Development of storm water quality improvement strategy plan for local city councils in Western Australia
The aim of this study was to develop a storm water quality improvement strategy plan (WQISP) which assists managers and decision makers of local city councils in enhancing their activities to improve regional water quality. City of Gosnells in Western Australia has been considered as a case study. T...
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| description | The aim of this study was to develop a storm water quality improvement strategy plan (WQISP) which assists managers and decision makers of local city councils in enhancing their activities to improve regional water quality. City of Gosnells in Western Australia has been considered as a case study. The procedure on developing the WQISP consists of reviewing existing water quality data, identifying water quality issues in the study areas and developing a decision making tool for the officers, managers and decision makers. It was found that land use type is the main factor affecting the water quality. Therefore, activities, sources and pollutants related to different land use types including residential, industrial, agricultural and commercial are given high importance during the study. Semi-structured interviews were carried out with coordinators of different management sections of the regional councils in order to understand the associated management framework and issues. The issues identified from these interviews were used in preparing the decision making tool. Variables associated with the defined "value versus threat" decision making tool are obtained from the intensive literature review. The main recommendations provided for improvement of water quality in local city councils, include non-structural, structural and management controls and potential impacts of climate change. |
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| spelling | curtin-20.500.11937-61342017-01-30T10:50:49Z Development of storm water quality improvement strategy plan for local city councils in Western Australia Sarukkalige, Priyantha Ranjan Gamage, D. Storm water Management Storm water quality Strategy plan Land use The aim of this study was to develop a storm water quality improvement strategy plan (WQISP) which assists managers and decision makers of local city councils in enhancing their activities to improve regional water quality. City of Gosnells in Western Australia has been considered as a case study. The procedure on developing the WQISP consists of reviewing existing water quality data, identifying water quality issues in the study areas and developing a decision making tool for the officers, managers and decision makers. It was found that land use type is the main factor affecting the water quality. Therefore, activities, sources and pollutants related to different land use types including residential, industrial, agricultural and commercial are given high importance during the study. Semi-structured interviews were carried out with coordinators of different management sections of the regional councils in order to understand the associated management framework and issues. The issues identified from these interviews were used in preparing the decision making tool. Variables associated with the defined "value versus threat" decision making tool are obtained from the intensive literature review. The main recommendations provided for improvement of water quality in local city councils, include non-structural, structural and management controls and potential impacts of climate change. 2011 Journal Article http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/6134 http://waset.org/publications/9530/development-of-storm-water-quality-improvement-strategy-plan-for-local-city-councils-in-western-australia World Academy of Science, Engineering and Technology fulltext |
| spellingShingle | Storm water Management Storm water quality Strategy plan Land use Sarukkalige, Priyantha Ranjan Gamage, D. Development of storm water quality improvement strategy plan for local city councils in Western Australia |
| title | Development of storm water quality improvement strategy plan for local city councils in Western Australia |
| title_full | Development of storm water quality improvement strategy plan for local city councils in Western Australia |
| title_fullStr | Development of storm water quality improvement strategy plan for local city councils in Western Australia |
| title_full_unstemmed | Development of storm water quality improvement strategy plan for local city councils in Western Australia |
| title_short | Development of storm water quality improvement strategy plan for local city councils in Western Australia |
| title_sort | development of storm water quality improvement strategy plan for local city councils in western australia |
| topic | Storm water Management Storm water quality Strategy plan Land use |
| url | http://waset.org/publications/9530/development-of-storm-water-quality-improvement-strategy-plan-for-local-city-councils-in-western-australia http://hdl.handle.net/20.500.11937/6134 |