WSAA Urban Water ResourcePlanning Framework

Why do we need a new Framework?

“Life’s like a box of chocolates, you never know what you’re going to get”

'Dear Melbourne Water, give me back my

money'

‘It’s out with the old and in with the new’

Decide Advise Defend

CollaborateEngage

Empower

Silos

One option

Consultation

Passive customers and communities

Integrated planning teams

Portfolio of options

Long term engagement

Active customers and communities

‘The past’ ‘The future’

The purpose of this frameworkA framework for the urban water sector that synthesises existing approaches and builds resilience

Outlines new/emergent planning paradigms

Provides a basis to demonstrate best practice

Allows for the organisation of tools and approaches

Supports industry benchmarking

Supports utility continuous improvement We need to improve the transparency of

planning to build trust and maintain the social

licence to operate

Agree on a long-term planning strategy with clear augmentation options to maintain level of service objectives.

Discuss the willingness to pay for this augmentation with the community or accept a lower level of service

Investigate augmentation options and apply triple bottom line assessment to determine best options

Undertake sensitivity analyses to determine likely range of time to augmentation

Determine time to augmentation

Determine desirable level of service objectives

Level of serviceDetermine current level of service using an appropriate water resources model

Identify quantitative and qualitative consequences of restrictions and shortfalls

Defining an approach to planning

Influencing the broader operating environment

Stakeholder and community engagement strategies

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Liveability Commercial agility

Stewardship

TrendsShocks

Scenarios

Adaptive implementation, monitoring and evaluation

Funding models

The new urban water

resource planning

framework

Influencing the strategic environment

Change is happening faster and requires a nimble response

• Monitor and adapt to changes in the strategic environment

• Support decision makers with data and knowledge

• Be more active in public policy formulation

• Establish and maintain a dialogue with customers and communities on the role of water in society

Broadening the vision

LiveabilityA liveable city, town or region, adopts sustainability as a foundation and also explicitly addresses the values and preferences of its communities for amenity, well being and a sense of place

Plan, implement, adapt and review

Headline elements of planning cycle remain in place…..

But we engage with communities and

stakeholders,

and

we integrate our planning with land use planning

to build resilient water services through a matrix of options at a variety of

scales to create an urban water system

The six steps of planning,

implementing, adapting and

reviewing

‘It’s out with the old and in with the new’

Decide Advise Defend

CollaborateEngage

Empower

Silos

One option

Consultation

Passive customers and communities

Integrated planning teams

Portfolio of options

Long term engagement

Active customers and communities

‘The past’ ‘The future’

•Questions?