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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.