Water Sensitive Urban Design

Water Sensitive Urban Design
Book 2 | planning and management
Table of Contents
1 | Introduction 4
2 | Attainment of the Water Conservation Targets 5
2.1 Demand Management 7
2.2 Alternative Water Sources 8
2.2.1 Rainwater 9
2.2.2 Stormwater 9
2.2.3 Greywater 9
2.2.4 Blackwater 10
2.3 Maintenance 11
2.4 Costs 12
2.5 Key Issues 13
3 | Attainment of the Stormwater Quality Targets 14
3.1 Bioretention Systems 14
3.1.1 Street trees 14
3.1.2 Raingardens 15
3.1.3 Bioretention swales 15
3.1.4 Sizing bioretention systems 16
3.2 Vegetated Swales and Buffer Strips 18
3.2.1 Sizing swale systems 19
3.3 Wetlands 21
3.3.1 Macrophyte zone 21
3.3.2 Sizing wetland systems 22
3.4 Key Issues 24
4 | Attainment of the Flow Management Targets 25
4.1 Adequacy of Proposed NSW SEI Objectives 25
4.2 Basis for Flow Management Targets 26
5 | Integration of WSUD into Landcom Development Projects 29
5.1 Public Open Space (POS) Layout 30
5.2 Road Layouts and Streetscaping 31
5.3 Application of WSUD Elements 34
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