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The project has another important
role. It serves to remove unwanted ni-
trogen and phosphorus from the wa-
ter flowing into the Swan River. This is
essential as the Bayswater catchment
is one of the biggest in metropolitan
Perth.
The City has teamed upwith a number
of other organisations and taken sev-
eral initiatives to bring about improve-
ments in the water that is discharged
into the Swan River. To achieve this, it
is actively working with the Swan River
Trust, Water Corporation, CSIRO and
the Department of Water.
In addition, the Bayswater Brook Ac-
tion Plan and the Bayswater Drainage
Implementation Strategy play a crucial
role in maintaining the quality of the
water that enters the Swan River.
A target has been set to reduce the
level of nutrients from the catchment
by 30%, which is equal to 2.87 tonnes
of nitrogen and 280 kilograms of phos-
phorus.
Speaking about the project, Mayor
Barry McKenna said, “The City’s com-
mitment to promoting a sustainable en-
vironment was very much in evidence,
with the revitalisation of the Eric Sin-
gleton Bird Sanctuary. This was a $3
million project undertaken in partner-
ship with the Swan River Trust and it
delivered many benefits for this artifi-
cial wetland.
“These include improving habitat,
and the diversity of birds and native
flora and fauna. The project will also
reduce the level of pollutants entering
the Swan River.”
Strong implementation
skills
The City of Bayswater has partnered
with different levels of government to
finance its projects. They have been
successful in obtaining grants from
the state and federal government and
this has enabled the City to take up
and complete several projects that de-
liver great benefit to the community.
The City also follows a practice of in-
volving local residents in deciding on
the projects that it takes up and the
scope of the work that it carries out.
These qualities, along with extreme-
ly strong implementation skills, have
contributed to making the City of Bay-
swater a very well administered and
capable local government authority.