Wave Consulting Australia

Smarter ways of designing, creating, maintaining & living in cities. An innovative consultancy with a central focus on water & renewable energy
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We are at a Greening Communities event today. Supported by @YVWater @southeastwater @BarwonWater Irrigation Australia and Greater Western Water.

Topic is urban cooling and WSUD maintenance.

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@YVWater @southeastwater @BarwonWater Get on board with permeability (roads and kerbs)

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@YVWater @southeastwater @BarwonWater Monitoring of permeable pavement. It is about 2 degrees cooler, compared to standard asphalt. At night they are the same temp.

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@YVWater @southeastwater @BarwonWater Wetland maintenance required when residents complained about the smell.

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@YVWater @southeastwater @BarwonWater Maintenance frequency is tailored to the asset type and tendency for the assets to clog or accumulate litter.

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@YVWater @southeastwater @BarwonWater 127 new tree pits built recently in Stonnington. All built in very small spaces.

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@YVWater @southeastwater @BarwonWater Lastly Lan is from Stonnington and talking about monitoring and maintenance of WSUD assets

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@YVWater @southeastwater @BarwonWater Chris says don't overload the catchment that flows into the tree.

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@YVWater @southeastwater @BarwonWater Median strips with no kerb work very very well. Very low maintenance

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@YVWater @southeastwater @BarwonWater Passively watered trees can absorb between 2% and 70% of available water / runoff. Older trees have higher demand for water.

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@YVWater @southeastwater @BarwonWater Now Chis Szota, also Uni Melbourne and Waterways Research Group

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@YVWater @southeastwater @BarwonWater The future of Melbourne is bleak due to this loss of open space and trees. And people will die

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@YVWater @southeastwater @BarwonWater ACT are seeing a decline in canopy cover. Meant to be a pin up city!

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@YVWater @southeastwater @BarwonWater Total value of carbon from all urban trees in Melbourne is between $30 million and $90 million, depending on what price of carbon you use. And remember we prune them due to overhead power lines.

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@YVWater @southeastwater @BarwonWater 30% is our common agreed target for canopy
But no local government has this. We have no urban forest! Maybe we have urban woodlands

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@YVWater @southeastwater @BarwonWater Now Greg Moore from @UniMelb - bit of a rock star in the world of trees and green infrastructure

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@YVWater @southeastwater @BarwonWater Misting good at reducing thermal comfort, even if not reducing air temperature

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@YVWater @southeastwater @BarwonWater Misting another method to cool people. Spray water on to people, or near people. Provides between 4 degrees and 10 degrees.