Focus Area 6 - Sustainable management of water

We will:

• Endeavour to manage urban stormwater to meet the required standard;

• Require all new developments to meet current water sensitive urban design standards;

• Manage our own urban water responsibly and in times of drought in a way that delivers greatest economic and social benefit;

• Manage our own rural water responsibly and in times of drought with respect to other rural water users; 

• Manage our waste water responsibly;

• Play an important role in educating, advocating and responding to statutory requirements regarding sustainable water use and safe disposal of waste water;

• Support the community to adapt to land use change and water availability and security issues;

• Support partners in their various roles in water management (see Appendix 2); and

• Work with floodplain management partners to improve the flood resilience of the catchment’s people, infrastructure, land, water and biodiversity.

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