WSUD in your home & backyard

In-house training

Learning objective

The training will provide participants with a range of practical solutions to cost effectively maximise rainwater harvesting and reuse in the home and integrate stormwater and greywater into their garden to provide multiple benefits including: water conservation, local flood mitigation, improve stormwater runoff quality and landscape benefits.

Audience

Anyone with an interest in designing their new home or retrofitting their house or garden, to achieve more sustainable water management

Modules

01 – Introduction

02 – Context

Principles of water sensitive urban design
Urbanisation and changes to catchment hydrology

03 – WSUD – Inside the home

Rainwater harvesting and re-use, how to maximise the value from your rainwater tank
Greywater
Water conservation

04 – WSUD – Outside the home

Permeable and porous paving
Onsite retention of stormwater via infiltration
Vegetated swales and buffer strips
Raingardens – function and design
Raingarden plant species selection and placement

05 – Case studies

Presenters/trainers

Mellissa Bradley, Water Sensitive SA
Accredited community training providers:
- Kirsty Close
- Keri Hopeward
- Ali Roush

Core competencies attained

An understanding of how to size a cost effective rainwater tank to provide greatest benefit to the householder and environment
An understanding of options available to use stormwater on site to enhance gardens

Cost

Price on application