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Week Starting
25 April: Water Quality Lecture & Water Sensitive Urban
Design
MUSIC Part 1 Tutorial
2 May: Water Sensitive Urban Design Lecture
MUSIC Part 2 Tutorial incl. stormwater harvesting
9 May: Pollutant Reduction Techniques Lecture
MUSIC Part 3 Tutorial
16 May: Design of Treatments Lecture & Overview
Design of Treatments Tutorial
Water Quality
Outline
• Background -Stormwater Management
• Impacts of Urban Development
• Stormwater Pollutants
• Sources of Pollutants
• Transportation of Pollution
Water Quality
Treating
Drainage and stormwater
1990’s
flood protection to improve
standards water quality
introduced
Soft
engineering
solutions
Why is Water Quality Important?
Ringwood Warrandyte
Kew
Significant decline in
macroinvertebrate
condition after Mullum-
Highly degraded Mullum creek
macroinvertebrate condition
downstream of Kew Declining water quality High quality macroinvertebrate composition
Declining river health High quality riparian and flood plain condition
• Lead (Pb), zinc (Zn), copper (Cu), chromium (Cr), cadmium (Cd)
and Nickle (Ni) are the main heavy metals associated with
stormwater runoff
• Generated from vehicles (emissions and wear of components eg.
tyres), road and pavement degradation, and water pipe and roof
corrosion
• Amount of heavy metals in urban catchments are much than in
rural areas
• Heavy metals are toxic to animals, birds and humans
Other Pollutants
Distributed Sources
• Atmospheric deposition
• Ash and smoke from bush fires
• Sea spray
• Swamp gases
• Wind blown pollen, insects and micro-organisms
• Dust from agricultural activities and roads
• Dust, ash and emissions from industry
• Agricultural herbicides, pesticides and fertilisers
Sources of Pollution
Local Sources
• Leaf-litter, grass clippings and other vegetation
• Domestic animal faeces
• Herbicides, pesticides and fertilisers
• Sewer overflows
• Illegal sewer connections to stormwater drainage
• Septic tank leakage
• Leakage and spillage of materials from vehicles, storage tanks
and bins
• Seepage from land-fill waste disposal sites
Sources of Pollution
Recap
• Management of stormwater is always evolving
• Urban development causes significant changes to our
waterways through changes in flows and pollutant loadings
• Stormwater carries a number of pollutants including
nitrogen, phosphorus, suspended solids, litter and metals.
• Pollution can come from a range of point and diffuse
sources
• Transportation of pollutants to receiving waterways
generally occurs following rainfall
Next Lecture: Water Sensitive Urban Design
CIVE1153 Stormwater Management