Science
Urban stormwater and the ecology of streams (CRCFE, paper)
Effects of urbanization on small streams (Monash, Aust.)
Urbanization impacts on stream ecology - from syndrome to cure? (Conference Report, Aust.)
The Effects of Urbanization on the Biological, Physical, and Chemical Characteristics of Coastal New England Streams (paper, USA)
Cooperative Research Centre for Freshwater Ecology Publications (CRCFE)
River and Wetland Resources (NPWS)
The use of Rapid Environmental Assessment Techniques to monitor the health of Australian Rivers (Riverfestival Conference Paper)
Development and application of a method for the rapid appraisal of riparian condition (LWA, Aust.)
A user guide to photopoint monitoring techniques for riparian areas - field test edition (pdf)
Comparative evaluation of environmental flow assessment techniques: best practice framework (LWA, Aust.)
This report reviews bottom up and top down approaches to assessing what environmental flows are needed in a particular catchment or subcatchment, and describes current best practice approaches.
Use of stream and river habitats by the platypus, Ornithorhynchus anatinus, in an urban fringe environment (abstract, CSIRO)
Report of a Workshop on Predictability & Limits-To-Prediction in Hydrologic Systems (e-book)
Ecological Contexts (Urbanwater.info)
Covers general effects of stormwater on aquatic ecosystems.
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Management
Urban water issues
Stormwater strategy and guidelines for ecological health in waterways
This paper synthesises research into managing stormwater flows to protect streams' ecological values and maintain channel shape.
Cooks River Stormwater Management Plan (Sydney)
The impact of sewage overflows on an urban creek: a case study of Lota Creek in Brisbane (Coastal CRC)
Device and Practice Selection Guidelines (Urbanwater.info)
Device selection manuals lay out general principles for managing urban water to protect aquatic ecosystems.
General
Rehabilitation Manual for Australian Streams
Principles and Tools for protecting Australian Rivers (pdf)
Riparian Land Management - Technical Guidelines
Guidelines for Protecting Australian Waterways (pdf)
Altering natural flows and its designation as a threatening process (NPWS)
Comparative evaluation of environmental flow assessment techniques: best practice framework (LWA, Australia)
This report reviews bottom up and top down approaches to assessing what environmental flows are needed in a particular catchment or subcatchment, and describes current best practice approaches.
Ecologically sustainable water management: managing river flows for ecological integrity (US)
National River Health Program (Australia)
Platypus Conservation (Australian Platypus Conservancy)
Planning works for waterways to protect the platypus
A summary of the steps that have been used to minimise the threat of stormwater operations to the platypus in Victorian catchments. The process is a good example of how stormwater planning can be used to reduce risks (Melbourne Water)
Relationships between waterbird ecology and river flows in the Murray-Darling basin (CSIRO)
