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Paul McAntee

Brisbane City Council

Australia

Where we have been We are here Where we want to be

A well designed city

Sustainablewater use

Healthy River& bay

Journey towards a Water Smart City

Water Supply City Sewered City Drained City Waterways City Water Cycle City Water Smart City

Adapted from the ‘Urban Water Management TransitionsFramework’ diagram (Brown et al, 2008)

Three City-wide Outcomes:

Key Performance Indicators:

A well designed city

Sustainablewater use

Healthy River& bay

Delivering a Water Smart City - Focus on continual improvement of allaspects of policy, planning and delivery of water management withinBrisbane.

Drivers:

1. Strategy direction

2. Program effectiveness

3. Project effectiveness

Creek Rehabilitation

Pollutant removal (WSUD)

(Refer pg 29 report)

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Nemira StreetN

NN

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Church RoadN

Rogers Parade

Hoffman Street

Trouts Road

Horn Road

Pick ‘N’ Pay

Zillmere Road

Aspley High

Longbill Place

Poplar Place

Gertrude Street

Boondall Wetlands

Gateway

Lemke Road

Roghan Road

Pineapple Street

Dorville Road

Rotary Park

Albany Creek Road

Beckett Road

Old Northern Road

Bill Brown

Telegraph Road

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Bank Protection A Very HighHabitatCorridorAestheticsShadeSub-surface Nitrogen RemovalSurface Water Filtering

B HighC ModerateD LowE Very Low

LEGENDWaterwaysAssessment SectionsSubcatchment Boundaries

1000 metresFlood AbatementRecreation

NA Waterway Piped or RZES Not Assessed

Creek Ranger Program

Local Waterway Health Assessment site

Kedron Brook Catchment overview

Kedron Brook's headwaters begin in Brisbane Forest Park in thewest, and flows east through the northern suburbs of Brisbane. Thewaterway flows past the airport via Schultz Canal and the KedronBrook Floodway to enter Moreton Bay between Nudgee Beach andEagle Farm.

Although the majority of the catchment is urban residential land,there are significant bushland and wetland areas, as well as smallpockets of industrial and agricultural area. Kedron Brook hassignificant amounts of parkland along the Brook with the KedronBrook Bikeway following the majority of the Brook's length.

Here are some initiatives that are happening in this catchmentto assist Council in achieving a Well designed city, Healthyriver and bay and Sustainable water use:

Gully reconstruction

Major drainage projects

Stormwater drainage rehabilitation

Catchment Creek Ranger Project

Local Waterway Health Assessment

Local Waterway Health Assessment Site###

The Local Waterway Health Assessment (LWHA) program hasbeen gathering data on the Ecological Health of Brisbane’s localwaterways since January 2006. The LWHA program collects dataaround water quality, in-stream health and creek corridor health.The data is collected at 48 sites around the site.

LWHA data for this site

Local Waterway Health Assessment Site###

How you can assist Council in improving the health

of our waterways

Transitioning to the WaterSensitive City: Historical, current and future transition states,

Image Adaptive Management Cycle - Marine and AtmosphericResearch: Management Strategy Evaluation