Welcome to the May edition of Stormcast. We have packed this edition with the latest news and events from both Stormwater NSW and Stormwater Queensland to give you a broad insight into our industry and association across the nation.
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My position at Water NSW is Catchment Programs Manager and I am the President of Stormwater NSW.
How long have you been working and what do you do at WaterNSW?
I’ve been in the water industry for nearly 25 years working through a range of catchment related positions. My current job is to influence people who […]
Engineers Australia and StormwaterNSW have run a well received webinar.
On the 5th of May, Murray Powell (Secretary at StormwaterNSW) held a webinar with nearly 500 viewers who learnt more about the new Guidelines for the Maintenance of Stormwater Treatment Measures. The one hour webinar, hosted by Engineers Australia, included a lively question and answer […]
Welcome to the April edition of Stormcast. We have packed this edition with the latest news and events from both Stormwater NSW and Stormwater Queensland to give you a broad insight into our industry and association across the nation.
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Stormwater NSW is committed to providing industry leadership on best practice stormwater management and we have recently released our position statement on sustainable funding for stormwater management.
We are actively advocating the state government on your behalf to increase the stormwater management service charge (SMSC) to the same rate as charged by Sydney Water. We […]
I joined the Stormwater Industry Association five years ago. I did so because I realised that in order to effect real change, it is not enough to work within ‘the system’. You also need to work beyond it, pushing it to grow and evolve. But what keeps me in the association are the people […]
Inner West Council have just released this great resource Green Roofs, Walls and Facades Technical Guidelines.
The Guidelines provide technical advice to support the installation of green roofs, walls and facades. Inner West Council hopes they will increase the uptake of vertical greening in the LGA to improve liveability and resilience, by providing practical information […]
IPART has just released the Draft Report and Draft Determination of the maximum prices that the Hunter Water Corporation can charge, for water, wastewater, stormwater and other services from 1 July 2020.
IPART is seeking stakeholder feedback on its draft decisions. Stakeholder submissions can be made on their website and are due by 9 April […]
The Blacktown International Sportspark, in Sydney’s west is an elite international sporting facility, which requires substantial volumes of water for irrigation. The Angus Creek stormwater harvesting and reuse scheme extracts excess stormwater flows from Angus Creek and harvests stormwater runoff from the Sportspark’s hard surfaces, to irrigate the Sportspark and neighbouring reserves. This supplies […]
I am an Environmental scientist with more than 20 years’ experience in environmental planning and waterway management. I consider myself to be a leader, collaborator, influencer and strategic thinker and aim to achieve good environmental, community, and economic outcomes in all projects I am involved with.
I am currently working with Blacktown City Council as […]
Stormwater NSW is pleased to announce the publication of these Guidelines for the Maintenance of Stormwater Treatment Measures. These Guidlines will assist owners and operators of stormwater treatment infrastructure to inspect, identify issues and identify maintenance responses. These Guidelines are released in conjunction with a training program across Australia. For more information please contact […]
The CSIRO has carried out research on the sources of marine debris (all anthropogenic litter). Litter loads in watercourses have been identified as high and stormwater has been highlighted as a key mechanism for transporting litter from land to ocean. Vitally stormwater treatment is seen as a key intervention to capture litter (second to […]
At this year’s Stormwater 2018 National Conference the highly anticipated and long awaited NSW Guidelines for Maintenance of Stormwater Treatment Measures (draft) was launched.
As part of this launch, Murray Powell from Optimal Stormwater/Stormwater NSW held a full day workshop outlining the Guidelines content, and how this document will assist maintenance managers, cleaning contractors and […]
As part of the 2016-2020 review of Sydney Water’s prices, the Independent Pricing and Regulatory Tribunal (IPART) introduced a new low impact charge for stand-alone, residential stormwater properties. This new charge seeks to reward customers who have made significant investment in reducing their stormwater impact.
The charge came into effect on 1 July 2017 and is […]
Stormwater NSW has convinced the NSW Independent Pricing and Remuneration Tribunal (IPART) that stormwater quality treatment devices should be considered ‘essential’ when it comes to allocating developer levies in growth centres.
This should lead to millions of dollars worth of extra investment in stormwater quality improvement devices in NSW alone.
IPART is the NSW Tribunal that […]
