Internet Resources
Building Institutional Capacity in Urban Water Management
Australian Runoff Quality
A widely used design guideline that provides
an overview of current best practice in the management of urban stormwater
in Australia. It is an initiative of the Institution of Engineers,
Australia's National Committee on Water Engineering. In November
2005, a chapter on institutional capacity and policy will be added
to the final guidelines.
Cap-Net
Cap-Net is an international network for
capacity building in integrated water resource management. It is
made up of a partnership of autonomous international, regional and
national institutions and networks committed to capacity building
in the water sector.
Citizen
Science Toolbox
A resource explaining
over 60 methods for communicating with stakeholders.
Clearwater
A well-established capacity building program supporting
sustainable urban water management in Victoria. This web site consists
of three databases bringing together the many achievements, learnings
and experiences of local government, State government and industry
in stormwater, domestic wastewater and water conservation.
CSIRO, Water for a Healthy
Country
CSIRO's
Urban Waterscapes Program aims to provides research support for implementing
urban water resource strategies of various Australian State Government
strategies and policies. Projects include: water smart city systems;
water smart communities - new water cultures; water smart communities
- planning & performance; and wealth from waste.
eWater
Cooperative Research Centre
A partnership between private and public water businesses and research
groups across eastern Australia that seeks to produce practical products
that bring economic, commercial and environmental benefits from the
smart management of water.
Facility for Advancing
Water Biofiltration (FAWB)
This
large interdisciplinary research project between Civil Engineering
and the School of Geography and Environmental Science is focused
on advancing the adoption of Water Sensitive Urban Design (WSUD)
principles in practice (principally biofiltration technologies),
through improving our knowledge of the design and operation of water
biofiltration systems.
Institute
for Sustainable Water Resources
A centre of excellence for research, teaching and postgraduate training
in the sustainable management of water resources, with a focus on
urban sustainability. Based at Monash University.
Landcare
Research (NZ)
A research program
titled 'Low Impact Urban Design & Development (LIUDD)'
is taking a multi-disciplinary approach to identifying and resolving
barriers to more sustainable forms of urban water management in NZ.
The Pennine Water Group (UK
)
A UK centre based at the Universities
of Sheffield and Bradford. The Group aims to advance engineering
and scientific knowledge across all aspects of potable water, stormwater
and wastewater service provision and management of associated assets.
The Groups' approach to research is holistic, crosses institutional
boundaries, and engages in constructive partnerships with industry.
Urban
Water Program (Sweden)
Urban
Water is a national Swedish research program based on co-operation
between researchers from different scientific disciplines and universities
around Sweden (e.g. Chalmers University of Technology).
Urbanwater.info
A capacity building project of the Hunter
Central Coast Regional Environmental Management Strategy with many
useful tools, source of information and links.
Water Cycle Management
for New Developments Project (UK
)
The aim of the 'WaND
project' is to support the delivery of integrated, sustainable
water management for new developments by provision of tools and guidelines
for project design, implementation and management.
Water Resources
Management, Delf University of Technology (Netherlands)
The Water Resource Management group consists of scientists
whot conduct research on integrated and operational water management.
The main themes of research are: polders (areas of low-lying land,
especially in the Netherlands, that have been reclaimed from a body
of water and are protected by dikes); irrigation and drainage; urban
water management; operational water management; and river basin management.