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Business View Australia - January-February 2016 71

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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.