Ashburton Stormwater Modelling - The Gumboot Test

This paper discusses the success of the Ashburton stormwater model development, how the process has led to many benefits not immediately obvious and how it has been used to inform council decision making and long term asset management. Key to this was the ‘hands on’ approach taken by the team and the utilization of easy to interpret visual outputs. This enabled immediate buy in from the councilors allowing staff to move quickly to using the model for long term stormwater management planning.