RESEARCH

Below are a range of sources and topics relating to water sensitive urban design.

Please note that other research and reference materials are located in the Water Sensitive Urban Design categories listed on the homepage.

National Water Commission

Recycled water for Drinking

National Performance of Major Urban Water Utilities

Water Reform Australia

National Water Commission

Australian Government DITR

Western Australia's Water Reform Program

Performance of WSUD Techniques

Bourgues, S. and Hart, B.T. (2006). Nitrogen removal capacity of wetlands: sediment vs epiphytic biofilms, In Urban Drainage Modelling and Water Sensitive Urban Design, Melbourne, 3-7 April 2006

Hart, B.T., Burgman, M., Grace, M., Pollino, C., Thomas, C. & Webb, J.A. (2006). Risk-based approaches to managing contaminants in catchments, Human and Ecological Risk Assessment 12: 66-73

BMT WBM, Draft - National Guidelines for Evaluating Water Sensitive Urban Design, Nov 2007

Donn, M.J. and Barron O, 2010. Use of permeable reactive barriers for the remediation of diffuse groundwater nutrient pollution: A review of the Mills Street groundwater treatment trial. CSIRO: Water for a Healthy Country National Research Flagship.

 

Cost Assessments

	The Cost Effectiveness of Residential Rainwater Tanks in Perth (Pdf 1M) Author: Marsden Jacob & Associates Date: April 2009 Summary: The report, prepared for the Water Corporation and Department of Water, provides information on optimising the value and yield from rainwater tanks.
Managing Urban Stormwater: Urban Design Author: Consultation draft authored by NSW Department of Environment and Climate Change and Sydney Metropolitan Catchment Management Authority. Date: October 2007 Note: Conventional verses WSUD cost assessments and evaluation is contained on pages 55 and beyond of this document.

 

Peter Coombes et al, Costing Of Water Cycle Infrastructure Savings Arising From Water Sensitive Urban Design Source Control Measures.  (NSW, Hunter Coast) 2000

Danny Boubli, Comparistion Of Construction Costs For Water Sensitive Design And Conventional Stormwater Design (Nsw, Sydney Metro Region) 2003

National Water Commission – Waterlines
Cost Effectiveness of Rainwater Tanks in Urban Australia

A.C. Taylor et al, Estimating Life Cycle Costs Of Structural Measures That Improve Urban Stormwater Quality (Music) 2004

Vesely et al, The econimics of low impact stormwater management, 2005

The economic benefits of trees and green spaces: Urban Green Spaces Syposium 2009

Decision Support and Modelling Tools

MIKE SHE is a modelling tool applied in Western Australia, nationally and internationally for urban and non urban drainage, flooding and water quality. Click here to find out more about the modelling tool.

Catchment Modelling Toolkit

LandSmart; multi-user decision support tool for salinity and soil management for Avon Upper Swan Area of Western Australia

 

 

i-tree software tools

 

City Green

Green Roofs

case study of Chicago WalMart.  Demonstration. 

Green Roofs Tree of Knowledge database

Green Roofs Australia

How Much Does a Green Roof Cost?

MythBusters: Debunking Green Roof Myths

Additional Reference

Stakeholders Perspectives of Australia’s Land and Water Research Needs – CSIRO

United Nations Water: Coping with Water Scarcity

City of Cockburn: WA Midge Research Centre

CRC for Irrigation Futures: Irrigation of Urban Green Spaces: a review of the environmental, social and economic benefits

WA Maps

Water Management Encyclopaedia

1st Australian National Hydropolis Conference: Papers

Department of Water: Urban Drainage Summitt  Oct 2007: Presentations

 

 

These should not be seen as a New WAter Ways endorsement of a particular organisation or product. The views expressed are those of the contributing authors and not necessarily those of the partners of New WAter Ways. Some of the research is based on locations outside of Western Australia and care should be taken to evaluate these theories further before applying them to local conditions.