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Urban life has altered many ecosystems profoundly. Decline has been exponential over the last 100 years. We need new ways of managing urban water. WSUD is evolving rapidly: check out current best practice here.
Do you want evidence for decision-makers that creative water management is practical, fundable and valued by local people? Show them this documentary.
Sources of funds
- Overviews
- Council drainage, water supply and sewerage budgets
- Developer contributions: s94 contributions
- Environmental levies and special Council rates
- Partnerships
- Grant funds and Sponsorships
- Fundraising
Developing a financial strategy
- Methods
- Background
To help you help your organisation rethink its way of working.
Decision support tools
- Catchment audit protocol
- Community engagement and decision-making toolkits
- Stakeholder analysis
- Stormwater management system review
- Management system design tools
- Systems analysis
- Estimating pollutant loads: catchment calculators
- Selecting a stormwater treatment
- Stormwater modelling
- Life cycle costing and maintenance
Toolkits
Urban design & maintenance
Monitoring
Environmental management
Organisations
Communities
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Tools for ...
New South Wales (Australia)
- NSW State Plan
- NSW Government's water links
- BASIX - the new Building Sustainability Index
- NSW Catchment Data
- Current land and water management plans
- WSUD in the Sydney Region
- The Water Directorate
Scope the issues and explore your negotiating position at the same time with this catchment audit protocol.
Managing catchments is about managing people. 'Managing' people is usually a matter of negotiating, as usually we don't 'control' people - we influence them.
A non-profit website
Urbanwater.info has been developed by local water managers - the Hunter Central Coast Regional Environmental Strategy - for local water managers. HCCREMS is a program of the Hunter and Central Coast Councils. Urbanwater.info's development has been funded by the NSW Government through the Stormwater Trust.
Urbanwater.info exists to make it easier to manage water well. We need better practice and new approaches.
Help this project by sending us your suggestions for this website!
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