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Brisbane City Council has recently completed a major upgrade of the Chinatown Mall to enhance the liveability of one our most significant public spaces. This redevelopment has demonstrated Brisbane City Council’s commitment to sustainability and liveability through the incorporation of Water Sensitive Urban Design into the improvements of a public space.
The new mall, including its [...]
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Brisbane Water was successful in obtaining a grant under the Advanced Wastewater Treatment Technologies (AWTT) grant to trial new, advanced, low footprint, technology in the form of a Water Mining Kit for various recycled water applications. The chosen technology Eimco’ s ReAqua MBR package treatment plant has a maximum treatment capacity of 25 kL/d of [...]
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Located on the former industrial site of the Queensland Cement and Lime facility at Seventeen Mile Rocks, Rocks Riverside Park is the largest urban park development in recent times and a popular spot among Brisbane residents. The project involves removing raw sewage from the sewerage system (water mining) and treating it to a high standard [...]
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The Bridgewater Creek Wetland was constructed on Bowies Flat, Bridgewater Creek at Coorparoo to improve the quality of stormwater leaving this urban catchment. Council worked closely with the community during the project, which converted a concrete channel to an artificial wetland that treats stormwater, mitigates flooding, improves the recreational amenity of the area and provides educational [...]
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Bellvista Estate (Stages 3 & 4) is a good example of streetscape water sensitive urban design. It is true water sensitive urban design because the road and lot layout was designed to respond to the overall stormwater strategy, and the streetscape bioretention systems were designed as an integral component of the overall landscape and sense [...]
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The Stormwater Treatment Facility at Parklakes Estate is designed to provide treatment to stormwater runoff from the 82 ha estate, as well as adjacent upstream catchments. The stormwater treatment facility consists of an inlet basin which collects runoff from the estate and discharges the design flow into a wetland. The wetland will then [...]
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The Willawong Bus Depot is an excellent example of integrated water cycle management. It includes water conservation strategies, utilises a diversity of water sources including roofwater, stormwater harvesting and recycling, as well as stormwater treatment through bioretention systems and wetlands.
Potable water: potable water used for: Sinks, eye-wash areas, fire fighting, cold water to showers and [...]
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Fairway Chase Linear Park is 4 ha park at the heart of Stockland’s Fairway Chase residential development and is the major open space area for the north western areas of North Lakes. The parkland seemlessly integrates Water Sensitive Urban Design within public open space facilities. A central feature of the parkland is a lake and [...]
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The Wakerley Bioretention System is an innovative application of both new and existing bioretention technology to treat urban stormwater runoff. Brisbane City Council commissioned AECOM Design + Planning (formerly Ecological Engineering), with the assistance of Verge Landscape Architects and FMG Consulting (civil engineers) to undertake the conceptual and detailed design of a constructed stormwater treatment [...]
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The site is located on the foreshore of the Broadwater opposite Australia Fair Shopping Centre at Southport.
Broadwater Parklands at Southport on Queensland’s Gold Coast is setting the standard for sustainable landscapes by implementing world-leading energy efficiency and water sensitive urban design initiatives.
The Parklands’ $32 million stage one was designed and delivered as part of the [...]
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