To better understand pulse pollution events in industrial areas, we deployed real-time pollution sensors. The sensors measure common stormwater quality parameters, volatile organic compounds and water level. After 10 months […]
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Monitoring the health of the Campaspe River
The Campaspe River is an inland intermittent river in north-central Victoria. It forms part of the Murray Darling Basin. The headwaters of the Campaspe River rise on the northern slopes […]
Stormwater education can improve Diamond Creek
Executive summary Stormwater education can improve Diamond Creek A major challenge facing cities globally is how to manage stormwater. Stormwater pollution is an environmental challenge. With the expansion of urban […]
Pollution profiling of stormwater to inform Water Sensitive Urban Design
Stormwater draining from an industrial business park in Melbourne's east is currently managed through a Bioretention System. An earlier investigation indicated that the current design of the system is inadequate […]
Science-driven stormwater education program
Introduction In urban areas, rain that falls on roads, roofs, pavements and other hard surfaces is usually swept across these surfaces as runoff. As runoff flows across these hard surfaces […]
Mornington Peninsula Shire Industrial stormwater monitoring and training project
Mornington Peninsula Shire is developing a stormwater improvement program to target pollution originating from small and medium sized premises. The program has already been piloted across the Mornington and Rosebud […]
Pollution profiling and environmental assessment of waterways in the Upper Dandenong Creek region
Science driven environmental monitoring to inform stormwater education strategies and policy
Connecting planning controls with pollution profiling
City of Greater Dandenong’s stormwater management program has identified industrial estates as being major contributors to stormwater pollution. Contaminants entering local waterways impact the health of local waterways . To […]
Moonee Ponds Creek Water Quality Characterisation
Melbourne City Council is determined to reduce their potable water use, and decrease stormwater runoff. To do this they are proposing a stormwater harvesting scheme to compliment existing irrigation schemes. […]
Protecting Platypus in the Plenty River
Several pollution events have been recorded in Mill Park from an industrial precinct. These pollution events can compromise the health of local platypus populations in the Plenty River. The aim […]