Paul McAntee of Brisbane City Council discusses transitioning Brisbane toward becoming a more water smart city. The document outlines Brisbane's journey from a water supply city to its current state and goals of a sustainable, healthy river and bay. It discusses key performance indicators and programs to improve water management, including creek rehabilitation, stormwater drainage projects, and a local waterway health assessment program.

1. Paul McAntee
Brisbane City Council
Australia

2. Where we have been We are here Where we want to be
Water Supply City Sewered City Drained City Waterways City Water Cycle City Water Smart City
A well designed city
Journey towards a Water Smart City
Sustainable Healthy River
water use & bay
Adapted from the ‘Urban Water Management Transitions
Framework’ diagram (Brown et al, 2008)

4. A well designed city
Three City-wide Outcomes:
Sustainable Healthy River
water use & bay
Key Performance Indicators:

5. Delivering a Water Smart City - Focus on continual improvement of all
aspects of policy, planning and delivery of water management within
Brisbane.
Drivers:

7. 1. Strategy direction
2. Program effectiveness
3. Project effectiveness

9. Creek Rehabilitation
Pollutant removal (WSUD)

13. (Refer pg 29 report)

16. Telegraph Road
N
Gateway
N
Bill Brown
N
Lemke Road
N
Dorville Road
Roghan Road Boondall Wetlands
N
N N
Rotary Park
N Pineapple Street
N Gertrude Street
Longbill Place
N
Nemira Street N
N Poplar Place
N
Church Road
Albany Creek Road N
N Aspley High
N
Zillmere Road LEGEND
Beckett Road N Waterways
N Assessment Sections
Pick ‘N’ Pay Subcatchment Boundaries
N
Old Northern Road
Bank Protection A Very High
Horn Road Habitat B High
N
N Corridor C Moderate
Aesthetics D Low
Trouts Road Shade
N
E Very Low
N Sub-surface Nitrogen Removal
Surface Water Filtering
Recreation
Hoffman Street Flood Abatement 1000 metres
N
Rogers Parade NA Waterway Piped or RZES Not Assessed
N

23. Creek Ranger Program

24. Local Waterway Health Assessment site

25. Kedron Brook Catchment overview
Kedron Brook's headwaters begin in Brisbane Forest Park in the
west, and flows east through the northern suburbs of Brisbane. The
waterway flows past the airport via Schultz Canal and the Kedron
Brook Floodway to enter Moreton Bay between Nudgee Beach and
Eagle Farm.
Although the majority of the catchment is urban residential land,
there are significant bushland and wetland areas, as well as small
pockets of industrial and agricultural area. Kedron Brook has
significant amounts of parkland along the Brook with the Kedron
Brook Bikeway following the majority of the Brook's length.
Here are some initiatives that are happening in this catchment
to assist Council in achieving a Well designed city, Healthy
river and bay and Sustainable water use:
Gully reconstruction
Major drainage projects
Stormwater drainage rehabilitation
Catchment Creek Ranger Project
Local Waterway Health Assessment

26. Local Waterway Health Assessment Site###
The Local Waterway Health Assessment (LWHA) program has
been gathering data on the Ecological Health of Brisbane’s local
waterways since January 2006. The LWHA program collects data
around water quality, in-stream health and creek corridor health.
The data is collected at 48 sites around the site.
LWHA data for this site

27. Local Waterway Health Assessment Site###
How you can assist Council in improving the health
of our waterways

30. Transitioning to the Water
Sensitive City: Historical, current and future transition states,
Image Adaptive Management Cycle - Marine and Atmospheric
Research: Management Strategy Evaluation