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PLANNING & ORGANISATION COMMITTEE MEETING AGENDA 28 APRIL 2015
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Management/Water-Sensitive-Urban-Design)
5. Water Sensitive Design in Noosa
Through the requirements of the Noosa Plan and State Planning Policies, Noosa Shire
currently has an estimated 80 bioretention basins of which approximately half are Council
assets. Collectively these occupy a footprint of almost 5,000m2. A rough estimate is that
these bioretention basins treat approximately 20 hectares of land transferred to impervious
urban development through the Noosa Shire in the past decade.
In order for the bioretention basins to operate at their most effective capacity, it is important
that they are maintained. The most critical design parameters and common maintenance
issues that reduce their efficiency are detailed in the table below:
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