Streetscape raingardens - design & practice

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This course offers practitioners knowledge and skills to plan and design streetscale raingardens to ensure long-term success, including selection and placement of vegetation. It includes raingardens site visits in the Cities of West Torrens and Charles Sturt.

Course content

• What is a biofilter?
• Expected system performance and criteria
• Designing for successful long-term operation
• Hydraulic design including inlets/outlets, overflow and underdrainage
• Sizing using MUSIC including treatment performance
• Filter media properties and specifications
• Saturated zone versus drained systems
• Dealing with site constraints, e.g. existing services, pedestrian trip hazards and integration with existing stormwater infrastructure
• Design for maintenance including access, scour protection and flushing
• Requirements for successful vegetation establishment, species selection
• Example installations including tree pits, street side pods and bio-retention basins
• Site visits in the Cities of West Torrens and Charles Sturt

Please go to the raingardens training webpage for more information and to download the program ...