130 attendees at the seminar. There
were also some excellent keynote presentations on WSUD Street retrofits,
WSUD & other sustainability features on commercial buildings,
WSUD life cycle assessments and WSUD innovation in Europe. A CD
was prepared which included copies of all the presentations given
on the day as well as copies of the 21 Sustainable Water Challenge
projects. The CD was sent out in early September to all attendees.
The sites visits was held on Thursday 18th of August. 56
people visited Kogarah Town Square to look at their planter pit
treatment devices and their stormwater recycling system, The second
stop was the Loftus Business Incubator (Sutherland Shire Council)
where we looked at permeable pavings, bioretention swales, rainwater
capture and reuse as well as a wetland. We had an enjoyable lunch
at the Georges River National Park and then went of the Fairfield
City Councils Bonnyrigg site to see the conversion of a flood retention
basins converted into a water quality treatment and reuse system
that still provides flood protection. The final site visited was
Sydney Smith Park in Holroyd City Council and this site is the biggest
sandfilter in the Southern Hemisphere. The filter treats stormwater
from a 23 hectare catchment and then it is stored for reuse as irrigation
for the park. This park is also designed as a flood retarding basin
as well. Papers covering each of the these sites was included on
the CD sent out to all attendees.
Thanks to all those staff from each of the councils that came and
showed us around their sites!
WSUD NSW 2004
(Seminar No. 6)
Meeting the Sustainable Water Challenge
SEMINAR & SUSTAINABLE WATER CHALLENGE AWARDS
Thursday 5th AUGUST 2004
Bankstown Town Hall
9.15 to 4.30pm
The seminar was a great success with 170 attendees from around
Australia and New Zealand. Speakers presentations and other materials
from the day were put onto a CD and mailed out to all attendees.
The seminar focused on WSUD projects being undertaken in NSW now.
Dr Simon Beecham (UTS) reviewed the current state of many well known
WSUD sites and distilled the learning that has come from the design,
construction and operation of these sites. Other WSUD developments
from around NSW and Victoria were presented. DEC gave an overview
of the soon to be released Managing Urban Stormwater - Urban Design
and Water Reuse manuals. The impact on the design of multi-unit
developments from the forthcoming version of BASIX was discussed
as well.
The Sustainable Water Challenge was part of the seminar. Awards
were given to Councils for planning/policy, landscaping, infill,
greenfield and retrofit projects.
The projects entered and the results are on the sustainable
water challenge page.
SITES VISITS
Friday 6th AUGUST 2004
9.30 to 4.00pm
The sites visits were also a great success with 100 attendees visiting
5 WSUD sites in Western & Northern Sydney. The material given
out on the day was also put onto the seminar CD and mailed out to
all attendees.
Previous WSUD in Sydney Seminars Held in 2003/02
Seminar 1 (2002)- WSUD in Sydney Project Launch
Seminar 2 (2002)- Meeting the Sustainable Water
Challenge : Case Studies
Seminar 3 (2003)- Tackling the Issues: Costs,
Maintenance and Salinity
Seminar 4 (2003)- The Sustainable Water Challenge
presentations and awards
Seminar 5 (2003)- Planning for the Future:
The Water Sensitive Planning Guide
WSUD in Sydney Project Launch - 9:00 am August 23, 2002
Bicentennial Park, Sydney Olympic Parklands
160 interested stormwater practitioners attended the windswept launch
of the WSUD in Sydney project and the Sustainable Water Challenge.
The honourable DR Andrew Refshauge, Deputy Premier and Minister
for Planning officially opened the project with an interesting speech
about our need to increase the ability of industry and the community
to implement sustainable development.
The Chair of the Sydney Coastal Councils Group, Clr Patricia Harvey
OAM and the Regional Environmental Management Spokesperson for WSROC,
Clr Margaret van de Weg spoke of the benefits of a regional approach
to sustainable water management and the great opportunity for the
two regional groups to work together for the first time.
The project officers outlined the idea behind the sustainable water
challenge and encouraged everyone to participate, in order to take
full advantage of what the project has to offer.
The two expert presenters, Greg Walkerden of Wyong Council and
Tony McAlister of WBM Oceanics, Brisbane, then gave presentations
on their experiences with WSUD and fielded many questions from the
audience.
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Second Seminar and Sites Visit - 9:00am - 4:30pm November 21st,
2002
Concord Function Centre, Concord
The hall of the Concord Function Centre was full with over 170
interested and enthusiastic professionals at the second seminar
of the WSUD in Sydney Capacity Building Program on November 21st.
Keynote speaker Earl Shaver set the scene of poor past practices
and inspired everyone with examples of how best management practice
has evolved over the years in a comprehensive and informative presentation.
Case studies presented by Danny Boubli (Heritage Mews, Castle Hill),
Karenne Jurd (Kotara Place, Newcastle), Leanne Dallmer-Roach (Victoria
Park, Zetland), Peter Smith (Kogarah Town Square) as well as some
international examples from Earl Shaver.
In the afternoon, the sites visit went to Kogarah Town Square where
Peter Smith explained the water storage and reticulation system
and the costs before visiting Victoria Park in Zetland. The rain
made the stormwater management features all the more relevant as
Dr.Tony Wong explained how the swales used here differed from those
trialed at Lynbrook Estate, Melbourne. The designer of the Water
Stairs, Jenny Turpin, explained the artistic intent of the feature
and Penny Allan of the Department of Public Works and Services outlined
the opportunities presented by integrating a range of disciplines
in the development of the project for the benefit of all. A few
keen people visited the ~$350,000 electromagnetic water filtration
system and pump room before the drenched crowd set off for home.
The case studies presented ranged from single buildings, brownfield
and greenfield developments and team capaciyy building in Newcastle.
The papers presented are listed below.
Keynote Presentation - US and New Zealand Low Impact Development
Practices and Challenges Faced "Sharing Experiences" -
Earl Shaver: Auckland Regional Council
Dynamics of Implementing a private WSUD development - Danny Boubli:
Cardno BLH
Drivers for incorporating WSUD in brownfield infill developments
- Leanne Dallmer-Roach: South Sydney City Council
Designing and Constructing WSUD - Peter Smith: Kogarah Municipal
Council
Process of getting Council Staff involved in a WSUD Project - Karenne
Jurd: Newcastle City Council
Drivers for making your WSUD project successful - Earl Shaver:
Auckland Regional Council
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Third Seminar and Workshop - 9:00 am - 3:00 pm, March 26th 2003
Drawing from experience gained on WSUD developments, five industry
professionals outlined in detail the costs associated with constructing
a variety of WSUD elements including swales, sand filters, permeable
paving and rainwater tanks. The salinity presentation by Rebecca
Nicolson stimulated discussion as the possible synergies between
WSUD and managing development in saline areas became apparent.
The workshop participants then applied the information presented
to an actual development in a salinity hazard area.
The workshop material and the salinity summary are available below...
 Workshop
Material (PDF 438k)
Salinity Notes (PDF 7k)
Danny Boubli's Paper on cost comparisons between WSUD and traditional
designs for two sites in Western Sydney can be downloaded below...
Danny
Boubli cost comparisons WSUD vs traditional(PDF 2.8 MEG)
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Fourth Seminar: Sustainable Water Challenge 21st August 2003
The projects submitted by the Sydney Councils were presented to
more than 100 interested people from councils and private sector
organisations. The event was held at the Australian Museum in Sydney.
Projects submitted and category winners can be found on the Sustainable
Water Challenge page.
Fifth Seminar: Launch of Water Sensitive Planning Guide
30th Sept 2003
A comprehensive explanation of the content and useability
of the guide was presented, as well as a case studies of WSUD planning
in action and the future for WSUD in Sydney. The seminar was attended
by 120 mostly council planning, engineering and environmental staff.
The Water Sensitive Planning Guide and Practice Notes can be downloaded
from the Planning Guide page.
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