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Project Team |
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Chris
Walsh - Project co-leader |
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Assoc. Prof.
Chris Walsh
is a principal research fellow in the Department of Resource Management and
Geography at the University of Melbourne. Chris is an international leader in
research on the effects of urbanization on the ecology of streams and rivers,
with over 30 scientific papers published on the topic. His determination to
restore Little Stringybark Creek arises from his 13 years of research on the
streams of Melbourne, funded largely by Melbourne Water. He led the
award-winning Cooperative Research Centre for Freshwater Ecology project,
'Urbanization and the Ecological Function of Streams', which demonstrated that
the most likely cause of the sad state of Melbourne's creeks and rivers is urban
stormwater runoff. One of the streams in that study was Little Stringybark
Creek, and it was considered the best candidate stream to test if retaining
stormwater on the land across a catchment will be enough to turn around the
degradation of urban streams that is observed in cities around the world. |
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Tim
Fletcher - Project co-leader |
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Dr. Tim
Fletcher is the Director of the Institute for Sustainable Water Resources at
Monash University. He is one of Australias leading experts
on stormwater management and Water Sensitive Urban Design.
Dr. Fletcher is an editor of a new book on Integrated Urban Water Management,
published by UNESCO in Paris. He is also an invited
professor at the National Institute of Applied Sciences in France.
Tim has extensive practical experience in design and implementation
of stormwater treatment systems. He has designed rain-gardens
for a number of municipalities around Melbourne, and has constructed and
monitored several rain-gardens |
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Darren
Bos - Project Coordinator (Stormwater Tender) |
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Darren is
employed fulltime as the project coordinator for Stormwater
Tender. He
is new to the issues of stormwater management and urban
creek health, but is learning fast and has developed a
strong commitment to restoring the health of Little Stringybark and other urban creeks. To this project Darren
brings extensive community engagement experience, especially
the administration of financial incentives and community
grant programs that are aimed at improving the health of our
environment. |
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Rhiannon
Birch - Research Assistant (Monitoring) |
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Rhiannon Birch is a full-time research assistant on the Little Stringybark Creek
Project and is based in the Department of Resource Management and Geography at
the University of Melbourne. Her research background covers freshwater ecology
and climatology, which has largely focused on the ecology of Victorian inland
rivers and streams and the water, carbon and energy balance in Victorias old
growth forests. She also has experience as a water consultant, having worked on
recycled water and stormwater harvesting projects in Melbourne as well as
contributing to water demand studies for local councils in urban and rural
Australia. Rhiannon hopes that her work on the Little Stringybark Creek Project
will contribute to stormwater research and to restoring the health of this
unique region of Melbourne. |
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Belinda Hatt -
Researcher |
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Dr Belinda Hatt is a lecturer in the Department of Civil Engineering
and the Institute for Sustainable Water Resources at Monash
University. She has worked as a researcher in the field of urban
water management since 2002 and her research interests are in the
areas of integrated urban water management, waterway processes, and
sustainability. Belinda has recently lead the development of a new,
industry-focused set of design and implementation guidelines for
stormwater biofiltration systems. She hopes to contribute to this
project by applying her skills and experience in stormwater
treatment technologies and stormwater harvesting in order to improve
the health of Little Stringybark Creek. |
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Matthew Burns -
PhD Candidate (Catchment Hydrology) |
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Matthew Burns is a PhD candidate at the Institute of Sustainable
Water Resources at Monash University. Matthew recently graduated
with a degree in environmental engineering and is nearing the
completion of post-graduate studies in river health management.
Matthews PhD research will focus on the hydrological aspects of
improving the health of Little Stringybark Creek. |
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Julia White -
PhD Candidate (Stream Ecology) |
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Julia White is currently undertaking a Phd in the Department of
Resource Management and Geography at the University of Melbourne.
Julia has received a Bachelor of Science with Honours in Biology
(Freshwater Ecology). Her undergraduate thesis explored the
ecological state (via diatom analysis) of several streams in the
east of Melbourne, including Little Stringybark Creek. Julia’s PhD
research aims to assess the ecological habitat and corresponding
macroinvertebrate community of Little Stringybark Creek, and she
hopes to provide results that will assist in improving the
ecological condition of the creek. |
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