Catchment Management Plan - Hunter Water

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Table of contentsMessage from the Managing Director 3Executive Summary 4Part 1: Introduction 61.1 Document Purpose 61.2 Overview of Hunter Water 61.3 The Australian Drinking Water Guidelines 71.4 The need to manage drinking water catchments 71.5 The strength of the barriers in Hunter Water’s catchments 71.6 Catchment management and climate change 8Part 2: Our drinking water catchments 102.0 Introduction 102.1 The region’s heritage 102.2 The broad risks to water quality in catchments 112.3 A snapshot of Hunter Water’s catchments and water quality 122.4 The Williams River Catchment 132.5 Chichester Dam 152.6 Grahamstown Dam 162.7 Tomago Sandbeds 182.8 Tomaree (Nelson Bay) Sandbeds 202.9 Stockton Sandbeds 212.10 Paterson and Allyn Rivers 22Part 3: The eight element strategic plan 233.0 Introduction 233.1 Element 1: Identify the top hazards 243.2 Element 2: Have effective legislation 293.3 Element 3: Work with stakeholders 313.4 Element 4: Monitor high risk areas 343.5 Element 5: Foster research 363.6 Element 6: Perform proactive surveillance 373.7 Element 7: Engage the community 393.8 Element 8: Plan for emergencies (fire) 40Achievements: 2009-10 at a glance 54References 55Appendices 56A. Land Management Implementation Plans 2010-2012 56B. Items to observe during inspection and surveillance programs 69C. Demonstration catchment inspection template - Williamtown RAAF Base 70D. Chemical Cleanout at Dungog, 2010 72E. The Land newspaper advertisement - catchments 73F. Posters of catchments for use at public events 74G. Graphic used to illustrate drinking water catchments 75CATCHMENT MANAGEMENT PLAN . ssS . 001 . JUNE20102
Message from the Managing DirectorThe quality of water in our catchments is important to all members of our society. To date, maintenance ofhealthy catchments has been fundamental to Hunter Water’s provision of safe, highly reliable drinking waterto the lower Hunter. In addition to the provision of safe drinking water, Hunter Water’s catchment managementeffort achieves multiple benefits such as improved habitat and lifestyle benefits through improved amenity.Managing our catchments well is a key part of creating Sustainable Cities of the Future and hence HunterWater sees this as ‘mission critical’.Over the last few years Hunter Water has begun the implementation of the Australian Drinking WaterGuidelines Framework for Management of Drinking Water Quality to effectively manage risks to drinkingwater quality from catchment to taps. This has provided an opportunity to review our approach to catchmentmanagement and renew our strategy in this area. We have used the Framework to develop an overarchingaction plan to better understand and manage risks, thereby safeguarding water quality and catchmenthealth. At the same time we will continue to leverage our activities to achieve multiple outcomes for thecommunity and environment.I am pleased to release the first Hunter Water Catchment Management Plan, a long term and systematicwater quality improvement plan for the drinking water catchments and water sources of the lower Hunter.This plan provides clear priorities to better protect our catchments and ultimately will enable more effectivecollaboration with all catchment stakeholders.Please join us in building a sustainable urban water future.Kevin YoungManaging DirectorHunter Water CorporationCATCHMENT MANAGEMENT PLAN . ssS . 001 . JUNE20103
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