Overview of CRC for Water Sensitive Cities

1. Overview of CRC for Water Sensitive Cities

2. The output of our CRC will guide capital investments of more than $100 Billion by the Australian water sector and more than $550 Billion of private sector investment in urban development over the next 15 years. The value proposition

3. Australian governments have made the creation of liveable, sustainable and productive cities a national priority and identified reform of urban water systems as a key goal. A National Challenge

4. 1. Society will focus on understanding and delivering the social transformationsneeded to support water sensitive cities, including community attitude and behavioural change, planning & development practices, economic valuation, institutional and urban water governance reform. 2. Water Sensitive Urbanism will focus on improving the sustainability and liveability in urban environments. It will apply a new paradigm in urban planning and design that captures the many aspects of urban water management including water security, flood protection, climate-responsive design, terrestrial and aquatic ecological landscapes, and productive landscapes. Water Sensitive Urbanism Society Adoption Pathways 3. Future Technologies will focus on the use of multiple water sources integrated at a range of scales to support context-specific fit-for-purpose uses. Taking the perspective of cities as urban metabolisms this research will develop tools and techniques to manage urban resource flows, minimise waste streams and recover energy, nutrients and other valuable materials. Future Technologies 4. Adoption Pathways aims to develop an enduring partnership between government, industry, the water sector, and the community that is informed by the evidence drawn from our research that is freely available, scientifically-rigorous, and open to public examination and comment. Research Programs

5. Communication • Progressive annual Blueprint summarising the outcomes to date • A national industry alliance supporting information exchange across partners • Knowledge and influence • Industry capacity building programs and demonstration sites to provide ‘know-how’.   • Demonstrations in incubator cities of Melb, Bris, Perth, Singapore, Rotterdam. • A portfolio of education programs. • Technical guidelines, decision frameworks, risk assessment frameworks • Policy recommendations and ‘science-policy partnerships’ linking policy to the research • Resources • Modelling software that introduces scenario based approaches as well a combining social and technical elements of urban water management • Toolkits to guide system optimisation, ecology, energy recovery, liveability, urban planning and distributed water servicing optioneering • Designs of intelligent systems Outputs

6. Feb. 2010 to June 2011 – 29 Partners Cities as Water Supply Catchments July 2011 to date – 50 Partners Building on a firm foundation

7. 12 Research Organisations (3 Essential Participants) 14 State Government Departments or Agencies (2 Essential Participants) 30 Local Governments 8 Water Utilities (4 Essential Participants) 2 Training/Capacity Building Organisations 4 Private Companies 4 Land Development Organisations Technical University of Denmark Danish Hydraulic Institute UNESCO-IHE Central West CMA University of Innsbruck City of Rotterdam Marrickville Council, Sydney Metropolitan CMA, City of Sydney, Parramatta City Council, Hornsby Shire Council, Warringah Council, Ku-ring-gai Municipal Council, Blacktown City Council, Fairfield City Council , Department of Planning & Infrastructure University of Queensland, Griffith University, Brisbane City Council, GHD, Kellogg Brown and Root, Veolia Water, International Water Centre Queensland Urban Utilities National University of Singapore Public Utilities Board of Singapore City of Greater Geraldton University of Western Australia, Department of Water, Department of Housing, Department. of Regional Development and Lands, Water Corporation, Armadale Redevelopment Authority, LandCorp, Swan River Trust, Chemistry Centre, City of Armadale, City of Canning, City of Gosnells, City of Mandurah, City of Melville, City of South Perth, City of Wanneroo, City of Vincent, SERCUL, Eastern Metropolitan, Regional Council, Edith Cowan University, City of Subiaco, University of Adelaide, Department for Water, SA Water, Land Management Corporation, Adelaide & Mt Lofty NRM Board, South Australian Murray-Darling Basin NRM Board City of Greater Bendigo Monash University, Department of Sustainability & Environment, Department of Business and Innovation, Melbourne Water, South East Water, City West Water, Yarra Valley Water, City of Melbourne, City of Port Phillip, Manningham City Council, City of Boroondara, City of Greater Dandenong, City of Kingston, Mooney Valley City Council, Knox City Council, Civil Contractors Federation, Maddocks, VicUrban eWater Ltd. 74 Participants

8. Singapore Brisbane Perth Melbourne 4 Research Nodes

9. urban renewal and flood protection; building social capital for flood resilience Rotterdam Singapore urban flooding, diversity of water supply, urban density and creation of high value multiple functional public spaces Melbourne water sensitive urban design, stormwater and urban waterway management; building social capital for drought resilience 3 Innovation Incubator Cities

11. Program D Research Advisory Sub-Committee Professor Richard Weller Program D Leader Professor Zhiguo Yuan Program D Program Leader Professor Rebekah Brown Program A Program Leader Program A Research Advisory Sub-Committee Project D1 Project D2 Project D3 Project D4 Project D5 Project D6 Program D Stakeholder Advisory Committee Project A2 Project A4 Project A1 Project A3 Program A Stakeholder Advisory Committee Program C Program Leader Program B Program Leader Program C Research Advisory Sub-Committee Program B Research Advisory Sub-Committee Project C4 Project C5 Project C2 Project C1 Project C3 Program C Stakeholder Advisory Committee Project B5 Project B1 Project B4 Project B2 Project B3 Project B6 Program B Stakeholder Advisory Committee Governance

12. Program B Professor Richard Weller Program D Research Advisory Sub-Committee Program D To-be appointed Program C Professor Zhiguo Yuan Program A Professor Rebekah Brown Program D Program Leader Program A Program Leader Program A Research Advisory Sub-Committee CEO Professor Tony Wong CRC Executives Chief Executive, Business Manager Hub Coordinators & Program Leaders Project D1 Project D2 Project D3 Project D4 Project D5 Project D6 Program D Stakeholder Advisory Committee Project A2 Project A4 Project A1 Project A3 Program A Stakeholder Advisory Committee Program C Program Leader Program B Program Leader Program C Research Advisory Sub-Committee Program B Research Advisory Sub-Committee Singapore Hub To-be appointed Melbourne Hub Professor Ana Deletic COO To-be-appointed Brisbane Hub Professor Jurg Keller Perth Hub Assoc. Prof. Anas Ghadouani Project C4 Project C5 Project C2 Project C1 Project C3 Program C Stakeholder Advisory Committee Project B5 Project B1 Project B4 Project B2 Project B3 Project B6 Program B Stakeholder Advisory Committee Governance Governance

13. Research Advisory Committee Chair and Deputy Chair of Program sub-committees Program D Research Advisory Sub-Committee Program D Program Leader Program A Program Leader Program A Research Advisory Sub-Committee CRC Executives Chief Executive, Business Manager Hub Coordinators & Program Leaders Project D1 Project D2 Project D3 Project D4 Project D5 Project D6 Program D Stakeholder Advisory Committee Project A2 Project A4 Project A1 Project A3 Program A Stakeholder Advisory Committee Program C Program Leader Program B Program Leader Program C Research Advisory Sub-Committee Program B Research Advisory Sub-Committee Project C4 Project C5 Project C2 Project C1 Project C3 Program C Stakeholder Advisory Committee Project B5 Project B1 Project B4 Project B2 Project B3 Project B6 Program B Stakeholder Advisory Committee Governance

14. Cheryl Batagol Governance

15. State Government Departments & Agencies • Department of Water (WA) • Department of Sustainability and Environment (Vic) • Water Corporations • Melbourne Water Corporation (Vic) • South East Water Limited (Vic) • Water Corporation (WA) • Queensland Urban Utilities (Qld) – new participant post-CRC bid. • Universities & Research & Training Organisations • Monash University (Vic) • University of Queensland (QLD) • University of Western Australia (WA) Essential Participants

16. Start Up Tasks • Establishment of CRC as an entity (to be completed by 21st May 2012) • Corporate structure for the CRC • Formation of the Board of Management • Confirmation of inaugural Board Chairperson • Confirmation of inaugural CEO • Essential Participants agreement • Commonwealth agreement • Other Participants agreement (to be completed by 30th June) • Refining research programs (to be completed by 31th March) • Refining scope and budget – Program level workshops with Project Leaders by 23rd February) • Project leaders and key researchers workshop in Melbourne on 24th February • Project scope distributed to Participants by 31st March • Establishment of Research Hubs (hubs operational by 31st March) • Administrative support to facilitate ongoing participant engagement leading to the commencement of operation

17. Questions