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Stormwater Group

The Stormwater Group was established in the late 1990s to encourage and promote practical solutions to stormwater and road run-off management, by coordinating stormwater knowledge and making it available to practitioners.  Its membership comprises local authorities,  Transit New Zealand and Land Transport New Zealand.

In 2002 the Group brought together roading and stormwater managers and researchers to establish what the stormwater issues were.  The evidence presented at this conference has since determined the work programme of the Group.  A series of seminars was conducted throughtout New Zealand in 2007, and second series that addressed tools, techniques and devices for managing road run-off and stormwater was held in March 2008.

Current members are:

  • Graeme Tong, Palmerston North City Council, Convenor
  • Carl Reller, New Zealand Transport Agency
  • Dale Nicholls, New Zealand Transport Agency
  • Balt Gregorius, New Zealand Transport Agency
  • Russell Hawkes, Southland District Council
  • Nicci Wood, Wellington City Council
  • Bruce Geden, Greater Wellington Regional Council
  • Wayne Newman, Administrator
Current Topics
  • Working with NIWA on research to identify how effective existing controls are, and where and what sort of treatment devices might be required
  • Trial of tool for roading managers to identify potential senstive receiving enviroments for road run-off
  • Monitoring of regional council policies relating to stormwater and road runoff
  • Collecting case studies for sharing in workshops and on the website
  • Establishing a page for Frequently Asked Questions on the website
  • Collecting information on devices and techniques, and their effectiveness

New research publications from NZTA include Contaminant characterisation and toxicity of road sweepings and catchpit sediments: Towards more sustainable reuse options Research report 345, from Craig Depree, NIWA

Meetings & Workshops
Resources

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