Stormwater Education Manual
August 2002
ISBN 1 74106 1888 1
© Waterwatch Victoria and City of Greater Geelong
PO Box 500, East Melbourne, Victoria, 3002
Statewide Section
Author:
Artwork:
Marion van Gameren, Earthlines, with contributions from Ann-Marie MacCarthy
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City of Greater Geelong Local Section
Author:
Anne-Marie McCarthy
Artwork:
Diane Luscombe
Graphic design and layout:
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Acknowledgements
PROJECT ADVISORY COMMITTEE:
Jane Ryan and Vera Lubczenko, Waterwatch Victoria; Bruce Humphries, City of Greater Geelong
Thanks to the following people for their contributions to the Statewide section:
Jane Ryan, Project Officer, Waterwatch Victoria
Bruce Humphries, Senior Environmental Planner, City of Greater Geelong
The following sources of information are gratefully acknowledged for the Statewide Section:
Urban Stormwater: Best Practice Environmental Management Guidelines (Melbourne Water Corporation,
1999), with permission of CSIRO PUBLISHING. Artwork from this publication is reproduced with
permission on pages 12, 14, 16, 17 and 18.
Backyard to Bay Catchment Impacts: The urban waterway challenge. Melbourne Water and Melbourne Parks
and Waterways, 1993. Artwork from this publication is reproduced with permission on pages 29 and 47.
Casey Stormwater Management Plan. City of Casey. June 2000.
Banyule City Council for photographs on page 12, reproduced with permission.
Thanks to the following people for their contributions to the City of Greater Geelong Local Section:
Bruce Humphries, Senior Environmental Planner, City of Greater Geelong
Bernie Cotter, Manager Environment Unit, City of Greater Geelong
Jane Ryan, Project Officer, Waterwatch Victoria
Tarnya Kruger, Catchment Education Officer, Dept. Natural Resources & Environment
Catherine Barnes, Education Officer, Corangamite Catchment Management Authority
Sue Longmore, Swan Bay Integrated Catchment Facilitator
Simone Groves, Education Officer, Barwon Regional Waste Management Group
Diane Tilley, Lecturer, Gordon Institute of TAFE
Kerry Sidaway, Environmental Curriculum Consultant, Department of Education
Sr. Gayle Connor, St Thomas Aquinas School, Norlane
Libby Bate, Lara Primary School, Lara
Deanna Hedley, Sacred Heart College, Newtown
Sue Longmore/Karl Mahr, Bellarine Secondary College
Funding The production of this manual was assisted by funding from:
Victorian Stormwater Action Programme (VSAP) Environment Protection Authority, Victoria
Copyright This manual has been produced as a resource for Waterwatch Co-ordinators, Waterwatch
Facilitators and teachers and may be reproduced and used for educational purposes. Acknowledgement
should be given to Waterwatch Victoria and City of Greater Geelong. Permission must be obtained to
reproduce the material in this manual for any other purposes.