Urban Stormwater
Best-Practice Environmental Management Guidelines
1st Edition
Published on 28. October 1999
303 pages
978-0-643-10059-6 (ISBN)
Description
The intense concentration of human activity in urban areas leads to changes in both the quantity and quality of runoff that eventually reaches our streams, lakes, wetlands, estuaries and coasts. The increasing use of impervious surfaces designed to provide smooth and direct pathways for stormwater run-off, has led to greater runoff volumes and flow velocities in urban waterways. Unmanaged, these changes in the quantity and quality of stormwater can result in considerable damage to the environment. Improved environmental performance is needed to ensure that the environmental values and beneficial uses of receiving waters are sustained or enhanced. Urban Stormwater - Best-Practice Environmental Management Guidelines resulted from a collaboration between State government agencies, local government and leading research institutions. The guidelines have been designed to meet the needs of people involved in the planning, design or management of urban land uses or stormwater drainage systems. They provide guidance in ten key areas:*Environmental performance objectives*Stormwater management planning*Land use planning*Water sensitive urban design*Construction site management*Business surveys*Education and awareness*Enforcement*Structural treatment measures*Flow managementEngineers and planners within local government, along with consultants to the development industry, should find the guidelines especially useful. Government agencies should also find them helpful in assessing the performance of stormwater managers. While developed specifically for application in Victoria, Australia, the information will be of value to stormwater managers everywhere.
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Content
- Intro
- Title
- Copyright
- Contents
- Acknowledgements
- Chapter 1: Introduction
- 1.1 What is the purpose of these Guidelines?
- 1.2 Why do we need these Guidelines?
- 1.2.1 Impacts of urbanisation
- 1.3 Who should use the Guidelines?
- 1.3.1 Local government
- 1.3.2 Development industry
- 1.3.3 State government agencies
- 1.4 How to use these Guidelines
- Chapter 2: Principles and Objectives
- 2.1 Victorian environmental policy and stormwater management
- 2.2 Urban stormwater management principles
- 2.2.1 Preservation, source and structural control
- 2.2.2 The treatment train approach
- 2.3 Stormwater performance objectives
- 2.3.1 Determining performance objectives
- 2.3.2 Application of objectives
- Chapter 3: Stormwater Management Planning
- 3.1 Introduction
- 3.2 The risk management approach
- 3.3 Development of a stormwater management plan
- 3.4 The process
- 3.4.1 Stage 1: Preliminary activities
- 3.4.2 Stage 2: Risk assessment
- 3.4.3 Stage 3: Development of stormwater management plan
- Chapter 4: Planning Controls
- 4.1 Introduction
- 4.2 Land-use planning
- 4.2.1 State Planning Policy Framework
- 4.2.2 Local Planning Policy Framework
- 4.2.3 Establishing a framework for stormwater management
- 4.2.4 Implementing the vision
- 4.2.5 Permit applications
- 4.2.6 Other controls
- 4.2.7 The importance of an integrated approach
- Chapter 5: Water Sensitive Urban Design
- 5.1 Introduction
- 5.2 Benefits of water sensitive urban design
- 5.3 Site planning
- 5.3.1 Site analysis
- 5.3.2 Land capability assessment
- 5.3.3 Land-use plans
- 5.4 Residential design tools: index
- 5.5 Commercial and industrial design tools: index
- 5.6 Site construction management practices
- Chapter 6: Source Controls
- 6.1 Introduction
- 6.2 Municipal operations
- 6.2.1 Planning of asset construction and maintenance
- 6.2.2 Source controls for maintenance activities: index
- 6.2.3 Training and staff awareness
- 6.2.4 Council source control checklist
- 6.3 Construction activity
- 6.3.1 Site management plans
- 6.3.2 Source controls for construction activities: index
- 6.3.3 Site management plan checklist
- 6.4 Business surveys
- 6.4.1 Stormwater pollutant surveys
- 6.4.2 Stormwater quality checklists for business
- 6.5 Education programs
- 6.5.1 Developing an education program
- 6.5.2 Educational tools and techniques: index
- 6.5.3 Examples of education programs
- 6.6 Enforcement
- 6.6.1 Roles and principles of enforcement
- 6.6.2 Who should enforce?
- 6.6.3 Enforcement powers of local government
- Chapter 7: Structural Treatment Measures
- 7.1 Introduction
- 7.2 Selecting a stormwater treatment measure
- 7.2.1 Treatment objectives
- 7.2.2 Develop treatment train
- 7.2.3 Site identification
- 7.2.4 Short-list potential treatments
- 7.2.5 Compare potential treatments
- 7.3 Primary stormwater treatment
- 7.3.1 Summary of primary treatments
- 7.4 Secondary stormwater treatment
- 7.4.1 Summary of secondary treatments
- 7.5 Tertiary treatment types
- 7.6 Flow management
- 7.7 Primary treatment: index
- 7.8 Secondary treatment: index
- 7.9 Tertiary treatment: index
- 7.9.1 Constructed wetland systems
- 7.9.2 Design of wetland systems
- 7.10 Flow management: index
- 7.10.1 Objectives and principles of flow control
- 7.10.2 Flow management techniques
- 7.10.3 Flow management design tools
- Appendices
- Appendix A Example of a litter trap action plan
- Appendix B Sizing of sediment settling basins
- Appendix C Sizing of filter strips and grass swales
- Appendix D Design guide for infiltration trenches
- Appendix E Design for extended detention basins
- Appendix F Design guide for sand filters
- Appendix G Derivation of constructed wetland sizing technique
- Appendix H Vegetation bands for wetlands
- Appendix I State Planning Policy Framework
- References
