Waterways and Catchment Management

Parramatta City Council has embarked on a program to manage and improve the natural environment, particularly in relation to water and drainage assets. The program aims to address the following issues:

• water quality and aquatic ecosystem health
• stormwater pollution
• flood mitigation and floodplain risk
• stream and riparian management
• biodiversity conservation
• recreation and foreshore use
• water conservation and water reuse

Works in Progress (June 2008)

• Ponds Subiaco Creek Waterways Rehabilitation Masterplan
• Evaluation of community uptake for Council's Rainwater Tank Program
• Parramatta River Foreshore Plan Review
• Floodplain Risk Management Plan for Terrys Creek and Eastwood town centre
• Floodplain Risk Management Plan for Duck River catchment
• Parramatta River Estuary Data Compilation Study
• Environmental Trust Grant - Sustaining the Parramatta River ($1.9M grant with 6 other councils) including the retrofit of Parramatta and Guildford town centres with water sensitive urban design
• Construction of fish passage ways (fish ladders) on four Parramatta River weirs and associated interpretative signage

Future Works

• Environmental Trust Grant - Sustainable Water Management in the Duck River catchment ($1.8M grant with Auburn and Bankstown Councils) including liaison with Sydney Water on the use of recycled effluent for irrigation of open space
• Parramatta sea wall restoration Stage 2
• Water Safety Plan for Lake Parramatta
• Review of Waterways Improvement Program for a further 4 years (2009/10 - 2012/13)
• 2008/09 Program of works including ongoing: catchment modelling, flood mitigation and floodplain risk planning, drainage construction, waterways maintenance and rehabilitation, water quality improvement assets and aquatic monitoring