"WSUD Handbook" - STUDENT EDITION

- a Handbook for Australian practice

Editor: John R Argue

The need for a Student Edition of the "WSUD Handbook" was realised shortly after publication of the complete document when it was adopted by Engineers Australia (EA) as the basic text for a series of   2-day Workshops on "Stormwater Management" organised by Engineering Education, Australia - the education/training 'wing' of EA. The first Workshop was held in Melbourne in August, 2005; since then, over 30 presentations of the material have been made (to 2009) by Professor Argue in most Australian major population centres including Sydney, Darwin, Perth, Adelaide, Hobart, Newcastle, Brisbane and Townsville. The Student Edition represents about two-thirds of the complete Handbook but includes a full account of each of the 10 (design) procedures.

The content of both the complete Handbook and the Student Edition have been regularly updated - largely in response to the valuable practitioner-input and discussions which have taken place at the    2-day Workshops. An important addition made in the last cycle of revision (February, 2009) is a 700-entry Index (in both the complete Handbook and the Student Edition).

The content of the Student Edition features a balance between the three domains of WSUD (stormwater) practice - quantity control, pollution control and stormwater harvesting. The quantity control segment includes material on stream morphology and environmental flows in addition to flooding. Also covered are - design procedures based on state-of-the-art analyses and best overseas practices adapted to Australia-wide conditions; case study illustrations drawn from field installations with between ten and 16 years of Australian operational history; design 'worked examples'; introduction and access to rainwater tank sizing software applicable across Australia.

A Student Edition of the Handbook  is available for free download in Six Parts, following -