Water Sensitive Urban Design (WSUD) embraces a range of measures that are designed to avoid, or at least minimise, the environmental impacts of urbanisation in terms of the demand for water and the potential pollution threat to natural water bodies.
The 'WSUD Guidelines' inform Council staff, developers and residents on how to apply WSUD principles to urban developments or local water reuse and treatment projects. This version of the City of Melbourne 'WSUD guidelines' is an update on the original document published in 2006.
Download a copy of the WSUD guidelines below. This is a large document that may take some time for users with dial up connection to download. The WSUD guidelines have also been divided into three sections:
Section one: Executive summary, contents, WSUD commitment
Water Sensitive Urban Design Guidelines – Part 1 – executive summary, contents, WSUD commitment (PDF, 1.07Mb) 
Section two: Getting WSUD on the ground
Water Sensitive Urban Design Guidelines – Part 2 – getting WSUD on the ground(PDF, 2.48Mb)
Section three: Case studies, fact sheets, WSUD glossary
Water Sensitive Urban Design Guidelines – Part 3 – case studies, fact sheets, WSUD glossary (PDF, 3.75Mb)
Please note this is a large file and may take some time to download.
Full guidelines
Water Sensitive Urban Design Guidelines (PDF 7.2Mb) 
Please note this is a large file and may take some time to download.
Water Sensitive Urban Design Guidelines (Text only, 2.37Mb)