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Buneenboro: the draft Perth Water Precinct Plan is out for comment

13 September, 2019by urbaqua Leave a comment

Buneenboro is the Nyoongar name for the area of Perth Water between the Narrows Bridge in the west and the Causeway (Windan Bridge) in the east. It is the great, […]

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climate change, flood, modelling, Perth, Water

A Smart show(off) – Wharf St Smart Park revealed!

2 August, 2019by urbaqua Leave a comment

Happy Friday everyone! As summarised in our previous blog article, the City of Canning and Water Corporation, together with yours truly and others* are starting to make headway on the Wharf St […]

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community, Smart cities, technology, urbaqua projects, Water

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

Groundwater Myth Busting

4 May, 2018by alexurbaqua Leave a comment

It is estimated that up to 98% of the earth’s available freshwater is groundwater. So what do you really know about it? When you hear ‘groundwater aquifer’ what do you […]

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Perth’s Green Growth Plan – put in your 2 cents

11 April, 2016by urbaqua 1 Comment

So most Western Australians are aware that even with the slow down in our state economy, we’re still going to see a huge expansion of our citizenry in our suburban […]

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environment, planning

Do we have a water sensitive vision for Perth?

13 March, 2015by becmackintosh Leave a comment

With an impending cyclone threatening our stormwater systems in Perth (won’t it be amazing if we actually get 50mm of rainfall?!) it seems like a good time to think about […]

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conference, environment, water resource management, WSUD

WSUD bus tours – the best way to roll on water!

17 October, 2014by urbaqua Leave a comment

As Prince Charles famously said back in 1954, “I’d rather go by bus”! And by bus the first Water Sensitive Urban Design tour for Perth’s South-eastern Metropolitan region did go!  […]

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water resource management, WSUD

Perth’s Water Industry Night – 1st July 2014

21 July, 2014by urbaqua Leave a comment

Approximately 50 of Perth’s water-y big wigs came together on 1st July 2014 at the Australian Urban Design Research Centre (AUDRC) for the inaugural Water Industry Night. The event was used as […]

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conference, WSUD

Introducing SammEE

17 December, 2013by urbaqua 4 Comments

Welcome to 2014 everyone! In exciting news, Essential Environmental has been formally accepted to present our new piece of groundwater modelling software SAMMEE at the 2014 Hydrology and Water Resources Symposium in February, as well […]

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essential projects, technology, WSUD

A wake park for Perth

6 February, 2013by urbaqua Leave a comment

A wake park for Perth is in the works! Those with a love of water-skiing, wake boarding or any other aquatic adrenaline-pumping activity will soon have an opportunity to give […]

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