Overview of CRC for Water Sensitive Cities

The value proposition The output of our CRC will guide capital investments of more than $100 Billion by the Australian water sector and more than $550 Billion of private sector investment in urban development over the next 15 years.

A National Challenge Australian governments have made the creation of liveable, sustainable and productive cities a national priority and identified reform of urban water systems as a key goal.

3. Future Technologies will focus on the use of multiple water sources integrated at a range of scales to support context- specific fit-for-purpose uses. Taking the perspective of cities as urban metabolisms this research will develop tools and techniques to manage urban resource flows, minimise waste streams and recover energy, nutrients and other valuable materials. 2. Water Sensitive Urbanism will focus on improving the sustainability and liveability in urban environments. It will apply a new paradigm in urban planning and design that captures the many aspects of urban water management including water security, flood protection, climate-responsive design, terrestrial and aquatic ecological landscapes, and productive landscapes. 1. Society will focus on understanding and delivering the social transformations needed to support water sensitive cities, including community attitude and behavioural change, planning & development practices, economic valuation, institutional and urban water governance reform. 4. Adoption Pathways aims to develop an enduring partnership between government, industry, the water sector, and the community that is informed by the evidence drawn from our research that is freely available, scientifically-rigorous, and open to public examination and comment. Research Programs Society Water Sensitive Urbanism Future Technologies Adoption Pathways

Outputs Communication Progressive annual Blueprint summarising the outcomes to date A national industry alliance supporting information exchange across partners Knowledge and influence Industry capacity building programs and demonstration sites to provide ‘know-how’. Demonstrations in incubator cities of Melb, Bris, Perth, Singapore, Rotterdam. A portfolio of education programs. Technical guidelines, decision frameworks, risk assessment frameworks Policy recommendations and ‘science-policy partnerships’ linking policy to the research Resources Modelling software that introduces scenario based approaches as well a combining social and technical elements of urban water management Toolkits to guide system optimisation, ecology, energy recovery, liveability, urban planning and distributed water servicing optioneering Designs of intelligent systems

Feb to June 2011 – 29 Partners Building on a firm foundation Cities as Water Supply Catchments July 2011 to date – 50 Partners

74 Participants National University of Singapore Public Utilities Board of Singapore UNESCO-IHE City of Greater Bendigo Monash University, Department of Sustainability & Environment, Department of Business and Innovation, Melbourne Water, South East Water, City West Water, Yarra Valley Water, City of Melbourne, City of Port Phillip, Manningham City Council, City of Boroondara, City of Greater Dandenong, City of Kingston, Mooney Valley City Council, Knox City Council, Civil Contractors Federation, Maddocks, VicUrban University of Adelaide, Department for Water, SA Water, Land Management Corporation, Adelaide & Mt Lofty NRM Board, South Australian Murray-Darling Basin NRM Board University of Western Australia, Department of Water, Department of Housing, Department. of Regional Development and Lands, Water Corporation, Armadale Redevelopment Authority, LandCorp, Swan River Trust, Chemistry Centre, City of Armadale, City of Canning, City of Gosnells, City of Mandurah, City of Melville, City of South Perth, City of Wanneroo, City of Vincent, SERCUL, Eastern Metropolitan, Regional Council, Edith Cowan University, City of Subiaco, City of Greater Geraldton University of Queensland, Griffith University, Brisbane City Council, GHD, Kellogg Brown and Root, Veolia Water, International Water Centre Queensland Urban Utilities Marrickville Council, Sydney Metropolitan CMA, City of Sydney, Parramatta City Council, Hornsby Shire Council, Warringah Council, Ku-ring-gai Municipal Council, Blacktown City Council, Fairfield City Council, Department of Planning & Infrastructure Technical University of Denmark Danish Hydraulic Institute eWater Ltd. Central West CMA University of Innsbruck City of Rotterdam 12 Research Organisations (3 Essential Participants) 14 State Government Departments or Agencies (2 Essential Participants) 30 Local Governments 8 Water Utilities (4 Essential Participants) 2 Training/Capacity Building Organisations 4 Private Companies 4 Land Development Organisations

4 Research Nodes Melbourne Perth Brisbane Singapore

Melbourne Singapore 3 Innovation Incubator Cities Rotterdam urban renewal and flood protection; building social capital for flood resilience urban flooding, diversity of water supply, urban density and creation of high value multiple functional public spaces water sensitive urban design, stormwater and urban waterway management; building social capital for drought resilience

Program A Research Advisory Sub- Committee Program A Program Leader Project A4Project A3Project A1Project A2 Program A Stakeholder Advisory Committee Program C Research Advisory Sub- Committee Program C Program Leader Project C4Project C3Project C1Project C2 Program C Stakeholder Advisory Committee Project C5 Program D Program Leader Project D4Project D3Project D1Project D2 Program D Stakeholder Advisory Committee Project D5Project D6 Program B Research Advisory Sub- Committee Program B Program Leader Project B4 Project B3 Project B1 Project B2 Program B Stakeholder Advisory Committee Project B5 Project B6 Governance Program D Research Advisory Sub- Committee Professor Rebekah Brown Professor Richard Weller Professor Zhiguo Yuan Program D Leader

Program A Research Advisory Sub- Committee Program A Program Leader Project A4Project A3Project A1Project A2 Program A Stakeholder Advisory Committee Program C Research Advisory Sub- Committee Program C Program Leader Project C4Project C3Project C1Project C2 Program C Stakeholder Advisory Committee Project C5 Program D Program Leader Project D4Project D3Project D1Project D2 Program D Stakeholder Advisory Committee Project D5Project D6 CRC Executives Chief Executive, Business Manager Hub Coordinators & Program Leaders Program B Research Advisory Sub- Committee Program B Program Leader Project B4 Project B3 Project B1 Project B2 Program B Stakeholder Advisory Committee Project B5 Project B6 Governance Program D Research Advisory Sub- Committee Governance Program A Professor Rebekah Brown Program B Professor Richard Weller Program C Professor Zhiguo Yuan Program D To-be appointed CEO Professor Tony Wong COO To-be-appointed Perth Hub Assoc. Prof. Anas Ghadouani Melbourne Hub Professor Ana Deletic Brisbane Hub Professor Jurg Keller Singapore Hub To-be appointed

Program A Research Advisory Sub- Committee Program A Program Leader Project A4Project A3Project A1Project A2 Program A Stakeholder Advisory Committee Program C Research Advisory Sub- Committee Program C Program Leader Project C4Project C3Project C1Project C2 Program C Stakeholder Advisory Committee Project C5 Program D Program Leader Project D4Project D3Project D1Project D2 Program D Stakeholder Advisory Committee Project D5Project D6 CRC Executives Chief Executive, Business Manager Hub Coordinators & Program Leaders Program B Research Advisory Sub- Committee Program B Program Leader Project B4 Project B3 Project B1 Project B2 Program B Stakeholder Advisory Committee Project B5 Project B6 Research Advisory Committee Chair and Deputy Chair of Program sub-committees Governance Program D Research Advisory Sub- Committee

Governance Cheryl Batagol

Essential Participants State Government Departments & Agencies  Department of Water (WA)  Department of Sustainability and Environment (Vic) Water Corporations  Melbourne Water Corporation (Vic)  South East Water Limited (Vic)  Water Corporation (WA)  Queensland Urban Utilities (Qld) – new participant post-CRC bid. Universities & Research & Training Organisations  Monash University (Vic)  University of Queensland (QLD)  University of Western Australia (WA)

Establishment of CRC as an entity (to be completed by 21 st May 2012) – Corporate structure for the CRC – Formation of the Board of Management – Confirmation of inaugural Board Chairperson – Confirmation of inaugural CEO – Essential Participants agreement – Commonwealth agreement Other Participants agreement (to be completed by 30 th June) Refining research programs (to be completed by 31 th March) – Refining scope and budget – Program level workshops with Project Leaders by 23 rd February) – Project leaders and key researchers workshop in Melbourne on 24 th February – Project scope distributed to Participants by 31 st March Establishment of Research Hubs (hubs operational by 31 st March) – Administrative support to facilitate ongoing participant engagement leading to the commencement of operation Start Up Tasks

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