Since Daniel Rider’s last appearance on the Ocean Protect podcast in 2022, he has made the swap from Blacktown City Council to Ocean Protect - to become Ocean Protect's Water Sensitive Urban Design (WSUD) Specialist. In this new role, he is currently leading the development of the WSUD Maintenance Compliance Framework to help councils across Australia improve stormwater management. In this chat, we talk about all things to do with the WSUD Maintenance Compliance Framework, such as the benefits to the communities and the environment, what the project is, who has been involved, the challenges councils are facing, and the very important question of whether it is illegal not to maintain WSUD assets.

Useful links:

• Daniel on Linkedin (here)
• More on the WSUD Maintenance Compliance Framework (here)
• Ocean Protect webinar “Beneath the surface of the WSUD Maintenance Compliance Framework” (May 2024) (here)
• Previous podcast episode with Daniel (here)

For further information about Ocean Protect, check us out at www.oceanprotect.com.au

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Associate Professor Mathieu Pernice is Deputy Director of the Climate Change Cluster at the University of Technology Sydney, where he also co-leads two research teams in Algal Biotechnology and Seagrass. He is an expert in climate change and sustainability, and has over 15 years of experience in technology transfer from University to Industry more particularly in Environmental Impact assessment, Aquaculture, Food and Biotechnology. In this chat, we chat about the incredible potential for algae, and how science and biotechnology is helping to make this potential a reality.

Links:

• Mathieu on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/mathieu-pernice-775b9aa7/
• Mathieu at UTS: https://profiles.uts.edu.au/Mathieu.Pernice
• Fabris et al, 2020, Emerging Technologies in Algal Biotechnology: Toward the Establishment of a Sustainable, Algae-Based Bioeconomy, Frontiers in Plant Science, https://www.frontiersin.org/articles/10.3389/fpls.2020.00279/full
• Ralph et al, 2023, Save the planet with green industries using algae, PLOS Biology, https://pubmed.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/36972294/

For further information about Ocean Protect, check us out at www.oceanprotect.com.au

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Murray Powell is "Mr Stormwater" - with over 30 years experience in protecting our oceans and waterways from stormwater pollution. Murray is Managing Director of Optimal Stormwater, Vice President of Stormwater NSW - and brings an enormous amount of passion and experience (and a very yellow jacket) to the stormwater industry and beyond. In this chat, we get Murray's insights on stormwater pollution, gross pollutant traps, wetlands, bioretention and what the stormwater industry is doing well and where improvements are necessary.

Links:

• Murray on LinkedIn: https://www.linkedin.com/in/murray-powell-22139919/
• Optimal Stormwater: http://www.optimalstormwater.com.au/
• Stormwater NSW: https://stormwaternsw.asn.au/

For further information about Ocean Protect, check us out at www.oceanprotect.com.au

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