Past Water Events in our region
HCCREMS has delivered a range of capacity building events, workshops and fora in our region for over a decade, bringing leading practitioners and experts to our region by taking collaborative approaches and working with multiple funding partners. Our events fall into three categories:
- WSUD Elements Series: Technical "How to" Workshops that provide a theoretical and practical basis that aims to build the capacity of council staff and WSUD stakeholders to deliver WSUD and IWCM.
- Focus on Regional Issues: A flexible series of events and tours, providing networking and knowledge sharing opportunities for regional stakeholders on current issues and hot topics.
- Events in partnership: Events that have been coordinated by others that HCCREMS has presented at or otherwise supported.
WSUD Elements Series
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E1: Introduction to Integrated Water Cycle Management (IWCM) and Water Sensitive Urban Design (WSUD) (October 2007)
Lead practitioners, Tony McAlister and Andre Taylor, comprehensive overviewed of the drivers, principles, science, technicalities and organisational dimensions of environmentally sustainable urban water management. More details and event materials
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WSUD Elements and Best Practice Planning
Workshops to build practical knowledge in both the technical and organisational aspects that underpin Water Sensitive Urban Design (WSUD). This ongoing series of regional events brings the latest guidance and practical knowledge on WSUD from around the country to our region.
- Construction & Establishment of Vegetated Stormwater Systems (Held July, 2010)
- Fundamentals of Swale and Bioretention System Design (Held September, 2010)
- Fundamentals of Bioretention System Design (Held November, 2010)
- Fundamentals of Constructed wetlands (Held May 2011)
HCCREMS is proud to host the above courses from the Water By Design program
(from the South East Queensland Healthy Waterways Partnership) in our region for the first time.
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Facilities Savers Events
How to Save Water and Energy at Council Facilities - For local government facility managers and operators
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Natural Asset Management
Decision Support tools to assist local government to incorporate the ‘natural assets’ under their care and control into their long term strategic planning and systems for asset management.
- Urban Creeks (Held April, 2010)
- Street side 'green assets' - Trees (Held April, 2011)
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E2: Organisational Change (December 2007)
HCCREMS provided an overview of available planning tools and guidance for WSUD, and Council staff presented case studies from their own experience of applying WSUD Planning frameworks through local government planning and development control. More details and event materials. |
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E3&4: Best Planning Practices Workshop & Roadshows (February & May 2008 roadshows).
HCCREMS provided an overview of available planning tools and guidance for WSUD, and Council staff presented case studies from their own experience of applying WSUD Planning frameworks through local government planning and development control. More details and event materials.
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E5: Source Control - Theory & Application (May 2008)
Adjunct Professor John R. Argue, a leading Australian contributor to the field of WSUD and urban hydrology for over 20 years, will outline the theoretical basis underpinning his practical guidance on the hydrological or 'quantity' implications of stormwater 'source control' options in a range of situations – greenfield, infill and retrofitting urban development. More details and event materials.
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E6: Will it work? WSUD device performance over the lifecycle (August 2008)
Rod Weise from Storm Consulting outlined performance criteria and costs for a range of WSUD devices, drawing from the literature (current at August 08). More details and event materials.
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E7: MUSIC Modelling for DA Assessors (September 2009)
A one day course on MUSIC modelling for council based development assessors. MUSIC software (“Model for Urban Stormwater Improvement Conceptualisation”) is becoming the standard modelling tool used to:
• Design and predict the performance of stormwater quality measures (and to a lesser extent, flow); and
• Predict the impacts of proposed land use changes on stormwater quality.
MUSIC is a product of the eWater CRC (previously the Cooperative Research Centre for Catchment Hydrology). For more information visit the eWater website. |
E8: Stormwater Harvesting for Local Government (December 2009)
A one day course on assessing the feasibility of and preparing stormwater harvesting project concepts. By Murray Powell and Lars Herngren, with support from the NSW Government's Water for Life program. |
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E9: Construction and Establishment of Vegetated Stormwater Systems (July 2010)
A very popular course that covers the practical detail of constructing and establishing vegetated WSUD devices such as swales, constructed wetlands and bioretention systems. The workshop is based on the guidelines of the same name, developed and available from the Water by Design website. Presented by Shaun Leinster, Design Flow.
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E10: WSUD Fundamentals of Swale and Sedimentation Basin design (September 2010)
A technical workshop based on the Water by Design guidelines of the same name. Presented by Tony Weber. Copies of the SEQ WSUD Technical Design Guidelines are available from the Water by Design website. |
E11: WSUD Fundamentals of Bioretention systems (November 2010)
A technical workshop based on the Water by Design Technical guidelines of the same name. Presented by Shaun Leinster. Copies of the SEQ WSUD Technical Design Guidelines are available from the Water by Design website. |
E12: WSUD Fundamentals of Constructed Wetlands for Stormwater Treatment (May 2011)
A technical workshop based on the Water by Design Technical guidelines of the same name. Presented by Shaun Leinster. Copies of the SEQ WSUD Technical Design Guidelines are available from the Water by Design website. |
Regional Issues Series
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All I want for Christmas is.. Better conditions of consent for Urban Water - East Maitland, December 2010
Development Assessors, regulatory inspectors and strategic planners from HCCREMS council met to share examples and discuss how to improve conditions of consent for urban water outcomes - with a particular focus on the construction stage of developments (sediment and erosion control on construction sites, the establishment of vegetated stormwater systems and handover criteria for domestic rainwater tanks). Held as part of HCCREMS' Regional FOCUS on Environmental Compliance Program. |
Field Trip: Maintaining Constructed Wetlands - Wyong, June 2010
A range of council staff from various department met to discuss how to address asset maintenance and renewal issues, associated with constructed wetland maintenance. Hosted by staff from Wyong Council. |
| April Pools Day: Saving Water and Energy in Council Aquatic Centres - East Maitland, April 2010. Sydney Waters' Every Drop Counts program presented on findings from water and energy audits of various public swimming pools in Sydney, and discussed upcoming technical guidance for saving water and energy. Case studies from Warringah Council; Muswellbrook and Taree Councils. Held as part of HCCREMS' FOCUS on Facilities project. |
Natural Asset Management for Local Government - Urban Creeks - Newcastle, April 2010
Newcastle, Fairfield and Kurringgai Councils provided case studies on how they manage urban creeks under their care and control - as part of HCCREMS' FOCUS on Natural Assets project. |
Managing Pollution in Coastal Lakes and Confined Estuaries - Wyong, March 2008
Dr Peter Scanes, NSW Department of Environment and Climate Change, overviewed recent developments in our scientific understanding of confined estuaries and coastal lakes based. Participants discussed how Dr Scanes' work, including recent modelling of the Great Lakes system, might inform decisions as to how to monitor coastal lakes in their area and manage their catchments. More details and event materials. |
Field Trip: Constructed Wetlands and Stormwater Harvesting -Wyong, December 2007
Wyong Council hosted a tour of various constructed wetland systems in the Porter's Creek Catchment. A range of staff from Wyong Council were on hand to discuss design, construction and maintenance of constructed wetlands. The potential role of stormwater harvesting in protecting the SEPP14 Porter's Creek wetland and reduce potable water demand was discussed. HCCREMS provided an overview of the 'WSUD for Catchments above Wetlands' planning documents. |
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Pasha June 2007 Storm Review -Lake Macquarie, September 2007
Staff from Gosford, Wyong, Cessnock, Lake Macquarie, Newcastle and Port Stephens Councils and the Hunter Central Rivers Catchment Management Authority presented on the performance of stormwater systems (including council owned natural creeks) during the 2007 June long weekend storms.
Contact HCCREMS to request a CD of the presentations.
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WSUD for Catchments above Wetlands, -Wyong, March 2007
The Authors of the HCCREMS report of the same title presented on the documents background and rationale. Go to a detailed description of the WSUD for Catchments Above Wetlands study reports.
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Local Water Utilities Workshops No 1 & 2 -Muswellbrook, February 2007 & December 2006
HCCREMS facilitated workshops to help “Local Water Utilities” (LWUs) share knowledge and prepare Integrated Water Management Plans. Representatives from DEUS, HCCREMS and Hunter New England Population Health discussed the programs and tools available to assist these LWUs.
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Sandy Soils Field Day -Port Stephens, September 2006
A tour and on-site presentations of greenfield developments (residential and industrial); and one retrofit residential stormwater system in the Port Stephens LGA. Showcases a range of WSUD approaches suited to sandy areas. Go to www.urbanwatersites.info to view details of these demonstration sites. |
Wallarah Peninsula Field Day -Lake Macquarie, August 2006
A tour and presentation by Sinclair Knight-Mertz on design and implementation issues for the WSUD components of the ecologically sensitive 'Murray's Beach' greenfield development on the shores of Lake Macquarie. Go to www.urbanwatersites.info to view details of these demonstration sites. |
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The Quest for Integrated Urban Water Solutions - Newcastle University (Sept 08)
Two evening seminars of presentations from a major, multi-year ARC research program conducted by Newcastle University with the support of Hunter Councils and partners. Hosted by the Newcastle Chapter of the Society for Sustainability & Environmental Engineering. Research students presented on their work, including:
- The Drought Security Benefits of Decentralised and Centralised Storage
- The Kotara Roof To Creek Rainwater Tank Retrofit Project, in conjunction with Newcastle City Cou
- Communities of expectations: implementing change in urban planning
- Urban Water Demand at the Allotment Scale
- UrbanCycle: A Cluster Scale Simulation Tool
- Water Quality and Public Health Considerations for Domestic Rainwater Tanks
- The Triple Bottom Line: Multi-criterion Decision Analysis and Multi-criterion Optimization of Water Supply Decisions
- The Challenges Facing Integrated Urban Water Management
Summaries of the program's publications and PhDs (PDF 0.2Mb). For details contact Prof George Kuczera, School of Engineering, Newcastle University. |
Water Harvesting and Reuse, Hunter Valley Gardens, August 2008
Presentation (PDF, 3.7Mb) by Hugh Cross, HCCREMS' Regional Sustainability Program Coordinator, as part of the HROC Sport and Recreation TaskForce's seminar on 'Contemporary Practices in Sportsfield Development'. |
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Sustaining the Hunter - Water, Hydrology and Water Management, University of Newcastle, November 2007
Presentation (PDF, 3.8Mb) by Hugh Cross, HCCREMS' Regional Urban Water Program, at the Tom Farrell Insitute, University of Newcastle as part of their one day seminar 'Sustaining the Hunter - the River and its Communities'. Hugh covered the hydrology, water supply, water quality and condition of waterways across the Hunter Valley; and provided a snapshot of our scientific understanding of the ecological stressors at play in the valley, including salinity, waterway ecological health, and urban runoff.
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