Footnotes

Chapter 1 - Introduction

[1]        Journals of the Senate, 2013–15, no. 83 (16 March 2015), pp. 2283–84.

Chapter 2 - Overview of stormwater in Australia

[1]        eWater, Submission 9, p. 3.

[2]        Australian Water Association, Submission 47, p. 1.

[3]        Stormwater Australia, Submission 19, p. 3. This figure includes all rainfall falling on urban areas (that is, both rainwater and stormwater).

[4]        Stormwater Australia, Submission 19, pp. 3, 8.

[5]        Mr Chris Beardshaw, Secretary, Stormwater Victoria, Committee Hansard, 18 May 2015, p. 11.

[6]        Stormwater Australia, Submission 19, p. 3.

[7]        Stormwater Australia, Submission 19, pp. 6, 8 and 9; CSIRO, Submission 42, p. 2; Cooperative Research Centre (CRC) for Water Sensitive Cities, Submission 44, p. 1. However, the Eastern Metropolitan Regional Council noted that since the early 1970s, rainfall in the Perth region has been in decline, a trend that is expected to continue. The Council stated: 'Perth has not received the rainfall the Eastern States have and the rhetoric around the drought ending does not apply to the Perth region'. Eastern Metropolitan Regional Council, Submission 26, p. 2.

[8]        Waterway Ecosystem Research Group, The University of Melbourne, Submission 17, p. 2;

[9]        Australian Water Association, Submission 47, p. 1. Australian Government, 'Your Home: Stormwater', www.yourhome.gov.au/water/stormwater (accessed 9 September 2015).

[10]      Adelaide and Mount Lofty Ranges Natural Resources Management Board, Submission 11, p. 1.

[11]      IECA Australasia, Submission 2, p. 1.

[12]      SPEL Environmental, Submission 12, p. 2.

[13]      Professor Timothy Fletcher, Professor of Urban Ecohydrology, University of Melbourne, Committee Hansard, 18 May 2015, p. 33.

[14]      Professor Timothy Fletcher, Committee Hansard, 18 May 2015, p. 33.

[15]      Professor Tony Wong, Chief Executive Officer, CRC for Water Sensitive Cities, Committee Hansard, 18 May 2015, p. 24.

[16]      Mr Andrew Allan, National President, Stormwater Australia, Committee Hansard, 18 May 2015, p. 8.

[17]      Waterway Ecosystem Research Group, The University of Melbourne, Submission 17, p. 2.

[18]      Professor Timothy Fletcher, Committee Hansard, 18 May 2015, p. 34.

[19]      Mr Andrew Allan, Stormwater Australia, Committee Hansard, 18 May 2015, p. 11.

[20]      Professor Timothy Fletcher, Committee Hansard, 18 May 2015, p. 33.

[21]      Professor Timothy Fletcher, Committee Hansard, 18 May 2015, p. 33.

[22]      Professor Ana Deletic, Deputy Chair, Water Forum, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (ATSE), Committee Hansard, 18 May 2015, p. 18.

[23]      eWater, Submission 9, p. 2. See also Stormwater Australia, Submission 19, p. 5.

[24]      eWater, Submission 9, p. 2.

[25]      Australian Water Association, Submission 47, p. 4.

[26]      Stormwater Australia, Submission 19, p. 5.

[27]      City of Melbourne, Submission 43, p. 1.

[28]      City of Melbourne, Submission 43, p. 1.

[29]      Stormwater South Australia, Submission 32, p. 2.

[30]      Stormwater South Australia, Submission 32, p. 2.

[31]      Stormwater South Australia, Submission 32, p. 2. Regarding the increased urban development in areas where the trunk stormwater system had been upgraded, Stormwater South Australia noted 'the push towards more intensive urban development results in the assumed percentage of impervious area (the base assumption on which the design of the system is based) becoming outmoded'.

[32]      Stormwater Industry Association WA, Submission 21, p. 2.

[33]      Mr Adam Lovell, Executive Director, Water Services Association of Australia (WSAA), Proof Committee Hansard, 26 August 2015, p. 4.

[34]      Water Sensitive SA, Submission 35, p. 3.

[35]      Dr Robin Allison, Committee Member, Stormwater South Australia, Proof Committee Hansard, 26 August 2015, p. 34.

[36]      Professor Timothy Fletcher, Committee Hansard, 18 May 2015, p. 33.

[37]      Waterway Ecosystem Research Group, The University of Melbourne, Submission 17, p. 2.

[38]      CRC for Water Sensitive Cities, Submission 44, p. 5. The CRC's submission cited the following research: T Wong, R Allen, R Brown, A Deletic, L Gangadharan, W Gernjak, C Jakob, P Jonstone, M Reeder, N Tapper, G Vietz and C Walsh, 2013, bluprint2013 – Stormwater Management in a Water Sensitive City, Melbourne, Australia: Cooperative Research Centre for Water Sensitive Cities, July 2013.

[39]      Mr Ralf Pfleiderer, President, Stormwater Victoria, Committee Hansard, 18 May 2015, p. 8.

[40]      Mr Chris Beardshaw, Stormwater Victoria, Committee Hansard, 18 May 2015, p. 4.

[41]      Stormwater Australia, Submission 19, p. 5.

[42]      Mr Andrew Allan, Stormwater Australia, Committee Hansard, 18 May 2015, p. 1.

[43]      See Stormwater Australia, Submission 19, p. 7.

[44]      Professor Ana Deletic, ATSE, Committee Hansard, 18 May 2015, p. 20.

[45]      Stormwater Australia, Submission 19, p. 3. Similarly, Urban Water Cycle Solutions argued that the water from rainwater, stormwater and wastewater sources 'is not fully exploited'. Urban Water Cycle Solutions, Submission 41, p. 5.

[46]      Waterway Ecosystem Research Group, The University of Melbourne, Submission 17, p. 3.

[47]      CRC for Water Sensitive Cities, Submission 44, p. 1.

[48]      CSIRO, Submission 42, p. 3.

[49]      Urban Water Cycle Solutions, Submission 41, p. 9.

[50]      CSIRO, Submission 42, p. 3.

[51]      Prime Minister's Science, Engineering and Innovation Council (PMSEIC) Working Group, Water for our cities: building resilience in a climate of uncertainty, June 2007, www.industry.gov.au/science/‌PMSEIC/Documents/WaterforOurCities.pdf (accessed 8 May 2015), p. 33.

[52]      These aquifers are 'porous layers of soil or rock that allow water to be stored and recovered, hence the name aquifer storage and recovery'. Under this process, passive pre-treatment is provided by a wetland or reedbed. PMSEIC Working Group, Water for our cities, p. 33.

[53]      CRC for Water Sensitive Cities, Submission 44, pp. 6–7.

[54]      Ms Mellissa Bradley, Program Manager, Water Sensitive SA, Proof Committee Hansard, 26 August 2015, p. 26.

[55]      Dr Robin Allison, Stormwater South Australia, Proof Committee Hansard, 26 August 2015, p. 30.

[56]      Mr Andrew King, Chair, Stormwater South Australia, Proof Committee Hansard, 26 August 2015, p. 30.

[57]      Professor Ana Deletic, ATSE, Committee Hansard, 18 May 2015, p. 19.

[58]      Mr Andrew King, Stormwater South Australia, Proof Committee Hansard, 26 August 2015, p. 31.

[59]      Mr Ralf Pfleiderer, Water Sensitive Urban Design Coordinator, City of Melbourne, Committee Hansard, 18 May 2015, p. 14.

[60]      Mr Andrew King, Stormwater South Australia, Proof Committee Hansard, 26 August 2015, pp. 30–31.

[61]      CRC for Water Sensitive Cities, Submission 44, p. 8.

[62]      A Deletic, 'Integrated water management can boost "liveability" in cities', ATSE Focus, no. 181, December 2013, p. 3; Additional Information 12, p. 1.

[63]      A Deletic, 'Integrated water management can boost "liveability" in cities', p. 3; Additional Information 12, p. 1.

[64]      Professor Ana Deletic, ATSE, Committee Hansard, 18 May 2015, p. 19.

[65]      CRC for Water Sensitive Cities, Submission 44, p. 9. The research cited was: F Zhang, M Polyakov, J Fogarty and D J Pannell, 2015, 'The capitalized value of rainwater tanks in the property market of Perth, Australia', Journal of Hydrology, 522, 317–325.

[66]      Professor Tony Wong, CRC for Water Sensitive Cities, Committee Hansard, 18 May 2015, p. 24.

Chapter 3 - Uses for stormwater and improving how stormwater is managed

[1]        Natural Resource Management Ministerial Council, the Environment Protection and Heritage Council, and the National Health and Medical Research Council, Australian Guidelines for Water Recycling (Phase 2): Stormwater Harvesting and Reuse, July 2009, www.environment.gov.au/system/files/resources/4c13655f-eb04-4c24-ac6e-bd01fd4af74a/‌files/water-recycling-guidelines-stormwater-23.pdf (accessed 7 September 2015), p. 112.

[2]        Australian Guidelines for Water Recycling: Stormwater Harvesting and Reuse, pp. 2, 23.

[3]        Australian Guidelines for Water Recycling: Stormwater Harvesting and Reuse, pp. 23–24.

[4]        See Dr Darren Drapper, Submission 10, p. 2; SPEL Environmental, Submission 12, p. 1; Health Waterways, Submission 30, p. 4.

[5]        Stormwater Australia, Submission 19, p. 18.

[6]        Stormwater Victoria, Submission 20, p. 5.

[7]        Stormwater Australia, Submission 19, p. 18; Orange City Council, 'Blackmans Swamp Creek Stormwater Harvesting Scheme', www.orange.nsw.gov.au/site/index.cfm?‌display=147115 (accessed 10 May 2015).

[8]        City of Melbourne, Submission 43, p. 3.

[9]        This project was referred to at a public hearing by Mr Ralf Pfleiderer, Water Sensitive Urban Design Coordinator, City of Melbourne. See Committee Hansard, 18 May 2015, p. 17.

[10]      City of Melbourne, Urban water: Fitzroy Gardens case study, http://urbanwater.melbourne.vic.gov.au/wp-content/uploads/2015/02/Urban-Water_Fitzroy-Gardens-Stormwater-Harvesting-System.pdf (accessed 18 September 2015), p. 2.

[11]      City of Melbourne, Urban water: Fitzroy Gardens case study, p. 2.

[12]      Mr Bruce Naumann, Manager, Salisbury Water, City of Salisbury, Proof Committee Hansard, 26 August 2015, p. 36.

[13]      Mr Bruce Naumann, City of Salisbury, Proof Committee Hansard, 26 August 2015, p. 36.

[14]      Mr Bruce Naumann, City of Salisbury, Proof Committee Hansard, 26 August 2015, pp. 36–37.

[15]      Dr Robin Allison, Committee Member, Stormwater South Australia, Proof Committee Hansard, 26 August 2015, p. 30.

[16]      Dr Peter Coombes, Proof Committee Hansard, 26 August 2015, pp. 11–12.

[17]      Stormwater Australia, Submission 19, p. 18.

[18]      CSIRO, Submission 42, p. 2.

[19]      Waterway Ecosystem Research Group, The University of Melbourne, Submission 17, p. 4.

[20]      Water Sensitive SA, Submission 35, p. 3.

[21]      Adelaide and Mount Lofty Ranges Natural Resources Management Board, Submission 11, p. 1.

[22]      CSIRO, Submission 42, p. 4.

[23]      The project Mr Lovell referred to was in Kalkallo, a town north of Melbourne. Mr Adam Lovell, Executive Director, Water Services Association of Australia (WSAA), Proof Committee Hansard, 26 August 2015, p. 2.

[24]      Dr Peter Coombes, Proof Committee Hansard, 26 August 2015, p. 11.

[25]      Dr Peter Coombes, Proof Committee Hansard, 26 August 2015, p. 11.

[26]      Dr Peter Coombes, Proof Committee Hansard, 26 August 2015, p. 11.

[27]      Mr Bruce Naumann, City of Salisbury, Proof Committee Hansard, 26 August 2015, p. 38.

[28]      Mr Bruce Naumann, City of Salisbury, Proof Committee Hansard, 26 August 2015, p. 38.

[29]      Mr Bruce Naumann, City of Salisbury, Proof Committee Hansard, 26 August 2015, p. 38.

[30]      Mr Bruce Naumann, City of Salisbury, Proof Committee Hansard, 26 August 2015, p. 38.

[31]      Mr Andrew King, Chair, Stormwater South Australia, Proof Committee Hansard, 26 August 2015, pp. 28–29.

[32]      Dr Robin Allison, Stormwater South Australia, Proof Committee Hansard, 26 August 2015, p. 29.

[33]      Water Sensitive SA, Submission 35, p. 3.

[34]      CSIRO, Submission 42, p. 2.

[35]      Waterway Ecosystem Research Group, The University of Melbourne, Submission 17, p. 4.

[36]      Mr Bruce Naumann, City of Salisbury, Proof Committee Hansard, 26 August 2015, p. 39.

[37]      Mr Bruce Naumann, City of Salisbury, Proof Committee Hansard, 26 August 2015, p. 39.

[38]      Mr Bruce Naumann, City of Salisbury, Proof Committee Hansard, 26 August 2015, p. 39.

[39]      Mr Bruce Naumann, City of Salisbury, Proof Committee Hansard, 26 August 2015, p. 40.

[40]      Waterway Ecosystem Research Group, The University of Melbourne, Submission 17, p. 4.

[41]      Ms Mellissa Bradley, Program Manager, Water Sensitive SA, Proof Committee Hansard, 26 August 2015, p. 23.

[42]      Mr Bruce Naumann, City of Salisbury, Proof Committee Hansard, 26 August 2015, p. 40.

[43]      ATSE, Submission 51, p. 2.

[44]      Cooperative Research Centre (CRC) for Water Sensitive Cities, Submission 44, p. 3.

[45]      Stormwater Industry Association WA, Submission 21, p. 4.

[46]      CRC for Water Sensitive Cities, Submission 44, p. 2.

[47]      Ms Mellissa Bradley, Water Sensitive SA, Proof Committee Hansard, 26 August 2015, p. 26.

[48]      eWater, Submission 9, p. 2.

[49]      eWater, Submission 9, p. 3.

[50]      Stormwater Victoria, Submission 20, p. 4.

[51]      ATSE, Submission 51, p. 4.

[52]      Adelaide and Mount Lofty Ranges Natural Resources Management Board, Submission 11, p. 3.

[53]      Water Sensitive SA, Submission 35, p. 2.

[54]      Mr Adam Lovell, WSAA, Proof Committee Hansard, 26 August 2015, pp. 4–5.

[55]      Mr Adam Lovell, WSAA, Proof Committee Hansard, 26 August 2015, p. 8.

[56]      Mr Adam Lovell, WSAA, Proof Committee Hansard, 26 August 2015, p. 6.

[57]      Mr Adam Lovell, WSAA, Proof Committee Hansard, 26 August 2015, p. 6.

[58]      IECA Australasia, Submission 2, p. 1.

[59]      CSIRO, Submission 42, p. 3. See also Urban Water Cycle Solutions, Submission 41, pp.17–19.

[60]      Mr Andrew Allan, National President, Stormwater Australia, Committee Hansard, 18 May 2015, p. 4.

[61]      Mr Ralf Pfleiderer, President, Stormwater Victoria, Committee Hansard, 18 May 2015, p. 5.

[62]      Mr Ralf Pfleiderer, President; Mr Chris Beardshaw, Secretary, Stormwater Victoria, Committee Hansard, 18 May 2015, p. 5.

[63]      Mr Andrew Allan, Stormwater Australia; Mr Ralf Pfleiderer, Stormwater Victoria, Committee Hansard, 18 May 2015, p. 6.

[64]      Professor Ana Deletic, Deputy Chair, Water Forum, Australian Academy of Technological Sciences and Engineering (ATSE), Committee Hansard, 18 May 2015, p. 22.

[65]      Mr Andrew Allan, Stormwater Australia, Committee Hansard, 18 May 2015, p. 5.

[66]      Mr Andrew Allan, Stormwater Australia, Committee Hansard, 18 May 2015, p. 5.

[67]      Professor Tony Wong, Chief Executive Officer, CRC for Water Sensitive Cities, Committee Hansard, 18 May 2015, p. 29.

[68]      Mr Adam Lovell, WSAA, Proof Committee Hansard, 26 August 2015, p. 2.

[69]      Mr Andrew Allan, Stormwater Australia, Committee Hansard, 18 May 2015, p. 5.

[70]      The CSIRO noted that initial research has 'shown the importance of fully understanding the environmental impacts, costs and benefits of stormwater and stormwater harvesting on coastal water quality, urban stream ecology, flood mitigation, urban landscape amenity, and land value'. CSIRO, Submission 42, p. 2.

[71]      CSIRO, Submission 42, p. 3.

[72]      Mr Adam Lovell, WSAA, Proof Committee Hansard, 26 August 2015, p. 3.

[73]      Mr Adam Lovell, WSAA, Proof Committee Hansard, 26 August 2015, p. 3.

[74]      CRC for Water Sensitive Cities, Submission 44, p. 8.

[75]      The CRC for Water Sensitive Cities explained that these costs 'can be broadly quantified': 'A study by Monash University in partnership with the National Climate Change Adaptation Research Facility (NCCARF) has identified threshold temperatures above which mortality and morbidity increases in all Australian capital cities. The reduction in surface and air temperature attributed to WSUD and green infrastructure can be broadly extrapolated to corresponding reductions in community morbidity and mortality, and associated costs of health care'. CRC for Water Sensitive Cities, Submission 44, p. 9.

[76]      CRC for Water Sensitive Cities, Submission 44, p. 9.

[77]      Dr Peter Coombes, Proof Committee Hansard, 26 August 2015, pp. 15–16.

[78]      Dr Peter Coombes, Submission 60, p. 3.

[79]      Dr Peter Coombes, Proof Committee Hansard, 26 August 2015, p. 14.

[80]      CSIRO, Submission 42, p. 6.

[81]      Ms Mellissa Bradley, Water Sensitive SA, Proof Committee Hansard, 26 August 2015, p. 25.

[82]      Ms Mellissa Bradley, Water Sensitive SA, Proof Committee Hansard, 26 August 2015, p. 23.

[83]      Central West Councils Salinity & Water Quality Alliance, Submission 16, p. 6.

[84]      Institute of Public Works Engineering Australasia (NSW Division), Submission 38, p. 4.

Chapter 4 - Management of stormwater by state governments, local governments and water utilities

[1]        Cooperative Research Centre (CRC) for Water Sensitive Cities, Submission 44, p. 12.

[2]        Australian Water Association, Submission 47, p. 2.

[3]        Stormwater Industry Association WA, Submission 21, p. 2.

[4]        Dr Darren Drapper, Submission 10, p. 2.

[5]        Stormwater Australia, Submission 19, p. 16.

[6]        Mr Andrew Allan, National President, Stormwater Australia, Committee Hansard, 18 May 2015, p. 3.

[7]        The CSIRO observed that 'approvals have been required from up to eight or more organisations in some cases for establishing schemes such as the harvesting of stormwater via managed aquifer recharge'. CSIRO, Submission 42, p. 5.

[8]        City of Melbourne, Submission 43, p. 8. Sydney Water also noted that both it and local councils are involved in stormwater, and consequently there is an opportunity to improve stormwater management. See Submission 36, p. 1.

[9]        Stormwater Industry Association WA, Submission 21, p. 10.

[10]      Waterway Ecosystem Research Group, The University of Melbourne, Submission 17, p. 6.

[11]      Examples of water utilities that manage stormwater include Capacity Infrastructure Services (trading as Wellington Water) in Wellington, New Zealand and Metrowater, in Auckland. See Australian Water Association, Submission 47, p. 3.

[12]      Mr Adam Lovell, Executive Director, Water Services Association of Australia (WSAA), Proof Committee Hansard, 26 August 2015, p. 5.

[13]      Mr Adam Lovell, WSAA, Proof Committee Hansard, 26 August 2015, p. 5.

[14]      Professor Tony Wong, Chief Executive Officer, CRC for Water Sensitive Cities, Committee Hansard, 18 May 2015, p. 25.

[15]      Professor Timothy Fletcher, Professor of Urban Ecohydrology, University of Melbourne, Committee Hansard, 18 May 2015, p. 34.

[16]      Professor Timothy Fletcher, Committee Hansard, 18 May 2015, p. 34.

[17]      Stormwater Australia, Submission 19, p. 16.

[18]      Local Government NSW, Submission 15, p. 7.

[19]      eWater, Submission 9, p. 5.

[20]      Stormwater Victoria, Submission 20, p. 7.

[21]      Local governments in New South Wales are permitted to impose a stormwater levy on ratepayers in relation to new stormwater management services, however, they are not able to impose a levy that relates to existing services. Local Government NSW, Submission 15, p. 6.

[22]      CSIRO, Submission 42, p. 4.

[23]      Stormwater Australia, Submission 19, p. 17.

[24]      Stormwater South Australia, Submission 32, p. 2.

[25]      Stormwater Victoria, Submission 20, p. 7. This evidence was supported by the evidence given by the City of Melbourne. The City of Melbourne advised that although small-scale projects can be funded from the rate base, the majority of its large-scale stormwater harvesting projects have been co‑funded by Australian and state government grants. Further, if development is occurring in flood prone areas, the City does not 'have a mechanism to levy a fee for the works that are required in order to provide this development with a better level of flood protection'. The City noted that, as part of its Elizabeth Street Catchment Plan, it intends to explore various options for developer contributions or an offset. City of Melbourne, Submission 43, p. 5.

[26]      Local Government NSW, Submission 15, p. 6.

[27]      SPEL Environmental, Submission 12, p. 3.

[28]      Government of South Australia, Water for good: A plan to ensure our water future to 2050, www.environment.sa.gov.au/files/sharedassets/public/water/water-for-good-full-plan.pdf (accessed 16 September 2015), p. 21.

[29]      Stormwater Australia, Submission 19, p. 16.

[30]      Dr Peter Dillon, Proof Committee Hansard, 26 August 2015, p. 17.

[31]      Stormwater Industry Association WA, Submission 21, p. 10.

[32]      Another example provided was in Hobart, where sufficient non-potable water could be supplied to several industrial uses, however, this 'struggled because there was no legislative vehicle permitting council to capture and sell this resource'. Dr Darren Drapper, Submission 10, p. 1.

[33]      Dr Darren Drapper, Submission 10, p. 1.

[34]      Mr Adam Lovell, WSAA, Proof Committee Hansard, 26 August 2015, p. 2.

[35]      Mr Adam Lovell, WSAA, Proof Committee Hansard, 26 August 2015, p. 6.

[36]      Mr Adam Lovell, WSAA, Proof Committee Hansard, 26 August 2015, p. 7.

[37]      Dr Peter Coombes, Proof Committee Hansard, 26 August 2015, p. 12.

[38]      Dr Peter Coombes, Proof Committee Hansard, 26 August 2015, pp. 12–13.

[39]      Dr Peter Coombes, Proof Committee Hansard, 26 August 2015, p. 10.

[40]      Dr Peter Dillon, Submission 46, p. 3.

[41]      Mr Adam Lovell, WSAA, Proof Committee Hansard, 26 August 2015, p. 2.

Chapter 5 - Role of the Australian Government

[1]        Department of the Environment, Submission 48, p. 1.

[2]        Cooperative Research Centre (CRC) for Water Sensitive Cities, Submission 44, p. 2.

[3]        Intergovernmental Agreement on a National Water Initiative, June 2004, paragraph 5, http://nwc.gov.au/__data/assets/pdf_file/0008/24749/Intergovernmental-Agreement-on-a-national-water-initiative.pdf (accessed 8 May 2015).

[4]        Department of the Environment, Submission 48, p. 1.

[5]        Department of the Environment, Submission 48, pp. 3–4.

[6]        Productivity Commission (PC), Australia's urban water sector, report no. 55, vol. 1, August 2011, p. xlix [finding 5.1].

[7]        PC, Australia's urban water sector, vol. 1, p. xlvii [recommendation 4.1].

[8]        PC, Australia's urban water sector, vol. 1, p. xlviii [recommendation 5.3]. The possible exceptions identified by the PC are where infrastructure investment 'is required due to changes in environmental standards that impose a significant cost on a defined group and/or infringe a well-defined "property right"'; or a 'formal and transparent process has identified that a regional community should not be required to recover costs fully through water charges'.

[9]        Dr Peter Dillon, Submission 46, p. 2.

[10]      Stormwater Australia, Submission 19, p. 19. Stormwater Australia referred to the Australian Building and Construction Commission and the 'overarching guidance for different building typologies around the nation and supports skills development to deliver the required outcomes'.

[11]      Mr Andrew King, Chair, Stormwater South Australia, Proof Committee Hansard, 26 August 2015, p. 27.

[12]      Dr Robin Allison, Committee Member, Stormwater South Australia, Proof Committee Hansard, 26 August 2015, p. 28.

[13]      Mr Andrew King, Stormwater South Australia, Proof Committee Hansard, 26 August 2015, p. 28.

[14]      Mr Adam Lovell, Executive Director, Water Services Association of Australia (WSAA), Proof Committee Hansard, 26 August 2015, p. 2.

[15]      Dr Peter Dillon, Proof Committee Hansard, 26 August 2015, p. 17.

[16]      Dr Peter Dillon, Proof Committee Hansard, 26 August 2015, p. 20.

[17]      Dr Peter Coombes, Proof Committee Hansard, 26 August 2015, p. 14.

[18]      Dr Peter Coombes, Proof Committee Hansard, 26 August 2015, p. 14.

[19]      PC, Australia's urban water sector, vol. 1, p. xlvii [recommendation 3.1].

[20]      CSIRO, Submission 42, p. 3. Similarly, Stormwater Industry Association WA suggested the Australian government could facilitate better water management outcomes through the 'development of a coordinated approach to state regulatory frameworks'. Stormwater Industry Association WA, Submission 21, p. 10.

[21]      Dr Peter Dillon, Submission 46, p. 1.

[22]      Dr Peter Dillon, Submission 46, p. 2.

[23]      Dr Peter Dillon, Proof Committee Hansard, 26 August 2015, p. 20.

[24]      Dr Peter Coombes, Proof Committee Hansard, 26 August 2015, p. 9.

[25]      The submission stated: 'The development of national standards for best practice stormwater management could work in concert with state and local government based policy and guidelines to ensure consistent implementation nationwide. Any future funding programs could then be linked to the national standard to promote its implementation and the resulting community and environmental benefits'. Adelaide and Mount Lofty Ranges Natural Resources Management Board, Submission 11, p. 6.

[26]      Dr Darren Drapper, Submission 10, p. 3.

[27]      The targets advocated for are for the reduction of (a) gross pollutants by 90 per cent; (b) total suspended solids by 80 per cent; (c) total phosphorous by 60 per cent; and (d) total nitrogen by 45 per cent. SPEL Environmental, Submission 12, p. 2.

[28]      Dr Darren Drapper, Submission 10, p. 2; SPEL Environmental, Submission 12, p. 1.

[29]      WSAA, Submission 49, p. 2.

[30]      Mr Adam Lovell, WSAA, Proof Committee Hansard, 26 August 2015, p. 2.

[31]      The National Water Commission (Abolition) Act 2015 received the Royal Assent on 16 June 2015, formally abolishing the Commission (although the Commission effectively ceased operating from 1 January 2015).

[32]      For example, Dr Peter Dillion commented 'If the National Water Commission still existed, that would be the ideal way in which this...'. Proof Committee Hansard, 26 August 2015, p. 20. See also Dr Peter Coombes, Proof Committee Hansard, 26 August 2015, p. 10.

[33]      Dr Peter Coombes, Proof Committee Hansard, 26 August 2015, p. 10.

[34]      Dr Peter Coombes, Submission 60, p. 3.

[35]      On 21 September 2015, the Hon Jamie Briggs MP was appointed Minister for Cities and the Built Environment.

[36]      Mr Adam Lovell, WSAA, Proof Committee Hansard, 26 August 2015, p. 2.

[37]      Mr Adam Lovell, WSAA, Proof Committee Hansard, 26 August 2015, p. 3.

[38]      Dr Peter Dillon, Submission 46, p. 3.

[39]      Ms Mellissa Bradley, Program Manager, Water Sensitive SA, Proof Committee Hansard, 26 August 2015, p. 24.

[40]      Dr Peter Coombes, Proof Committee Hansard, 26 August 2015, p. 9.

[41]      Mr Adam Lovell, WSAA, Proof Committee Hansard, 26 August 2015, p. 2.

[42]      Dr Peter Dillon, Proof Committee Hansard, 26 August 2015, pp. 20–21.

[43]      SPEL Environmental, Submission 12, p. 1.

[44]      Dr Darren Drapper, Submission 10, p. 3.

[45]      Australian Water Association, Submission 47, p. 5.

[46]      Dr Darren Drapper, Submission 10, pp. 2–3.

[47]      Australian Water Association, Submission 47, p. 5.

[48]      Stormwater Australia, Submission 19, p. 17.

[49]      Dr Peter Dillon, Proof Committee Hansard, 26 August 2015, p. 20.

[50]      Stormwater Australia, Submission 19, p. 26.

[51]      Mr Bruce Naumann, Manager, Salisbury Water, City of Salisbury, Proof Committee Hansard, 26 August 2015, p. 37.

[52]      Mr Bruce Naumann, City of Salisbury, Proof Committee Hansard, 26 August 2015, p. 40.

[53]      Mr Bruce Naumann, City of Salisbury, Proof Committee Hansard, 26 August 2015, p. 37.

[54]      Mr Bruce Naumann, City of Salisbury, Proof Committee Hansard, 26 August 2015, p. 41.

[55]      Dr Peter Dillon, Proof Committee Hansard, 26 August 2015, p. 17.

[56]      Stormwater Industry Association WA, Submission 21, p. 10.

[57]      Mr Adam Lovell, WSAA, Proof Committee Hansard, 26 August 2015, p. 2.

Additional Comments by Senator Xenophon

[1]        Dr Peter Dillon, Submission 46, p. 3.