InSite Water Tool - compliance with the P&D Code

Stormwater management for small-scale developments

The InSite Water online tool for small-scale developments has been developed to assesses the performance of a range of water sensitive urban design (WSUD) elements of a development against the criteria in the Planning and Design Code and typical Council engineering requirements to:

• increase the efficiency of development application and approval processes, and
• achieve better outcomes for flood risk, stormwater quality, amenity and microclimate (where possible).

The InSite Water online tool assesses whether a proposed development is able to meet stormwater runoff pollutant load reduction performance criteria, maintain critical maximum stormwater discharge peak flow rates and manage runoff volumes. A certificate of compliance can be generated for each development modelled within the tool, for third party certification. WSUD elements that can be modelled by the tool include onsite detention (OSD), retention systems, combined OSD and retention systems, raingardens, swales, infiltration systems in a range of soil types, permeable paving and green roofs.

Topics

• Performance-based stormwater polices within the Planning and Design Code (Phase 3)
• Introduction to InSite Water - stormwater assessment tool for small-scale development
• Case studies for comment development types and worked examples using InSite Water
• Self-certification
• Q&A about the InSite Water Tool

This online training session is free to all participants.

More information about the InSite Water Tool is available here.