Marrickville Council is encouraging everyone in the Eastern Channel North Subcatchment to get involved in creating a water-sensitive community and they would like community input.

Water sensitive communities create places that are “resilient, liveable, productive and sustainable. They efficiently use the diversity of water resources available within towns and cities; enhance and protect the health of urban waterways and wetlands; and mitigate against flood risk and damage. They also create public spaces that harvest, clean and recycle water, increase biodiversity and reduce urban heat island effects.”

Newington College falls within this catchment, one of seven in the Marrickville Valley. They are inviting people who live and work in the area to join in by participating in a vision workshop in April and/or attending the community forum in June. If you are a local resident or would like to find out more, their website has a very clear outline of their plans for ensuring water safety and sustainability in the Cooks River area. Find out more.

To see the Water Sensitive Community strategy, please click here.