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The project provides valuable leadership to the stormwater industry and other Councils who can also adopt Kingston’s Master Plan approach.

Edithvale Recreation Reserve Stormwater Treatment System

Kingston Masterplan

Kingston City Council

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Project Overview

The City of Kingston, with support and funding from Melbourne Water’s Living Rivers Program, has developed a Masterplan to guide future capital works and private sector planning decisions that relate to stormwater treatment and reuse across the municipality.

The Masterplan aims to translate the Council’s aspirational stormwater quality targets into practical projects that can be prioritised based on ‘value for money’ and affordability. The Masterplan also aims to address concerns over the performance and longevity of privately built stormwater quality assets in Kingston. Using the Masterplan the City of Kingston can:

  • Prioritise the Council’s capital works program.
  • Take advantage of funding application opportunities by having concept plans, feasibility studies and cost estimates already completed.
  • Negotiate with developers to identify locations where contributions (in lieu of on-site works) can achieve significantly
    improved water quality outcomes.
  • Allocate public space and plan for the future installation of stormwater treatment & reuse assets

Key Messages

  • The Kingston Masterplan provides a clear methodology for prioritising and seeking funding for stormwater treatment projects.
  • The Masterplan identified cost effective stormwater harvesting project opportunities within Council reserves.
  • The in-lieu contributions scheme will improve Council’s position to seek private sector development contributions to help fund cost-effective regional opportunities (where they exist) in preference to the comparatively less cost effective approach that requires developers to treat their own stormwater on-site.
  • The project provides valuable leadership to the stormwater industry and other Councils who can also adopt Kingston’s Master Plan approach.

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Organisations

City of Kingston

Melbourne Water - Living Rivers Funding

Project Cost

N/A

Timeframe

2012 Development of a masterplan approach 

2014 Planning scheme investigations to support developer mechanisms

2017 Start of a two-year pilot project: off-site in-lieu stormwater mechanism

Contact

Emily Boucher | Principal Environment Officer, Kingston City Council

Acknowledgements

Melbourne Water’s Living Rivers Program contributed to the funding for this project.