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Contents OUR achievements – Strategic Priority 3C Business Plan specific outcomes (and associated Corporate Plan actions) Progress against specific outcomes and actions Specific Outcome 62 Continue to implement the Working Wetlands project to deliver improved water quality, volume and landscape aesthetics for the RBG Melbourne lake systems, in particular Working Wetlands Parts A and B: a. Part A comprises the harvesting of rainwater from the local urban storm-water flows on Anderson Street and Domain Road, and the construction of wetlands to treat the harvested stormwater by the removal of sediments and nutrients. The treated water will then be stored in the lakes; and b. Part B comprises the pumping of water from the lakes, filtering and treating the water, and then pumping the water into the existing irrigation system. The implementation of Part B is subject to funding. At RBG Melbourne, implementation of the Working Wetlands Project – a major stormwater harvesting and recycling initiative – continued, with progress made in the following areas: a. Construction of Working Wetlands Part A, with an expected completion date of 31 October 2011: stormwater harvesting from Domain Road was completed, wetlands were constructed and planted in the Nymphaea Lily Lake, and work continued on wetland construction in the Ornamental Lake. Challenges associated with the Coode Island silt in the Ornamental Lake required some re-design of the original proposal. b. Funding for Working Wetlands Part B was approved by the Commonwealth Department of Sustainability, Environment, Water, Population and Communities, enabling commencement of the project. An Expression of Interest process was undertaken to identify a shortlist of appropriately qualified contractors for the design and construct tender. Specific Outcome 63 Raise funds to cover any funding gap for Working Wetlands Part A, and potentially for Part B pending the outcome of the current Federal funding submission. In January, a construction progress report and financial acquittal was submitted to the Sidney Myer Fund and The Myer Foundation for the first instalment of their 2009 Commemorative Grants Program’s grant to Working Wetlands. Following the acquittal, the final equal instalment was received. Further regular progress reports have been provided for the Foundation’s Directors, and in May 2011 the Foundation’s commitment to future water security at RBG Melbourne was again demonstrated with an invitation to lodge an additional funding submission to complete the project’s budget. Significant financial contributions from two other support institutions were also received, one from the Friends of Royal Botanic Gardens Melbourne, Inc. and the other from the Royal Botanic Gardens Foundation. page 106
Contents OUR achievements – Strategic Priority 3C Business Plan specific outcomes (and associated Corporate Plan actions) Progress against specific outcomes and actions Specific Outcome 64 Improve the urban landscape water management practices for the Royal Botanic Gardens and external parties by: a. continuing to undertake scientific research in landscape water use in partnership with The University of Melbourne and Sentek Pty Ltd. This will be achieved through the use of soil moisture sensing technology and comparison with existing irrigation scheduling techniques b. continuing to undertake scientific research to monitor RBG Melbourne rainfall and vegetation throughfall (rain amount reaching ground surface) in partnership with the School of Geographic and Environmental Sciences, Monash University, and a. b. and c. In September, a representative from Melbourne Gardens Division was invited to be a speaker at a pilot Urban Irrigation Masterclass run by the Co-operative Research Centre for Irrigation Futures in Sydney. Case studies were presented in managing hydrophobic soils and scheduling irrigation based on landscape coefficients. The Masterclass was attended by irrigation researchers, local government and irrigation officers. (See also Specific Outcome 21b and Specific Outcome 61.) c. initiating field trials to identify sustainable management of water-repellent landscape soils at RBG Melbourne. Specific Outcome 65 Continue to implement the Royal Botanic Gardens ‘ResourceSmart Government Strategy’ (January 2009), which includes RBG WaterMAP, RBG Melbourne Environmental Resource Efficiency Plan and Waste Wise Action Plan. RBG Cranbourne continued to set and implement water-related actions under waterMAP. (See Specific Outcome 61 for more details.) Recycling and re-use programs continued at RBG Cranbourne with the production of 104 cubic metres of green waste and 67.5 cubic metres of paper and cardboard waste. RBG Cranbourne and its tenants produced 22.5 cubic metres of co-mingled waste. An Environmental Resource Efficiency Plan was completed and a new plan developed at RBG Melbourne in line with legislation. Royal Botanic Gardens Board Victoria Annual Report 2010–11 page 107
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