Location: The Ponds Community Hub, 45 Riverbank Drive The Ponds
Date: Thursday 19th October
Time: 9:00 – 3:00

Blacktown City Council are hosting an event show-casing their large scale bioretention system validation and optimisation project – funded by the NSW Government in association with Blacktown City Council, Ocean Protect and ALS Hydrographics.

Please note that attendees must register for this event via this registration form.

This is a collaborative project funded by the NSW Government in association with Blacktown City Council, Ocean Protect and ALS Hydrographics. With a view to forming a collaborative partnership, Blacktown City Council are in discussions with Western Sydney University to explore the significant multidisciplinary research opportunities it has created.

This monitoring project is possibly the largest of its kind in Australia and will provide an unprecedented level of rigour to the monitoring of various aspects of a bioretention system over a 5-year period including the water quality performance of:

  • 6 different filter media types,
  • 3 different inlet types,
  • grass vs vegetated systems.

The monitoring project will also monitor other components including:

  • performance (water quality and waste removal) of 2 gross pollution traps
  • effectiveness of saturation zones
  • vegetation condition and maintenance requirements
  • benefits of these systems to combat urban heat.

This session will include a mix of presentations and a visit to the monitored site. Blacktown City Council have organised transport to/ from Blacktown train station and Tallawong metro stations.