In Australia there is increasing recognition of the challenges surrounding flooding and stormwater, but determining the best solutions is not always straightforward. This Slideshare introduces the ways in which Hydro International is helping engineers to develop better stormwater management and flood mitigation projects in Australia.

1. How to improve
water management
decisions in Australia
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2. Discover how Hydro
International is helping
designers and engineers to
make better water management
decisions in flood mitigation
and stormwater projects.
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3. Flood risk and stormwater
management in Australia
are critical responses to
the increasing regularity
and severity of the
country’s natural disasters.
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4. Successive Australian
governments have recognised
the need for coordinated and
cooperative efforts to help
withstand and recover from
emergencies and disasters.
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5. There is still no current Australian
Standard for flood protection products,
which means the British Standard
Institutes PAS 1188 (1 to 4) is often
used as the default guide for product
performance.
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6. However, the lack of an Australian
standard means the category
is largely self-regulating, as
product manufacturers have to
certify that their installations will
meet the protection levels of the
designated flood height.
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7. A lack of direct regulation of
industrial stormwater runoff
leaves the door open to a wide
variety of solutions which,
while giving engineers wide
powers and discretion, is also
problematic because there is
a general lack of awareness
of the wide range and varying
quality of solutions available.
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8. Many of those at risk have in the
past opted out of investing in flood
protection on the assumption that
they will never be impacted, though
this attitude is slowly changing as
the public and businesses come to
terms with the real possibility of more
climate change-induced flood events.
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9. HOW IS HYDRO
INTERNATIONAL HELPING
DESIGNERS AND ENGINEERS
TO MAKE BETTER WATER
MANAGEMENT DECISIONS?
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10. Hydro International
offers extensive
expertise in the field
of flood control and
stormwater solutions.
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11. With over 20 years of experience in
Australia, the company has a reputation
as a centre of engineering excellence,
working with businesses and public
organisations to ensure they meet
regulatory and stakeholder requirements.
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12. WHAT SOLUTIONS DOES
HYDRO INTERNATIONAL
PROVIDE?
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13. One excellent example of
the benefits of this expertise
and cooperation is a case
study from the town of Wigan,
in the UK, that echoes the
type of flooding recently
experienced in Queensland.
There, two Hydro-Brake®
Flood flow controls were used
to provide flood protection to
over 600 homes that were
at risk of flooding each year
from the river Douglas.
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scheme, part of which involved
constructing an earth dam across
the river valley with a 100 m long
concrete culvert beneath, to form
an upstream storage reservoir.
The UK Environment
Agency implemented a
£12MILLION($21.9 MILLION)

15. The Hydro-Brake®
Flood flow controls
were installed in the culvert to hold
back floodwaters and store them
upstream, protecting the properties
downstream against floods to the
level of a 1 in 100-year flood -
reducing risk to just 1% per year.
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16. When developing a mine, having a partner
with the expertise to provide suitable
stormwater treatment options is critical.
This is illustrated in another landmark
project which combined a Downstream
Defender®
and Up-Flo®
Filter to protect the
river Tuloma in Russia’s Murmansk region.
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17. but was suffering from severe
coal dust pollution due to heavy
industrial discharges.
The river is an important
ATLANTIC SALMON
SPAWNING GROUND
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18. The Hydro International team
undertook laboratory testing of local
influent and proposed a tailored
advanced solution that combined
a chemically dosed Downstream
Defender®
hydrodynamic separator
and an Up-Flo®
Filter advanced
filtration system.
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19. A pilot trial proved that this combination
was able to successfully capture over
95% of coal dust in the surface water
runoff, and the concept was approved
for full-scale deployment.
95%
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20. WHY YOU SHOULD
WORK WITH
A DEDICATED,
EXPERT PARTNER
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21. Working with the right partner,
who can help at every level from
design right through to execution,
is key to success in mitigating
the consequences of flooding
and stormwater discharges.
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22. Hydro International delivers
expert advice around best
practices and provides
in-depth knowledge of the
best solutions to suit any
given situation.
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23. Download the eGuide to learn more.
Discover how Hydro
International can help you to
design the right solutions for
the changing circumstances
throughout Australia.
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