Presenter:  Winthrop Prof. David Pannell, University of Western Australia Abstract: Want to know if people in Perth actually value rainwater tanks, water efficient gardens or living streams? The Cooperative Research Centre for Water Sensitive Cities has been working with researchers at UWA and Monsah to estimate the benefits and costs of strategies and systems for…

Presenter: Bernie Masters, FIA Technology Pty Ltd Abstract Vegetated floating islands can enhance the ability of natural and constructed wetlands to reduce nutrients and other pollutants, while creating wildlife habitat and improving wetland aesthetics. Since the 1970s, wetlands have been widely used around the world to improve water quality but the understanding that most nutrient reduction…