Hydropolis 2020
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 […]
Tag Archives: Water Sensitive Urban Design
Dry: free from moisture or liquid; not wet or moist (see Perth).
As the mercury in our thermometers here in spring-y Perth start to expand, and the almost-summer warm air starts to drift into town, the (sort of) rains of our winter […]
WA Water Awards 2017 – Good luck to all finalists!
The 2017 AWA Western Australian (45th Anniversary) Water Awards are on tonight, with winners to be announced at a dinner at the Pan Pacific Hotel. It promises to be a big […]
Bird is the Word: success at Eric Singleton Bird Sanctuary
Eric Singleton would definitely have agreed with Peter Griffin insofar as the bird being the word! Eric was a local bird enthusiast, conservationist, and long time resident of Bayswater, who successfully had the urban wetland […]
Home grown WSUD!
A lot of the focus of Essential Environmental projects are on encouraging and implementing Water Sensitive Urban Design (WSUD) practices at subdivision, local structure plan and regional scales. i.e. the […]
Local government is getting closer to WSUD
Local governments are starting to get in on the WSUD (Water Sensitive Urban Design) act, with Canning, Wanneroo, and Geraldton having developed their own individual strategies and policies, adopted by […]
Do we have a water sensitive vision for Perth?
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 […]
Call for Hydropolis papers!
Stormwater WA isn’t referring to the proposed luxury underwater hotel to be located in the Persian Gulf of Dubai, but to its annual conference, to be held in April of this year in the […]
Making waves!
Essential Environmental has been making multiple waves in the last month, being featured in both Issue 8 of WALGA’s Eco News as part of our work for the City of […]
