Bcc 20091205 bcc iwc prioritisation
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Paul McAntee of Brisbane City Council discusses transitioning Brisbane toward becoming a more water smart city. The document outlines Brisbane's journey from a water supply city to its current state and goals of a sustainable, healthy river and bay. It discusses key performance indicators and programs to improve water management, including creek rehabilitation, stormwater drainage projects, and a local waterway health assessment program.
Bcc 20091205 bcc iwc prioritisation
- 1. Paul McAntee Brisbane City Council Australia
- 2. Where we have been We are here Where we want to be Water Supply City Sewered City Drained City Waterways City Water Cycle City Water Smart City A well designed city Journey towards a Water Smart City Sustainable Healthy River water use & bay Adapted from the ‘Urban Water Management Transitions Framework’ diagram (Brown et al, 2008)
- 4. A well designed city Three City-wide Outcomes: Sustainable Healthy River water use & bay Key Performance Indicators:
- 5. Delivering a Water Smart City - Focus on continual improvement of all aspects of policy, planning and delivery of water management within Brisbane. Drivers:
- 7. 1. Strategy direction 2. Program effectiveness 3. Project effectiveness
- 9. Creek Rehabilitation Pollutant removal (WSUD)
- 13. (Refer pg 29 report)
- 16. Telegraph Road N Gateway N Bill Brown N Lemke Road N Dorville Road Roghan Road Boondall Wetlands N N N Rotary Park N Pineapple Street N Gertrude Street Longbill Place N Nemira Street N N Poplar Place N Church Road Albany Creek Road N N Aspley High N Zillmere Road LEGEND Beckett Road N Waterways N Assessment Sections Pick ‘N’ Pay Subcatchment Boundaries N Old Northern Road Bank Protection A Very High Horn Road Habitat B High N N Corridor C Moderate Aesthetics D Low Trouts Road Shade N E Very Low N Sub-surface Nitrogen Removal Surface Water Filtering Recreation Hoffman Street Flood Abatement 1000 metres N Rogers Parade NA Waterway Piped or RZES Not Assessed N
- 24. Local Waterway Health Assessment site
- 25. Kedron Brook Catchment overview Kedron Brook's headwaters begin in Brisbane Forest Park in the west, and flows east through the northern suburbs of Brisbane. The waterway flows past the airport via Schultz Canal and the Kedron Brook Floodway to enter Moreton Bay between Nudgee Beach and Eagle Farm. Although the majority of the catchment is urban residential land, there are significant bushland and wetland areas, as well as small pockets of industrial and agricultural area. Kedron Brook has significant amounts of parkland along the Brook with the Kedron Brook Bikeway following the majority of the Brook's length. Here are some initiatives that are happening in this catchment to assist Council in achieving a Well designed city, Healthy river and bay and Sustainable water use: Gully reconstruction Major drainage projects Stormwater drainage rehabilitation Catchment Creek Ranger Project Local Waterway Health Assessment
- 26. Local Waterway Health Assessment Site### The Local Waterway Health Assessment (LWHA) program has been gathering data on the Ecological Health of Brisbane’s local waterways since January 2006. The LWHA program collects data around water quality, in-stream health and creek corridor health. The data is collected at 48 sites around the site. LWHA data for this site
- 27. Local Waterway Health Assessment Site### How you can assist Council in improving the health of our waterways
- 30. Transitioning to the Water Sensitive City: Historical, current and future transition states, Image Adaptive Management Cycle - Marine and Atmospheric Research: Management Strategy Evaluation