Doing bioretention better with Dan Rhodes

Doing bioretention better with Dan Rhodes

From Ocean Protect Podcast by Ocean Protect

November 9, 2025 · 49 min · Season 7 · Episode 16

About this episode

Dan Rhodes discusses bioretention systems and their challenges in stormwater treatment.

Dan Rhodes is a Senior Water Engineer at Ocean Protect - and returns for his second appearance on the podcast, but his first since joining Ocean Protect. In this chat, Dan provides a few more insights from his previous career as a professional muso, before going deep on bioretention systems - one of the most widely used stormwater treatment assets within Australia and beyond. Dan gives his perspectives from auditing 500+ bioretention systems across Australia in the 'real world' - the high 'failure' rates, the causes of these failures, and how we can fundamentally do bioretention better. Useful links: Dan on LinkedIn ( here ) Filterra bioretention ( here ) " Dan Rhodes on Gross Pollutant Traps, dodgy designs, and how to achieve better stormwater treatment " (Ocean Protect Podcast, Season 7, Episode 6, here ) For further information about Ocean Protect, check us out at  www.oceanprotect.com.au Hosted on Acast. See acast.com/privacy for more information.

People in this episode

Host: Ocean Protect

Guest: Dan Rhodes

Topics covered

  • bioretention systems
  • stormwater treatment
  • water engineering
  • environmental science
  • failure rates
  • Australia

Keywords

  • bioretention
  • stormwater
  • Dan Rhodes
  • water engineering
  • failure rates
  • Australia
  • environment

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Organizations: Ocean Protect, Filterra, Ocean Protect Podcast

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