How much does WSUD and waterway management cost throughout the lifecycle?

Despite WSUD devices being in place for several decades now, reliable information on installation and operational costs remains elusive.

This webinar will help address this issue by reviewing the current state of knowledge of WSUD lifecycle costs, showing the link to best-practice asset management and concluding on how we can improve our data collection, cost estimation and accounting for WSUD.

In this webinar you’ll hear from a number of leading stormwater practitioners involved in lifecycle costing and management of WSUD.

Member Rate: Free Attendance

Non Member Rate: $50.00

Presentation Overviews…

Chris Manning – Water Sensitive Cities specialist, Water Sensitive Cities

Presentation: Understanding the Lifecycle Costs of Water Sensitive Solutions

Water Sensitive Cities Australia is collaborating with partners to improve understanding and estimation of lifecycle costs, ensuring decentralized systems are considered early and properly resourced for optimal benefits. Chris’ presentation will also provide a project update and outline potential next steps, subject to funding.

Sally Boer – Founding Director, E2Designlan

Presentation: Strategic Asset Management for Improved Financial Planning of Green Infrastructure – MidCoast Council and Sydney Olympic Park Case Studies

Sally’s presentation will share strategic asset management approaches developed for MidCoast Council and Sydney Olympic Park Authority to support improved financial planning and management of WSUD and ecological assets. These projects developed costed and prioritised maintenance and rectification schedules to address present-day issues, as well as long-term asset management plans and budget forecasting that lays the foundation for cost-effective management.

Rob Catchlove – Director, Wave Consulting Australia and Wave Maintenance

Presentation Overview

Modelling and budgeting for WSUD costs and maintenance has been a problem for councils and practitioners for decades. This presentation will walk through empirical evidence of the actual costs to maintenance, and built and rectify, WSUD assets.

This is based on an actual maintenance contractor, Wave Maintenance, and modelling from Wave Consulting Australia, with over 5 years of on ground experience and real costs for the cost of raingardens, swales and tree pits. It will explain why costs can become CHEAPER over time, with good maintenance, asset managers can extend the life of an asset, and increase the benefits of the assets.

It is critical to understand the variables that influence estimating maintenance costs (the largest cost in the estimation of life cycle costs), and that any discussion on costs and life cycle needs to first be asking ‘compared to the cost of not having this infrastructure in place’.