The journey to a more sustainable society includes revisiting stormwater management as part of an integrated system. Water cycle management has been dominated by the centralised and separate management of water supply, sanitation and stormwater runoff since the...
The purpose of this investigation was to provide an alternative view of the potential for water cycle management throughout the Greater Sydney region and the role of Sydney Water Corporation (SWC).
The Systems Framework is substantially different to traditional analysis of water resources in many key areas. The process includes detailed forensic analysis of a wide range of biophysical parameters throughout Greater Melbourne.
Completed a comprehensive review and analysis of the draft metropolitan Water Supply Demand Strategy using the Systems Framework. This review contributed to the development of the business plan for the Office of Living Victoria
The water sensitive urban design (WSUD) development includes a unique stormwater treatment train that includes rainwater tanks, protection of old river red gums in multiple purpose rain gardens, bio-retention swales and restored waterways.
An integrated water cycle strategy was established at an old miners cottage in Carrington, located within the inner city of Newcastle in New South Wales, to test and showcase the performance of local scale solutions.
Urban Water Cycle Solutions was commissioned by Aspen Group Pty Ltd to develop an urban water cycle management strategy for the proposed urban development at Fern Bay.
Development of the Living Victoria policy, establish the Office of Living Victoria as the change agency and the successful submission of the Melbourne’s Water Future to the Victorian Cabinet was not an “overnight” success. The journey has evolved over the last two decades from a range of inputs from many dedicated Victorians who challenged the sameness of views about water policy and projects.
Development of evidence based policy has garnered substantial interest throughout a range of policy development domains. However, a barrier to the process of developing or implementing evidence based policies can be perceptions of certainty or uncertainty about deterministic data or information from a typically single or limited number of sources.
The Al Hasa region has a population of about 1.3 million people and is located in the eastern province of Saudi Arabia about 60 km from the Arabian Gulf. The region includes the renowned Al Hasa Oasis and the largest irrigation network in Saudi Arabia.