Stormwater Design - Reducing the Impact on the Environment

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To ensure your property has the correct stormwater design for the particular application, while meeting the strict local and national bylaws, the services of a professionally trained and experienced engineer should be employed. It is vital that stormwater is managed effectively to reduce the associated costs and potential environmental damage that can be the result of inadequate storm water design. It is vital that careful consideration be given to the various weather trends in assessing the requirements of such a system.

An engineer who possesses the correct training and experience relating to the construction and engineering of stormwater is becoming highly sought after. The need for such design is continually growing as various regions around the world are experiencing population growth and a resulting increase in demand for hygienic waste water disposal that does not contaminate drinking reservoirs. The need for catchment management that meets the needs of these communities is one that cannot be ignored. Individuals living in both rural and urban metropolitan areas require that their storm-water is carefully disposed of and held in a safe manner. Combined with the growth in the development of many areas causing an increase in the need for floodwater design, also the expansion of environmental awareness is leading the increased interest in storm water design.

Environmental awareness by many governmental bodies and local individuals from various communities are leading a change in the way in which catchment management is undertaken. Creative solutions and management solutions to storm-water design are required in order to meet the requirements outlined to bring about positive environmental change and the protection of clean water. It is these engineers that are aware of the need to engage in floodwater construction in a manner that is forward thinking and respectful of the environment in which they live. It is these individuals who are leading a positive change and impacting the environment in a way that will future-proof catchment management for future generations.

The focus given to storm water design features a strategy that surrounds the importance of causing as low an impact as possible. Designs incorporate nature as a means to manage floodwater close to the source of the storm-water. A growing trend that stems from this strategy is using floodwater as a resource as opposed to a product that must be disposed of because it is 'waste'. As more governmental agencies and bodies enact legislation that focuses on the protection of water within the environment, storm-water design strategies will quickly become widely used and demanded.

Harrison Grierson is a large advisory and design consultancy working in four key market sectors; Land and Buildings, Water and the Environment, Utilities and Transport. The Company operates throughout Australasia and the Pacific Rim from two regional bases, New Zealand (Auckland, Tauranga, Wellington and Christchurch) and Australia (Brisbane).

Our water and environmental engineers at Harrison Grierson provide location specific expertise in developing catchment management and stormwater design strategies for each project.

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