Publications

GENERAL

About FAWB - An outline of FAWB and its work (pdf 593KB)

Annual Report 2005-2006 (pdf 1.6MB)

Annual Report 2006-2007 (pdf 2.5MB)

Annual Report 2007-2008 (pdf 5.5MB)

Final Report 2005-2008 (pdf 3.6 MB)

ADOPTION TOOLS

Guidelines for Soil Filter Media in Bioretention Systems (pdf 275KB)

In Situ Measurement of Hydraulic Conductivity (pdf 1.2MB)

In Situ Measurement of Hydraulic Conductivity - Example Calculations (xls 30KB)

Example Maintenance Plan (pdf 714KB)

RESEARCH FINDINGS

Policy and Risk

Brown, R. R. and J. M. Clarke (2007). The transition towards Water Sensitive Urban Design: The story of Melbourne. Report No. 07/01, Facility for Advancing Water Biofiltration, Monash University: 67 pp. (pdf 1.4MB)

Brown, R. R. and M. Farrelly (2007). Institutional impediments to advancing sustainable urban water management: A typology. 13th International Rainwater Catchment Systems Conference and 5th International Water Sensitive Urban Design Conference. Sydney, Australia. abstract

Brown, R. R. and J. M. Clarke (2007). The transition towards water sensitive urban design: a socio:technical analysis of Melbourne, Australia. Novatech 2007. 6th International Conference on Sustainable Techniques and Strategies in Urban Water Management. Lyon, France. 1: 349-356. abstract

Brown, R. R. and M. A. Farrelly (2007). Advancing urban stormwater quality management in Australia: A survey of stakeholder perceptions of institutional drivers and barriers. Report No. 07/05,National Urban Water Governance Program, Monash University. Available at www.urbanwatergovernance.com

Filter Media

Hatt, B. E., T. D. Fletcher and A. Deletic (2007). Stormwater reuse: designing biofiltration systems for reliable treatment. Water Science and Technology 55(4): 201-209. abstract

Hatt, B. E., T. D. Fletcher and A. Deletic (2007). The effects of drying and wetting on pollutant removal by stormwater filters. Novatech 2007. 6th International Conference on Sustainable Techniques and Strategies in Urban Water Management, Lyon, France. abstract

Hatt, B. E., T. D. Fletcher and A. Deletic (2007). Hydraulic and pollutant removal performance of stormwater filters under variable wetting and drying regimes. Water Science & Technology 56(12): 11-19. abstract

Hatt, B. E., T. D. Fletcher and A. Deletic (2008). Hydraulic and pollutant removal performance of fine media stormwater filtration systems. Environmental Science & Technology 42(7): 2535-2541. abstract

Vegetation

Read, J., T. Wevill, T. D. Fletcher and A. Deletic (2008). Variation among plant species in pollutant removal from stormwater in biofiltration systems. Water Research 42(4-5): 893-902. abstract

Fletcher, T. D., Y. Zinger and A. Deletic (2007). Treatment efficiency of biofilters: results of a large scale biofilter column study. 13th International Rainwater Catchment Systems Conference and 5th International Water Sensitive Urban Design Conference, Sydney, Australia. abstract

Bratieres, K., T. D. Fletcher, A. Deletic and Y. Zinger (in press). Optimisation of the treatment efficiency of biofilters; results of a large-scale laboratory study. Water Research. abstract

Submerged Zone

Blecken, G.-T., Y. Zinger, A. Deletic, T. D. Fletcher and M. Viklander (under review). Impact of a submerged anoxic zone and a cellulose based carbon source on heavy metal removal in stormwater biofiltration systems. Ecological Engineering.abstract

Zinger, Y., T. D. Fletcher, A. Deletic, G. T. Blecken and M. Viklander (2007). Optimisation of the nitrogen retention capacity of stormwater biofiltration systems. Novatech 2007, 6th International Conference on Sustainable Techniques and Strategies in Urban Water Management, Lyon, France. abstract

Zinger, Y., A. Deletic and T. D. Fletcher (2007). The effect of various intermittent wet-dry cycles on nitrogen removal capacity in biofilters systems. 13th International Rainwater Catchment Systems Conference and 5th International Water Sensitive Urban Design Conference, Sydney, Australia. abstract

Hydraulic Performance

Le Coustumer, S. and S. Barraud (2007). Long-term hydraulic and pollution retention performance of infiltration systems. Water Science and Technology 55(4): 235-243. abstract

Le Coustumer, S., T. D. Fletcher, A. Deletic and S. Barraud (2007). Hydraulic performance of biofilters: first lessons from both laboratory and field studies. Novatech 2007. 6th International Conference on Sustainable Techniques and Strategies in Urban Water Management, Lyon, France. abstract

Le Coustumer, S., T. D. Fletcher, A. Deletic and S. Barraud (2007). Hydraulic performance of biofilters for stormwater management: first lessons from both laboratory and field studies. Water Science and Technology 56(10): 93-100. abstract

Le Coustumer, S., T. D. Fletcher, A. Deletic and M. Potter (2008). Hydraulic performance of biofilter systems for stormwater management: lessons from a field study, Facility for Advancing Water Biofiltration and Melbourne Water Corporation (Healthy Bays and Waterways). (pdf 684KB)

Le Coustumer, S., T. D. Fletcher, A. Deletic, S. Barraud and J. Lewis (under review). Hydraulic performance of biofilter systems for stormwater management: lessons from a field study. Journal of Hydrology.

Le Coustumer, S., P. Poelsma, T. D. Fletcher, A. Deletic and S. Barraud (under review). Clogging and metal removal by stormwater biofilters: a large-scale design optimisation study. Journal of Hydrology.

Field Studies

Hatt, B. E., J. Lewis, A. Deletic and T. D. Fletcher (2007). Insights from the design, construction and operation of an experimental stormwater biofiltration system. 13th International Rainwater Catchment Systems Conference and 5th International Water Sensitive Urban Design Conference, Sydney, Australia. abstract

Smith, N., R. Allen, A. McKenzie-McHarg, A. Deletic, T. D. Fletcher and B. Hatt (2007). Retrofitting functioning stormwater gardens into existing urban landscapes. Cairns International Public Works Conference, Cairns. abstract

Hatt, B. E., T. D. Fletcher and A. Deletic (in press). Hydrologic and pollutant removal performance of stormwater biofiltration systems at the field scale. Journal of Hydrology. abstract

Hatt, B. E., T. D. Fletcher and A. Deletic (2008). Improving stormwater quality through biofiltration: Lessons from field studies. 11th International Conference on Urban Drainage. Edinburgh, UK. abstract

Lewis, J. F., B. E. Hatt, S. Le Coustumer, A. Deletic and T. D. Fletcher (2008). The impact of vegetation on the hydraulic conductivity of stormwater biofiltration systems. 11th International Conference on Urban Drainage. Edinburgh, UK. abstract

Other

Blecken, G.-T., Y. Zinger, T. M. Muthanna, A. Deletic, T. D. Fletcher and M. Viklander (2007). The influence of temperature on nutrient treatment efficiency in stormwater biofilter systems. Water Science and Technology 56(10): 83-91. abstract

Deletic, A. and G. Mudd (2006). Preliminary results from a laboratory study on the performance of bioretention systems built in Western Sydney saline soils, Facility for Advancing Water Biofiltration.