The History of AR&R
Version 1 - 1958 - Australian Rainfall and Runoff – first report of the Stormwater standards
Version 2 - 1977 - Australian Rainfall and Runoff – Flood Analysis and Design
Version 3 - 1987 - Australian Rainfall and Runoff – A Guide to Flood Estimation
Note: the 1987 edition was republished in book form in 1999? With only the chapter on the estimation of extreme to large floods updated
The 1977 version recognised that Australian Rainfall and Runoff had to be used as a guideline document and not as a ridged code of practice. The 1977 version recognised that previous editions use “as a code of practice has been abused” and that this can “lead to designs which are technologically inferior and economically unsound”
