Ricci v Maroondah CC [2006] VCAT 2051
19 Highton Street, Ringwood East
This case addressed the appropriateness of rainwater tanks as a stormwater detention system. In overturning the City of Maroondah’s objection to the system that substituted rainwater tanks connected for flushing toilets and outdoor use for a conventional underground detention system, the tribunal accepted the modelling using the PURRS simulation model and the evidence of Professor Peter Coombes.
” In my view planning policies directed towards environmental sustainability, and the management of infrastructure, indicate that there should be a preference for rainwater tank ‘detention’ systems, because of their capacity to deliver additional environmental benefits. Indeed the usefulness of such systems for stormwater detention is secondary to their primary role in the more efficient useage of water.”
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