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Water Sensitive Urban Design

Hydropolis 2020

19 November, 2020by urbaqua Leave a comment

Stormwater WA‘s annual showpiece, the Hydropolis conference (10-11 November 2020), was finally held (in person!) after a number of COVID and other-related delays. The conference’s theme ‘Water Sensitive Stormwater is […]

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conference, industry, innovation, Perth, planning, recognition, Water, water resource management, WSUD

Wharf St smart park now online

16 September, 2020by urbaqua Leave a comment

The ribbon has officially been cut and the turtles have been released at the Wharf Street Basin Next Generation Community Park in Cannington, and the City of Canning‘s first smart […]

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Aboriginal heritage, biodiversity, community, environment, monitoring, Perth, Smart cities, technology, Water, water resource management, WSUD

WSUD + Lego = BRICK-GAME ON!

12 August, 2020by urbaqua 1 Comment

What do you do for fun in an office full of hydrologists, environmental planners, engineers and a (now) Lego Master? Stage a Water Sensitive Urban Design (WSUD) Lego challenge of […]

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office adventures, WSUD

Masters of WSUD: New WAter Ways masterclass series starting soon

7 February, 2020by nikitikkitavi Leave a comment

Always wanted to become a Master of WSUD? Well now’s your chance: New WAter Ways have announced their first Masterclass series taking place in the first half of 2020. These […]

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industry, Perth, planning, training, Water, water resource management, WSUD

WSUD in the City: green infrastructure is thriving in Perth

4 July, 2019by urbaqua Leave a comment

Given there isn’t too much space for rain to infiltrate into the ground directly in a cityscape, and trees generally have limited space to grow, green infrastructure needs to be […]

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biodiversity, environment, green infrastructure, Smart cities, Urban forest, water resource management, WSUD

Connecting with the community – how to get people on board with WSUD

24 June, 2019by urbaqua Leave a comment

A recent article in a local Perth newspaper high-lighted the concerns some members of a local Coodanup community had regarding the upgrade of some traditional drainage infrastructure into a proposed […]

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community, environment, WSUD

New WAter Ways Bus Tour – WSUD in the City

5 June, 2019by urbaqua Leave a comment

Perth Stadium is the home of many of Western Australia’s hopes (Fremantle), dreams (Scorchers), failures (Glory) and successes (West Coast). What probably isn’t apparent to the 60,000 that regularly flock […]

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community, environment, flood, Water, water resource management, WSUD

‘Sponge Cities’ and urban drainage design in Ancient China

16 May, 2019by yingying urbaqua Leave a comment

Come along and hear about ingenuity in water management and drainage design on Water Industry Night 2019! It is an international water journey through time and off the beaten track, […]

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climate change, community, environment, flood, planning, WSUD

THIS is why we need good drainage

22 February, 2019by urbaqua Leave a comment

On a recent trip over east, one our Urbaqua staff members had a bit of a shock when trying to get to a cool Sydney inner west hipster restaurant – […]

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community, flood, Staff, WSUD

Wharf Street Basin – A Next Generation Community Park

13 December, 2018by alexurbaqua 2 Comments

Urbaqua has assisted the City of Canning in their successful application for Federal Government funding as part of the Smart Cities and Suburbs Program. The project includes redevelopment of the […]

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environment, Smart cities, Water, water resource management, WSUD

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