Water catchment areas can be broken up into smaller areas known as subcatchments where all the rain falling in the local area flows to the same waterway at the same point. Council is developing plans for the subcatchments in the Inner West based on stormwater drainage.
How we do the planning
Inner West Council works with communities to collaboratively develop 10-year subcatchment plans for actions to improve ecological sustainability in their neighbourhoods.
To develop these plans, Council:
- Works with the local people and other land owners and managers
- Involves experts from a range of relevant disciplines
- Considers the character of the neighbourhood and its needs
The subcatchment plans will identify potential projects and on-grounds works. This will include reducing hard surfaces and building rain gardens to reduce stormwater pollutants, planting local native plants to increase biodiversity and making streets cooler on hot days with green places and more trees.
Eastern Channel Subcatchment in Tempe
The Eastern Channel Subcatchment Management Plan was finalised in May 2020.
The place-based plan sets out a community vision for 2070, short and long-term goals and an action plan for the next ten years. It was collaboratively developed with the following stakeholders throughout 2019:
- Local residents
- Betty Spears Child Care Centre staff, parents and children
- Tempe Public School staff, parents and students
- Tempe High School staff, parents and students
- Sydney Water
- Transport for NSW
- Cooks River Alliance
- River Canoe Club
Subcatchment Management Plan 2020 (PDF, 4.21MB)
For background information, have a look at the Eastern Channel Sub Catchment Planning booklet (PDF, 9.88MB), which includes social and biophysical information on this area.
Subcatchment plans already developed
The following Subcatchment Management Plans have already been developed:
- Illawarra Road Subcatchment (PDF, 4.14MB) (2006)
- Tennyson Street Subcatchment (PDF, 6.83MB) (2009)
- Riverside Crescent Subcatchment (PDF, 6.42MB) (2010)
- Eastern Channel East Subcatchment (PDF, 4.10MB)(2011)
- Eastern Channel North Subcatchment (PDF, 3.40MB) (2013)
- Western Channel Subcatchment (PDF, 9.88MB)(2014)