Water Conservation & Efficiency
- Department of Water: Waterwise community toolkit
- Department of Water: North West corridor water supply strategy
- Department of Water and Water Corporation: Waterwise councils program
- Water Corporation – H2O Assist
- Irrigation Australia – Urban Irrigation Best Management Practices (for purchase)
- Water Corporation – Waterwise verges
- Swan Canning Riverpark
Other Resources
- Alliance for Water Efficiency (USA): Program experiences of the US and ideas you can use (pdf)
- Water Corporation: Waterwise hints and tips
- Water Corporation: Waterwise plants for Western Australia
- Water Corporation: Waterwise plants for Perth
- Grow Local Plants: Soil map (Perth metropolitan region)
- University of Western Australia: School of Plant Biology: Turf research programme
- SERCUL: Phosphorus awareness project
- Great Gardens (Free gardening workshops by the Forever Project)
- CRC for Irrigation Futures: Irrigation of urban green spaces: A review of the environmental, social and economic benefits
- Landscape Industries Association Western Australia: Waterwise garden landscapers
- Perth Region NRM: Coastal Gardens – A planting guide for the Perth coastal region
- Rewild Perth - Bring nature home
Government
High Level Guidance
- Western Australian State sustainability strategy
- State water strategy for Western Australia
- State water plan 2007
- Water Corporation: Water forever
State Planning Policies and Guidelines
- State planning policy 2.9
- WAPC: Better urban water management
- WAPC: Planning bulletin 92 urban water management
- Department of Water: The interim guidelines for developing a local water management strategy (12Mb)
- Department of Water: Urban water management plans: Guidelines for preparing plans and for complying with subdivision conditions (5Mb)
- Department of Water: Constructed lakes in the Perth metropolitan area and South West region (600kb)
- Department of Biodiversity, Conservation and Attractions: Policy and guideline list
- State Planning Policy 2.10 Swan Canning River System
- Planning for Stormwater Management Affecting the Swan Canning Development Control Area, DPaW and SRT 2016 (Corporate Policy Statement No. 49)
- Western Australia water in mining guideline
- Strategic Policy 2.09 – Use of mine dewatering surplus
- Water monitoring guidelines for better urban water management strategies and plans
- Better Urban Water Management – 7 guidance notes:
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- Overview
- Water management reports in the land planning process
- Preparation and assessment of water management reports
- Resource and support provided by the Department of Water
- The role of local government
- Identifying and establishing waterways foreshore areas
- Managing the hydrology and hydrogeology of water dependent ecosystems in urban development
Regional Water Plans
- Kimberley regional water plan
- Pilbara regional water plan
- Perth-Peel regional water plan
- South West regional water plan
Department of Water Drainage and Water Management Plans
- Southern River integrated land and water management plan
- Jandakot drainage and water management plan : Peel main drain catchment
- Byford townsite drainage and water management plan
- Murray drainage and water management plan
- Swan urban growth corridor drainage and water management plan
- Policy framework for inland drainage
- Geographe Bay water quality improvement plan
Water Quality Improvement Plans
- Peel-Harvey
- Swan-Canning
- Vasse-Wonnerup
- A good overview of the Coastal Catchments Initiative program can be found on the Australian Government’s Coastal Research webpage
- Canning Plain WQIP – Reducing the impact of light industry on the Swan Canning Rivers through the review of local government instruments.
- Leschenault Estuary WQIP
Local WQIPs
Water Reuse & Recycling
Framework for the use of Non-Drinking water in WA
WA Department of Health guidelines
- Guidelines for the Non-Potable Uses of Recycled Water in Western Australia
- Code of Practice for the Reuse of Greywater in Western Australia 2010
- Draft Alternate Water Supply Guidelines – Stormwater and Rainwater
- Urban rainwater tanks: Urban rainwater collection
- enHealth: National Public Health Partnership: Guidance on use of rainwater tanks
Water Corporation information for builders and developers
- Here is an information source developed to assist land developers consider non-drinking water schemes. Land developers are encouraged to engage with Water Corporation early in the planning process to avoid unnecessary costs and save time.
Australian Guidelines for Water Recycling
- NWQMS Australian Guidelines for Water Recycling: Stormwater Harvesting and Reuse – July 2009
- NWQMS Australian Guidelines for Water Recycling: Managed Aquifer Recharge – July 2009
- NWQMS Australian Guidelines for Water Recycling: Augmentation of Drinking Water Supplies – May 2008
- Overview Document – Australian Guidelines for Water Recycling: Managing Health and Environmental Risks – Phase 1 – Mar 2006
- NWQMS Australian Guidelines for Water Recycling: Managing Health and Environmental Risks – Nov 2006
- Recycled Water Quality: A guide to determining, monitoring and achieving safe concentrations of chemicals in recycled water – Uniquest – May 2008
Managed aquifer recharge
- Operational policy 1.01 — Managed aquifer recharge in Western Australia
- Australian Guidelines for Managed Aquifer Recharge
- South Australian Stormwater Harvesting Schemes
- Feasibility of managed aquifer recharge using drainage water study
Other publications
- CSIRO: Water: Science and Solutions for Australia
- Requirements for installation of rainwater and greywater systems in Australia – executive summary (57KB)
- Requirements for installation of rainwater and greywater systems in Australia (1.7MB)
- Master Plumbers Association handbook on rainwater tank design and installation
- Master Plumbers Association handbook on greywater design and installation (2.45MB)
- Water Corporation sewer mining information sheet
- Water Corporation dual reticulation (non-drinking water) schemes
Stormwater & Groundwater Management
- Australian run-off quality
- Australian rainfall and runoff
- Water resource considerations when controlling groundwater levels in urban development
- Draft specifications – groundwater separations V2 (IPWEA)
- Adoption guidelines for Stormwater Biofiltration Systems
- Decision Process for Stormwater Management in WA
- Department of Water: Stormwater management manual for Western Australia
- Chapter 1 – Introduction
- Chapter 2 – Understanding the context
- Chapter 3 – Best planning practice for stormwater management
- Chapter 4 – Integrating stormwater management
- Chapter 5 – Stormwater management plans
- Chapter 6 – Retrofitting
- Chapter 7 – Non-structural controls
- Chapter 8 – Education and awareness for stormwater management
- Chapter 9 – Structural Controls
- Chapter 10 – Performance management and evaluation
- Chapter 11 – Further information
- Western Australian WSUD info sheets
- Biofilter vegetation guidelines for southwest WA
- Biofilter vegetation Practice Note for southwest WA
- SEQ Healthy Waterways: Bioretention – Technical Design Guidelines (2014)
- SEQ Healthy Waterways: Water Sensitive Designs (2014)
- SEQ Healthy Waterways: A business case for best practice urban stormwater management (2010)
- Rain garden design: Final Version of FAWB Adoption Guidelines Facility for advancing water biofiltration
- SEQ Healthy Waterways: Stormwater harvesting guidelines (Draft – 4Mb)
- SEQ Healthy Waterways: WSUD: Sketchbook (14Mb)
- Environmental management of groundwater abstraction from the Gnangara Mound
- Stormwater Pollution Educational Awareness Campaign
- Perth NRM: Sediment control for building sites
- Sediment management for builders
- Sediment management for local government
- Sediment management – Manuals and reports
Specific Guidelines
- Peel-Harvey WSUD technical guidelines
- Guidelines for industrial development
- International Erosion Control Association Australasia: Best practice erosion and sediment control
- Institute of Public Works Engineering Australia: Local Government Guidelines for Subdivisional Development
- Acidic water discharge criteria discussion paper
- Local Government WSUD Asset Maintenance in Western Australia: Costing WSUD and conventional drainage maintenance in Perth
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