10.4122/1.1000001579
Cuming, P.
P.
Cuming
Bragg, E.
E.
Bragg
Mashiah, G.
G.
Mashiah
Morrison, D.
D.
Morrison
Spencer, J.
J.
Spencer
"Dealing with our own sewage" - A community decision making process for developing sewage management strategies
DTU Library, Technical University of Denmark (DTU)
2005
Conference presentation
Community consultation
community involvement
sewage strategies
Sustainable Futures Australia
Council, Clarence Valley
Clarence Valley
Council
2005
en
10.4122/1.1000001580
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\342\200\230Dealing With Our Own Sewage\342\200\231 (DWOOS) is an innovative model for community participation and decision-making created and refined through the process of developing sewage management strategies in New South Wales, Australia. The DWOOS process comprises three key components: Community Consultative Committee and Participation Process; Communication Strategy and Skilling Processes including Creative Media, Consultants Brief for Investigation of Management Options and Consultant's Report; and Options Evaluation Kit and Decision-Making Process. The power and ongoing success of this process lies in the fact that it deals with community and interpersonal issues, in conjunction with the specific technical issues concerning sewage management per se. It is based on cooperatively identifying and dealing with environmental, social, economic and technical issues in a comprehensive and integrated manner. Although the DWOOS model was developed to deal with sewage management issues, it has far wider application for resource and major service infrastructure projects.