Stormwater Management for Community Groups
Summary
Community groups that have a role in improving and maintaining healthy, productive and resilient landscapes may also engage in habitat restoration and waterway protection.
These groups are well positioned to implement small stormwater management projects that will increase the value of open space to the community. These projects can have multiple other benefits like retaining water in the landscape, increasing habitat and ecosystem diversity, reducing nuisance stormwater problems such as damaged footpaths and boggy ground, and contributing to solving water quality problems like blue green algal blooms in our urban lakes.
This guide explains the basics of stormwater and its impacts and provides simple solutions that community groups could use to manage stormwater impacting their local environment.
This document takes community groups through a series of steps to consider when planning a stormwater management project.