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Business View Australia - November-December 2015
Supporting Partner:
Aussie Civil
WaterSensitiveUrbanDesign
It is the state government’s policy to
reduce the use of potable water in public
open spaces. In its effort to comply with
this policy, Council has adopted a Water
SensitiveUrbanDesignpolicy that seeks to
integrate sustainable water management
principles into Council asset management
practices.
The goals of this policy include reduction
of potable water use, maximising water
reuse, reduction of wastewater discharge
and the minimisation of stormwater
pollution before discharge to receiving
waters.
Among the steps that Council has taken
to reduce water consumption is the
installation of tanks at Council’s depots
and other Council facilities, Water saving
devices have been installed at child care
centres, leisure centres and in town halls.
A 200,000-litre tank has been installed as
part of the raingardenproject at Edinburgh
Gardens to assist with irrigation of mature
trees.
Council has installed computerised
irrigation to improve the efficiency of
watering systems in parks and gardens. It
has also installed street tree pits to enable
selected street trees to be irrigated from
stormwater flowing along the curb and
channel.
City of Yarra – A Frontrunner
in Implementing New Ideas
Yarra has many firsts to its credit. From
implementing a 40km/h speed limit to
trying out rubberised footpaths, it has
demonstrated that it has the capacity
think outside the box and then put those
ideas into practice. Recently, it has spent
$23,000 on a laneway in Cremorne as
part of a pilot project to let motorists know
it is not a “typical road”.
A bright yellow, orange and redmural has
beencreatedtohelpmotoristsdifferentiate
the street, which is a shared zone used by
a largenumber of pedestriansandcyclists.
The speed limit is restricted to 10km/h to
give priority to pedestrians.