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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

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