WSUD inspection and maintenance guidelines

The Water sensitive urban design (WSUD) inspection and maintenance guidelines(PDF, 52MB) have been developed to assist private property owners and managers to effectively manage their WSUD systems.

These Guidelines include detail of the following 11 different WSUD device types and their functional components along with reference, inspection and maintenance sheets:

1. biofilters (also known as raingardens)

2. biofilter street tree pits

3. filter cartridges (click here(PDF, 222KB) for the Flow test report)

4. gross pollutant traps (GPTs)

5. on-site stormwater detention (OSD)

6. permeable paving

7. pit inserts

8. rainwater tanks, that store rainwater and make it available for reuse

9. temporary sediment basins

10. vegetated buffer strips and swales

11. wetlands.

We also have a Non-potable water reuse report, click here(PDF, 226KB) to access it. 

Sharing our inspection and maintenance guidelines

We can share editable versions of this document with other councils or entities for non-commercial purposes.

For an Adobe InDesign editable version of the document, please email wsud@blacktown.nsw.gov.au