Appendix I - Stormwater Management Plan

                                                             The Stormwater360 Facilities
Ecologically sustainable                                     Management Plan
stormwater management                                        Managing the cost as well as the solution
Regardless of compliance measures, astute developers         It is clear that across Australia, government bodies are
and investors recognise that there is an increasing          increasing their regulatory involvement in stormwater
demand from business, consumers and the community            management and implementing stringent best practice
for projects that incorporate high environmental             guidelines. Even where regulations have not yet been
sustainability standards and are fiscally responsible.       mandated, there is a strong economic argument for
                                                             implementing BPM stormwater management systems at
This is even more critical in urbanised areas, where         the development stage, rather than meeting the higher
stormwater water run-off contaminated by pollution,          costs associated with a future retrofit.
heavy metals, total nutrients, hydrocarbons and
sediment, can affect the health of groundwater as            To assist developers better manage the costs associated
well as the ecology of streams, ponds, lakes and             with compliance, Stormwater360 has developed
harbours. In such regions, the environmental stormwater      a Facilities Management Plan for installation of the
management solutions developed by Stormwater360              StormFilter™ / EnviroPod™ (SFEP) Treatment Train. This
are not simply a ‘nice-to-have’, but define an               plan enables you to amortise the cost of your stormwater
aspirational benchmark for all organisations that            management system over a fixed period, so you can
recognise their corporate and social responsibilities.       achieve your water quality objectives without incurring
                                                             upfront capital costs.
By viewing stormwater as an asset and a resource, and
then managing it in an ecologically sustainable manner,      The Facilities Management Plan also incorporates an
we are helping to conserve one of the planet’s most          on-going maintenance agreement, providing you with
precious resources – a resource that’s inextricably linked   budgeting certainty for the functional operation of your
to our ability to sustain future populations. Similarly,     stormwater system for the life of the agreement. In
by maintaining the health of the world’s oceans and          addition, as inefficient maintenance is often the reason
waterways, we are preventing the disruption of the           for system failure, such as flooding or the inadvertent
food chain’s biodiversity and ensuring that tomorrow’s       release of pollutants into waterways, this comprehensive
children can enjoy simple pleasures such as swimming         maintenance service also helps minimise the risk of
in clean seas.                                               future inconvenience and disruption to site users (such
                                                             as tenants), as well as mitigate the risk of penalties for
                                                             regulatory breaches.