Publication Date

6-2002

Series Number

Miscellaneous Publication 14/2002

Publisher

Agriculture Western Australia

City

Perth

ISSN

1326-4168

Abstract

Perth, its suburbs and adjacent semi rural and rural areas are part of the Swan-Canning catchment. Ona broad scale the Swan and Canning Rivers are part of a large drainage system that collects and drains water from across the catchment via a myriad of small channels, creeks, brooks and drains which, working together, concentrates the flow into a single water body, the Swan-Canning Estuary. This drainage system collects water both from the surface of the land and also from water, which seeps beneath the surface and moves underground.

The water may contain a considerable variety of potential pollutants, such as nutrients and pesticides, that find their way to streams, rivers, lakes, wetlands and groundwater areas. Much of what we do as individuals in our houses or on our properties will eventually be reflected in the condition of streams and rivers, wetlands and lakes and in the water we use.

Many factors contribute to the deteriorating condition of waterways in the Swan and Canning catchments.A visible sign of this deterioration is the algal blooms seen in the Swan and Canning rivers over spring and summer. In 1994, the State Government established a task force to develop a plan of action to reduce algal blooms in the Swan and Canning Rivers and Estuary. In 1999, after a period of information gathering, analysis, planning and community input, the Swan Canning Cleanup Program Action Plan was launched. A key recommendation of the Action Plan is the ‘Property Planning Project’ managed by the Department of Agriculture.

The Swan and Canning catchments contain over 10,000 properties larger than two hectares on which a vast range of activities takes place. Some enjoy the lifestyle of simply living on a ‘bush block’ while, at the other end of the spectrum, others make a living from a commercial enterprise.

Regardless of the size and use of your property, the concept and key principles of property planning can benefit you, your neighbours, the area in which you live and the environment which we all share.

This manual is one of the resources provided to help you prepare a property plan to improve your property and to minimise your impact on your land and the wider catchment.

Number of Pages

118

Keywords

Swan-Canning Catchment, Waterways, River, Western Australia, Property management

Disciplines

Agricultural Science | Environmental Health and Protection | Environmental Indicators and Impact Assessment | Environmental Monitoring | Hydrology | Natural Resources Management and Policy | Soil Science

Comments

Sections of the manual have been reproduced from the “Land is in Your Hands’, Miscellanous Publication 58/99 Department of Agriculture 1999.

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