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Building Institutional Capacity in Urban Water Management

Australian Runoff Quality A widely used design guideline that provides an overview of current best practice in the management of urban stormwater in Australia. It is an initiative of the Institution of Engineers, Australia's National Committee on Water Engineering. In November 2005, a chapter on institutional capacity and policy will be added to the final guidelines.

Cap-Net Cap-Net is an international network for capacity building in integrated water resource management. It is made up of a partnership of autonomous international, regional and national institutions and networks committed to capacity building in the water sector.

Citizen Science Toolbox A resource explaining over 60 methods for communicating with stakeholders.

Clearwater A well-established capacity building program supporting sustainable urban water management in Victoria. This web site consists of three databases bringing together the many achievements, learnings and experiences of local government, State government and industry in stormwater, domestic wastewater and water conservation.

CSIRO, Water for a Healthy Country CSIRO's Urban Waterscapes Program aims to provides research support for implementing urban water resource strategies of various Australian State Government strategies and policies. Projects include: water smart city systems; water smart communities - new water cultures; water smart communities - planning & performance; and wealth from waste.

eWater Cooperative Research Centre A partnership between private and public water businesses and research groups across eastern Australia that seeks to produce practical products that bring economic, commercial and environmental benefits from the smart management of water.

Facility for Advancing Water Biofiltration (FAWB) This large interdisciplinary research project between Civil Engineering and the School of Geography and Environmental Science is focused on advancing the adoption of Water Sensitive Urban Design (WSUD) principles in practice (principally biofiltration technologies), through improving our knowledge of the design and operation of water biofiltration systems.

Institute for Sustainable Water Resources A centre of excellence for research, teaching and postgraduate training in the sustainable management of water resources, with a focus on urban sustainability. Based at Monash University.

Landcare Research (NZ) A research program titled 'Low Impact Urban Design & Development (LIUDD)' is taking a multi-disciplinary approach to identifying and resolving barriers to more sustainable forms of urban water management in NZ.

The Pennine Water Group (UK ) A UK centre based at the Universities of Sheffield and Bradford. The Group aims to advance engineering and scientific knowledge across all aspects of potable water, stormwater and wastewater service provision and management of associated assets. The Groups' approach to research is holistic, crosses institutional boundaries, and engages in constructive partnerships with industry.

Urban Water Program (Sweden) Urban Water is a national Swedish research program based on co-operation between researchers from different scientific disciplines and universities around Sweden (e.g. Chalmers University of Technology).

Urbanwater.info A capacity building project of the Hunter Central Coast Regional Environmental Management Strategy with many useful tools, source of information and links.

Water Cycle Management for New Developments Project (UK ) The aim of the 'WaND project' is to support the delivery of integrated, sustainable water management for new developments by provision of tools and guidelines for project design, implementation and management.

Water Resources Management, Delf University of Technology (Netherlands) The Water Resource Management group consists of scientists whot conduct research on integrated and operational water management. The main themes of research are: polders (areas of low-lying land, especially in the Netherlands, that have been reclaimed from a body of water and are protected by dikes); irrigation and drainage; urban water management; operational water management; and river basin management.