4 Nov 2022 | How climate change is affecting flood planning & design | Dr. Conrad Wasko
Channel: HydroTerra Pty Ltd
Date: 2022-11-04

A recent review of the international flood guidance in response to climate change shows there has been significant progress in incorporating the impacts of climate change into engineering design. But what is the best way to consider the additional uncertainty due to climate change when estimating floods for planning and design purposes? And how do we design infrastructure to mitigate the risk of flooding? In this presentation a background to design flood estimation will be given and how climate change is affecting each of the components of the design flood. The Australia flood guidance will be presented in context with global efforts to plan for climate change. Finally recommendations for future guidance will be provided.


Join recognised water engineer Dr Conrad Wasko an ARC DECRA Fellow at the University of Melbourne, as he explores this topical area. Conrad has contributed to the current national guidelines on flood estimation and his current research focuses on understanding the effects of climate change on hydrology and extreme events.


HydroTerra's Richard Campbell will then present on the critical role of obtaining monitoring data pre design, and post construction and the latest monitoring technologies for consideration during design and planning for flood events.


Key learnings:
• Why the risk of flooding is not stationary
• What the latest science is telling us about non stationarity
• How uncertainty due to climate change could be considered when estimating floods


Who should attend:
• Consultants
• Wastewater management industry
• Regulators
• Natural Resource managers
• Landfill Operators
• Hydrogeologists
• Environmental scientists
• Environmental engineers
• Students of related fields