Journal article
Pathways for the Evaluation of Stormwater Quality Improvement Devices – The Experience of Six Countries
CLEAN - Soil, Air, Water: a journal of sustainability and environmental safety, Vol.45(8), 1600596
2017
Abstract
The benefits of nationally coordinated schemes to manage the introduction of new stormwater quality improvement devices (SQIDs) have been acknowledged in various countries. This review compares the existing frameworks used in Australia, Austria, Germany, New Zealand, Switzerland, and the United States. The review describes the framework and structure of each system, and their individual components are presented. The Australian and New Zealand protocols have yet to be formally adopted and remain largely untested. The Australian and New Zealand protocols are compared with successfully established processes operating in Austria, Germany, Switzerland, and the United States. Adequate resourcing of administrative processes and having the technical capability to review test results were found to be a critical component of the successfully adopted certification schemes. Based on the level of success of the introduction of alternative certification systems, the most successful have been integrated into the formal legislative frameworks found in each country. The creation of a successful SQID certification pathway in Germany has been driven by the implementation of new fees on the release of stormwater from private property, with exemptions where stormwater is actively managed at source. The review presented in this paper may be of benefit to countries considering the development of their own SQID evaluation and verification protocols.
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- Title
- Pathways for the Evaluation of Stormwater Quality Improvement Devices – The Experience of Six Countries
- Authors
- Terry Lucke (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Science, Health, Education and EngineeringPeter Nichols (Author) - University of the Sunshine Coast - Faculty of Science, Health, Education and EngineeringEarl Shaver (Author) - Aqua Terra International Ltd., New ZealandJames Lenhart (Author) - Contech Engineered Solutions, United StatesAntje Welker (Author) - Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences, GermanyMaximilian Huber (Author) - Frankfurt University of Applied Sciences, Germany
- Publication details
- CLEAN - Soil, Air, Water: a journal of sustainability and environmental safety, Vol.45(8), 1600596; 15
- Publisher
- Wiley - V C H Verlag GmbH & Co. KGaA
- Date published
- 2017
- DOI
- 10.1002/clen.201600596
- ISSN
- 1863-0650
- Copyright note
- Copyright © 2017 The authors. This is the accepted version of the following article: Lucke, T; Nichols, Peter; Shaver, Earl; Lenhart, James; Welker, Antje; Huber, Maximilian (2017) Pathways for the Evaluation of Stormwater Quality Improvement Devices - The Experience of Six Countries, CLEAN - Soil, Air, Water: a journal of sustainability and environmental safety, 45:8, which has been published in final form at http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/clen.201600596
- Organisation Unit
- School of Science and Engineering - Legacy; University of the Sunshine Coast, Queensland
- Language
- English
- Record Identifier
- 99451085102621
- Output Type
- Journal article
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