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GUIDELINES FOR SOIL FILTER MEDIA IN BIORETENTION SYSTEMS (Version 2.01)
Facility for Advancing Water Biofiltration, March 2008

The Facility for Advancing Water Biofiltration (FAWB) has released a new version of the Guidelines for Soil Filter Media in Bioretention Systems. Key developments in this revision include a tightening on the total fraction of clay and silt (to less than 3%) and recommendation of an ASTM method for the lab testing of hydraulic conductivity (ASTM F1815-06). There is also a useful discussion on expected changes in hydraulic conductivity during the establishment of a bioretention system.

A copy of the guideline is now accessible through the FAWB website.

Advancing the Design of Stormwater Biofiltration
Facility for Advancing Water Biofiltration, June 2008

This document provides a summary of FAWB’s findings to date on biofiltration technology. It includes a brief outline of the typical design of biofilters, the program research methodology and a summary of key findings.

FINAL DRAFT SEQ Regional Plan Draft Implementation Guideline No. 7
Department of Infrastructure and Planning, 2008

This guideline presents a suite of design objectives for best practice urban stormwater management, a key component of water sensitive urban design (WSUD), and describes how they should be adopted. The development of the design objectives is described in detail in the associated technical report.

Transition to WSUD: The Story of Melbourne, Australia

This report, released by the Facility for Advancing Water Biofiltration (FAWB) in association with the National Urban Water Governance Program, presents the findings of social research focussed on identifying the key institutional change ingredients that will lead to the mainstreaming of the WSUD approach. That is, a transition from traditional to sustainable urban water management.
 
 
 
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