Thursday 15 October 2026 | 7:00PM - 9:00PM Deception Bay Environmental Hub 7 Joseph Crescent Deception Bay QLD 4508
Estate development construction mobilizes multiple pollutants. The environmental risk begins well before houses are built and later occupied.
Clearing vegetation, grading, excavating, straightening channels, stockpiling soil, installing roads and services, dewatering trenches, pouring concrete combined with more frequent, more extreme weather events carries sediment, debris, chemicals and other construction materials into storm sewers and adjacent waterways and coastal waters.
Impervious surfaces such as roads and footpaths reduce infiltration and increase runoff. Adjacent urban creeks consequently receive more frequent, larger, and shorter-duration peak flows, along with sediment, metals, concrete, oil and grease.
Queensland Government guidance emphasizes best practice, water-sensitive urban design, gross-pollutant capture and measurable downstream outcomes and adaptive corrective action.
PRESENTER
Kel Sanson is a Senior Environmental Consultant and Erosion Sediment Control Management professional, who regularly delivers a two-day course covering all aspects of environmental management on construction projects.
NOTE: THIS EVENT IS ALSO AVAILABLE ONLINE.
Register and the Microsoft Teams meeting link to join online will be provided in your 'Registration Confirmation' email.
