This document provides guidance on how to transfer vegetated stormwater assets from the constructing party, typically the developer, to the long-term owners and managers of the assets, typically the local authority or a private entity (such as a body corporate). This is so that owners inherit assets that are functioning properly and that are meeting [...]
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Rectifying Vegetated Stormwater Assets
Rectifying Vegetated Stormwater Assets provides guidance on how to rectify under-performing or failing vegetated stormwater assets. It sets out a process for determining whether to rectify an asset, provides guidance on how to determine the cause of problems, and lists possible solutions.
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Maintaining Vegetated Stormwater Assets
This document helps asset managers and maintenance staff by providing practical and standardised advice for maintaining swales, bioretention systems, constructed wetlands, and sediment basins. It provides information on planning and undertaking maintenance, as well as checklists for recording the results of inspections and maintenance activities undertaken. Those who design and approve vegetated stormwater assets can [...]
Total Water Cycle Management Planning
Local governments in South East Queensland are required by the Environmental Protection (Water) Policy (2009) of the Environmental Protection Act 1994 to develop and start implementing a Total Water Cycle Management (TWCM) Plan before 1 July 2012. The policy states that when local governments plan and implement their TWCM Plans, they ‘must have regard to [...]
Construction and Establishment Guidelines
Construction and Establishment Guidelines: Swales, Bioretention Systems and Wetlands.
Key features include:
- civil and landscape specifications
- step by step construction and establishment procedures and protocols
- sign-offs checklists and forms for certification and compliance
- clear illustrations and photographs
- includes a set of A3 sheets which can be laminated and taken on site for handy reference
This publication was developed in collaboration with leadin
Construction and Establishment Guideline: Version History
Version 1.1 April 2010
This update includes:
reformatting for improved usability and consistency with other Water by Design products
sections 2.5.4 and 3.6.4 – inclusion of river stone as a mulch to avoid
section 3.4.6 – inclusion of commentary on impacts of over compaction and need for surface of filter media to be flat
section 3.5.1 – changes to filter [...]
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Deemed to Comply Solutions – Stormwater Quality – Version History
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Version 1.0
May 2010
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The words “water sensitive urban design” have been removed from the titles of the documents. Water sensitive urban design (WSUD) is a philosophy [...]
Deemed to Comply Solutions
Water Sensitive Urban Design Deemed to Comply Solutions – Stormwater Quality (Draft) outline a series of “off the shelf” stormwater solutions for meeting stormwater quality design objectives for small scale development across South East Queensland. The solutions are intended to reduce the reporting and assessment requirements for developments, and reduce or avoid the need for water quality modelling and stormwater management plan reporting requirements, while still ensuring appropriate stormwater quality treatment is employed.
Stormwater Harvesting Guidelines
Draft 01, December 2009
In South East Queensland, annual rainfall in urban areas exceeds annual water use. When it rains, most of this water simply runs off into our rivers and streams. Many feel this is a wasted resource that could be put to better use.
Stormwater harvesting diverts, stores, and treats stormwater runoff from urban catchments [...]
MUSIC Modelling Guidelines
The Model for Urban Stormwater Improvement Conceptualisation (MUSIC) is a software tool that simulates the behaviour of stormwater in catchments. MUSIC is the preferred tool for demonstrating the performance of stormwater quality treatment systems within the urban areas .
The purpose of the MUSIC Modelling Guidelines is to ensure a consistent [...]
