WSD approaches to stormwater management Print

​​​​​​​‘Hard’ stormwater infrastructure, such as pipes and concrete channels, is a means to convey stormwater runoff in order to manage flood risk to property and people. 



WSD is a design approach based on a set of guiding principles. WSD is therefore applied as ‘best fit’ for the planning or design context. In a greenfield situation, especially where there are valuable and sensitive environments, the benefits of protecting natural resources are significant. In a brownfield or redevelopment scenario, there may be significant existing built constraints, fixed costs (i.e. existing assets), and limited existing natural resources. However, this does not limit the potential for the principles of WSD to be realised through innovation and appropriate site design. This may include working with the configuration or height of buildings to provide the greatest development yield for their footprint, the retrofit of living roofs, living walls and pervious paving, or integrating vegetation into the redeveloped site to enhance ecosystem services.​​

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