Advancing Urban Stormwater Quality Management in Australia: Survey Results of Stakeholder Perceptions of Institutional Drivers and Barriers

The National Urban Water Governance Program comprises a group of social science research
projects that are examining the changing governance of Australian urban water management. This interim data report is part of the first stage in a broader program of research aimed at
investigating and identifying the institutional factors most important for enabling Water Sensitive Australian Cities. While the analysis in this report is mostly descriptive, future reports will provide analysis that is more detailed.

Throughout 2006 and 2007, the Program focused on collecting various types of data from urban water professionals including online survey data (reported here), oral histories of the sector,
interviews and focus groups with contemporary urban water professionals and associated
stakeholders, industry and scientific literature reviews and project case studies.

This interim data report is one of two presenting the quantitative, online questionnaire survey
data, which focuses on understanding professional receptivity to urban stormwater quality
management. The other interim data report focuses on professional receptivity to diverse water
supplies and should be read in conjunction with this report. A summary report has also been
produced which presents a combination of the key findings from both interim data reports. Each
report is available online at the Program’s website: www.urbanwatergovernance.com.

The complete analysis of all the different types of data collected within each case study city will
be collated and presented in three case study reports (Brisbane, Melbourne and Perth), and will
culminate in one final comparative report on the Program’s institutional analysis across the three case study cities. These reports will be released throughout 2008.