Water sensitive urban design engineering guidelines (superseded) and fact sheets

Water Sensitive Urban Design (WSUD) engineering guidelines for stormwater provide water cycle solutions for urban development that:

• protects waterway health by improving stormwater quality and reducing run-off
• minimises effluent discharge
• increases recycling opportunities
• reduces water demand by providing alternative sources

Brisbane City Council recommends the use of Water by Design's WSUD Technical Design Guidelines for South East Queensland. These guidelines supercede Council's WSUD engineering guidelines as listed.

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Water sensitive urban design engineering guidelines: stormwater (superseded)

• Amendment register (PDF - 85kb)
• Cover and table of contents (PDF - 26kb)
• Acronyms (PDF - 17kb)
• Glossary (PDF - 33kb)
• Chapter 1 - Introduction (PDF - 414kb)
• Chapter 2 - Swales (Sections 2.1 to 2.4.1) (PDF - 670kb)
• Chapter 2 - Swales (Sections 2.4.2 to 2.8) (PDF - 624kb)
• Chapter 3 - Bioretention Swales (PDF - 807kb)
• Chapter 4 - Sedimentation Basins (Sections 4.1 to 4.3.3) (PDF - 560kb)
• Chapter 4 - Sedimentation Basins (Sections 4.3.4 to 4.4.2) (PDF - 728kb)
• Chapter 4 - Sedimentation Basins (Sections 4.4.3 to 4.6.1 (PDF - 329kb)
• Chapter 4 - Sedimentation Basins (Section 4.6.2 to 4.7) (PDF - 527kb)
• Chapter 5 - Bioretention Basins (Section 5.1 to 5.2.1) (PDF - 1.8Mb)*
• Chapter 5 - Bioretention Basins (Section 5.2.2 to 5.5) (PDF - 403kb)
• Chapter 5 - Bioretention Basins (Section 5.6.1 to 5.8) (PDF - 791kb)
• Chapter 6 - Constructed Wetlands (Section 6.1 to 6.3.2) (PDF - 191kb)
• Chapter 6 - Constructed Wetlands (Section 6.3.3 to 6.3.4) (PDF - 851kb)
• Chapter 6 - Constructed Wetlands (Section 6.3.5 to 6.6.3) (PDF - 500kb)
• Chapter 6 - Constructed Wetlands (Section 6.6.4 to 6.7) (PDF - 579kb)
• Chapter 7 - Infiltration Measures (Section 7.1 to 7.2.1) (PDF - 1.4Mb)*
• Chapter 7 - Infiltration Measures (Section 7.2.2 to 7.7) (PDF - 652kb)
• Chapter 8 - Sand Filters (PDF - 584kb)
• Chapter 9 - Other measures (to be released)
• Chapter 10 - Aquifer Storage and Recovery (PDF - 143kb)
• Chapter 11 - Ponds/Lakes (to be released)
• Chapter 12 - Plant Selection (PDF - 126kb)

Water sensitive urban design (WSUD) engineering guidelines: stormwater – practice notes

• WSUD Practice Note 1a – Introduction (PDF - 246kb)
• WSUD Practice Note 1b – Subdivision Scale Application (PDF - 227kb)
• WSUD Practice Note 1c – Lot Scale Application (PDF - 321kb)
• WSUD Practice Note 1d – Street Scale Application (PDF - 257kb)
• WSUD Practice Note 1e – Commercial & Industrial Application (PDF - 231kb)
• WSUD Practice Note 2 – Swales (PDF - 702kb)
• WSUD Practice Note 3 – Bioretention Swales (PDF - 393kb)
• WSUD Practice Note 4 – Sedimentation Basins (PDF - 371kb)
• WSUD Practice Note 5 – Bioretention Basins (PDF - 279kb)
• WSUD Practice Note 6 – Constructed Wetlands (PDF - 411kb)
• WSUD Practice Note 7 – Infiltration Measures (PDF - 177kb)
• WSUD Practice Note 8 – Sand Filters (PDF - 257kb)
• WSUD Practice Note 9 – Other measures (to be released)
• WSUD Practice Note 10 – Aquifer Storage & Recovery (PDF - 317kb)
• WSUD Practice Note 11 – Ponds/Lakes (to be released)
• WSUD Practice Note 12 – Planting Notes (PDF - 255kb)

Stormwater garden

A stormwater garden is an element of the theory of water sensitive urban design that captures stormwater from the road to a garden bed.

• Stormwater garden fact sheet (PDF - 272kb)
• Stormwater garden technical document (PDF - 292kb)

Water sensitive urban design fact sheets

• Biofiltration Basin (PDF - 321kb)
• Biofiltration Swale (PDF - 323kb)
• Sedimentation Basin (PDF - 324kb)
• Stormwater Treatment Train (PDF - 332kb)