Council is building a stormwater harvesting project along Angus Creek to collect and clean 200 million litres of stormwater per year. The stormwater will be pumped from Angus Creek through a litter trap and wetlands to remove pollutants. It will then be treated and stored in tanks to irrigate sports fields and top up lakes, reducing Council's water bills and improving the health of Angus Creek by reducing fast flows that erode the creek.
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• Improved human thermal comfort.
• Decreased stormwater flows, and reduction in stream erosion.
• Reduced detention basin sizing and greater space for the public realm.
• Greener, cooler, inviting lawns that are not rock hard to play on.
• Resilient sports fields, capable of handling more wear and tear.
• Cooler pedestrian spaces through evapotranspiration and shade.
• Faster tree growth leading to greater canopy cover and more shade.
• Increased carbon capture rates.
• Cooler pavements and a reduction in urban heat island effect, from street tree shade.
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• The Climate Sensitive City – proposed by the CRC for climate change resilience.
• Sponge Cities – Proposed by Chinese Landscape Architect Kongjian Yu, to slow down and re-use stormwater where it is captured.
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• Domestic rainwater tanks which have many benefits, but also suffer from lack of understanding by the average householder.
• Passive irrigation of street trees.
• The benefits of type two raingardens in retaining water.
• Sustainable Parkland and wetland projects including the Coal loader platform, Sydney Park, and The Ponds riparian corridor.
• Green roofs including the Victorian Desalination Plant.
• Sports Fields capture and reuse projects including Peel Reserve at The Ponds, Blacktown International Sports Park and Cintra watershed in Canada Bay.
• Suburb scale solutions – by using stormwater for drinking water in the innovative Warrnambool Root to tap scheme.
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At 3:30pm on the 7th of January 2018, Penrith in Sydney’s Western Suburbs was the hottest city on the planet – at 47.3 degrees. With climate change, these extreme temperatures are going to be more regular occurrences. By 2036, the daily projected increase in runoff for nearby South Creek from urbanisation and treated sewerage flows will be greater than the maximum output of the Sydney Desalination plant.
Excess urban stormwater currently piped out of our catchments is a valuable resource. It provides opportunities for creating cool, green, and liveable cities. Using captured stormwater could provide a win¬-win outcome by reducing stream flows while greening the city.
The benefits of stormwater re-use include:
• Improved human thermal comfort.
• Decreased stormwater flows, and reduction in stream erosion.
• Reduced detention basin sizing and greater space for the public realm.
• Greener, cooler, inviting lawns that are not rock hard to play on.
• Resilient sports fields, capable of handling more wear and tear.
• Cooler pedestrian spaces through evapotranspiration and shade.
• Faster tree growth leading to greater canopy cover and more shade.
• Increased carbon capture rates.
• Cooler pavements and a reduction in urban heat island effect, from street tree shade.
There are two big ideas that guide this direction:
• The Climate Sensitive City – proposed by the CRC for climate change resilience.
• Sponge Cities – Proposed by Chinese Landscape Architect Kongjian Yu, to slow down and re-use stormwater where it is captured.
While there are still some barriers to reuse - including cost and legislation, there are great examples on the east coast. The big picture benefit, of local capture and re-use is the ability to build a bigger buffer in water supply dams for when it is needed. This paper looks at capture and re-use projects ranging in size from domestic to suburb scales, including:
• Domestic rainwater tanks which have many benefits, but also suffer from lack of understanding by the average householder.
• Passive irrigation of street trees.
• The benefits of type two raingardens in retaining water.
• Sustainable Parkland and wetland projects including the Coal loader platform, Sydney Park, and The Ponds riparian corridor.
• Green roofs including the Victorian Desalination Plant.
• Sports Fields capture and reuse projects including Peel Reserve at The Ponds, Blacktown International Sports Park and Cintra watershed in Canada Bay.
• Suburb scale solutions – by using stormwater for drinking water in the innovative Warrnambool Root to tap scheme.
The end outcome is to help create cool, green, liveable cities through stormwater re-use.
Finding Water Through Rain introduces several
conservation alternatives in rainwater and stormwater
management. These concepts include greenway
acquisition, wetlands, cisterns, pervious concrete,
earthworks, native plants and green roofs. By
implementing these practices Atlanta could use rainwater
more efficiently.
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This Slideshare is about is about Forward thinking Gated Community who took a bold initiative to conserve and use the STP for their gardening and construction activities in their community.
This Bangalore Community which is located on Bannerghatta Road is spread over 70 acres also uses Rain Water Harvesting with Open Wells, and aims at 100% Water Self Sufficiency by 2018!
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http://apartmentadda.com/blog/blog/2013/06/17/self-sufficient-apartment-communities-an-open-house/
Agadir, Morocco Vishwanath IRCSA Rainwater Clubzenrain man
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1. Council is reducing the amount of pollutants
travelling downstream and into Eastern Creek.A
basin collects and stores the stormwater from Angus
Creek until it is pumped through a litter trap and
into the wetlands in the Sportspark. In storm events,
harvesting this stormwater reduces the amount of
fast, damaging flows which can erode the creek
channels and flush away native fish and insects.The
lower sections of Angus Creek are important habitat
for fish such as the Australian Bass.
Angus Creek Stormwater
Harvesting Project
Blacktown International SportsPark SYDNEY
Nurragingy Reserve
Anne Aquilina
Reserve
Angus Creek
Western railway line
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What are the main benefits
of the project?
● Reduces Council’s water bill each year - The switch
from mains water to stormwater will save approximately
$400,000/year in water bills (based on current water
costs).This cost saving will increase when the cost of
water increases.
● When drought returns water restrictions could impact
the sporting teams that use the fields (Baseball,AFL,
Cricket, Softball, Soccer etc).This project will ensure that
the managers of the sporting fields can water fields
even during water restriction periods.
● Improves the condition of the creek - The project will
improve the health of Angus Creek by only taking the
stormwater during rain events, which is normally high in
nutrients and pollutants. By harvesting the stormwater,
Eastern
Road
Offtake point on Angus Creek
Pipe to harvest storage ponds
Storage wetlands
Treatment wetland
Filters, pumps and storage tanks
Pipe network to storage tanks and other reserves
For more information contact:
Blacktown City Council
Asset Design Services
Phone: 9839 6000
Email: council@blacktown.nsw.gov.au
www.blacktown.nsw.gov.au
Twitter: @blacktowncc
Facebook: I Love Blacktown
2. Construction timeframes
Council will start construction in late 2013 and the
system will be completed by mid 2014.
What is stormwater?
Rain falling on your roof, driveway, pavers and footpath
flows untreated into the street gutters and is carried
away through a system of pipes.The pipes, or storm
water system, carry the water and any pollution
collected on the way straight into the local waterways.
Project funding
The project is being funded by Blacktown City Council
through the Environmental Stormwater Management
Program and the Australian Government’s National
Urban Water and Desalination Plan: Stormwater
Harvesting and Reuse Grants.The grant funding being
provided by the Australian Government is for $2.2 million
which is being matched by Blacktown City Council.
Storage WetlandsOff take point Treatment Wetlands Treatment and storage tanks
After the storage wetlands, the water will be pumped
into a treatment wetland system.Aquatic plants
will absorb excess nutrients, heavy metals and
hydrocarbons.This will act as a polishing system for
the water and reduce the amount of mechanical
treatment required at later stages.
A mechanical treatment system cleans the water
so it can be used for irrigation and toilet flushing
before being stored in large tanks. Once the water
reaches the storage tanks it can be pumped around
the Sportspark and across to Anne Aquilina Reserve,
Charlie Bali Reserve, Kareela Reserve, and Nurragingy
Reserve to be used for watering the sporting fields
and for flushing toilets located at these facilities.
After the litter trap, the water will flow into the existing
wetlands surrounding the AFL and Cricket fields. Here,
the majority of sediment and heavy metals will drop to
the bottom of the wetlands. Plants on the outer edge
of the wetlands will also filter nutrients and pollutants
from the water.
The project will harvest up to 200 million litres of
stormwater from Angus Creek.Angus Creek is a highly
urbanised catchment that encompasses the suburbs
of Rooty Hill and Minchinbury and is 655ha in size.
Angus Creek catchment generates about 2 billion litres
of stormwater each year.Water will only be harvested in
storm events and will ensure that an environmental flow
is not taken. Once the stormwater is collected from the
creek it will be pumped through a gross pollution trap
to collect litter, branches, leaves, dirt and sand.
How will the system work?
Yellow dot/area = sediment drop out
Angus Creek Off take point
Red dots = heavy metal drop out Green dots = nutrient absorption Excess nutrients in water being absorbed by plants
What is being built in
Angus Creek and the Blacktown
International Sportspark?
Blacktown City Council, in partnership with the
Australian Government, is building the Angus Creek
Stormwater Harvesting Project which is able to collect
and clean 200 million litres of stormwater per year.This
is equivalent to 80 Olympic sized swimming pools.The
water will be used to irrigate the Blacktown International
Sportspark fields,Anne Aquilina Reserve, Kareela Reserve
and Charlie Bali Reserve, and top up the Nurringingy
ornamental lakes.This project will also provide water for
flushing toilets in the facilities of these reserves.
Blacktown as a water sensitive city
Blacktown City Council is committed to improve the way
Council manages its water to provide a livable city and
protect its unique waterways. By undertaking projects
like the Angus Creek Stormwater Harvesting Project,
Council is securing a sustainable water supply and
improving the health of Angus Creek.