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Sustainable Water Management Plan 2018-2023 November 2021
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Contents
Introduction 4
Water issues in the City of Kwinana 6
Corporate water use 8
Community education and engagement 11
Progress to date 11
Water management goals 12
Implementation plan 13
Water management actions
within other plans 16
Monitoring and review 22
References 23
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Introduction STRATEGIC CONTEXT
The City of Kwinana Strategic Community Plan 2021-2031 was developed in consultation with
the community and this is the overarching document that guides the City of Kwinana’s priorities.
BACKGROUND PURPOSE Outcomes and objectives directly relevant to the Sustainable Water Management Plan are as
follows:
Water is an essential resource for human The City of Kwinana (the City) recognises
and other life, yet our water resources and its responsibility to lead and support our Our Outcomes Our Strategic Objectives
systems are under increasing pressure from community to manage water in a way that 1. A naturally beautiful environment that is 1.2 Maintain and enhance our beautiful,
population growth and climate change. These considers the future. The City will continue enhanced and protected natural environment through sustainable
dual pressures are reducing water availability, to demonstrate and further improve our protection and conservation
increasing flood risk and degrading wetland, good corporate water practice. The City 3. Infrastructure and services that are 3.1 Develop quality, affordable infrastructure
also known as blue-green, environments. will also provide education and tools to our affordable and contribute to health and and service designed to improve the
residents, community groups and businesses wellbeing health and wellbeing of our community
Local governments exist to serve the local to assist them to better understand their
community, and have a responsibility to relationship with water and improve their 3.3 Maintain infrastructure, playgrounds,
manage water systems to meet these own water efficiency. This will help to build parks and reserves to a high standard
challenges in an environmentally responsible our community’s resilience to future impacts through sustainable asset maintenance
way while at the same time, enhancing on water availability and other water-related and renewal
the liveability and resilience of their area. issues. This Sustainable Water Management
This approach has been encapsulated in Plan 2018-2023 (the Plan) describes how the
the term “Water Sensitive Cities” (CRC for Other City strategic documents that relate to Waterwise Councils Program
City will achieve this. this Plan:
Water Sensitive Cities, 2018). This concept
encompasses water management in all parts • Climate Change Plan 2021-2026 The City participates in the Waterwise
of the water cycle as they are closely related Council Program administered by the Water
and interconnected. A Water Sensitive City • Irrigation Development Guidelines 2019 Corporation and the Department of Water
considers the following: • Landscape Development Guidelines 2020 and Environmental Regulation. This program
is aligned with the Water Sensitive Cities
• Stormwater quality treatment; • Policy – Street Trees and Verge Treatments approach and Councils must report on each of
• Reducing scheme and groundwater use; • Local Planning Policy No. 1 – Landscape the seven goals.
• Reuse of alternative water sources such as Feature and Tree Retention
The City has participated in this program for
wastewater; • Local Planning Policy No. 2 – Streetscapes the past 10 years, and has been endorsed
• Protection of waterway health; • Policy – Green Building – New and as a Gold Waterwise Council for the past
Renovated Council Buildings 2018 four years. Re-endorsement in the program
• Reducing urban heat; and requires councils to develop and maintain
• Mitigating flood risk. • Groundwater Operating Strategy 2019 infrastructure and practices that ensure water
• Environmental Education Strategy 2019- is utilised efficiently, and that water existing
2024 throughout the landscape is considered
holistically and sustainably. The City submitted
• Policy – Public Open Space
a new Waterwise Council Action Plan in 2021
• Integrated Mosquito and Midge that set a series of actions that will be reported
Management Plan against annually for the next five years. The
criteria for the Waterwise Council program
• Waste Plan 2021-2025
have been incorporated into this plan, either
• Waste Education Plan 2021-2025 explicitly or within other actions.
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Waterwise Perth Action Plan water catchments. Due to the reduction A number of wetlands exist throughout the Water Sensitive Urban Design in new
in annual rainfall, alongside an increase City of Kwinana, some of which are City- developments is informed by Better Urban
The Government of Western Australia released in average temperatures over time that managed, however there are also wetlands Water Management (WAPC and Department
its Waterwise Perth Action Plan in 2019. This increased evaporation rates, dams now only situated on Crown land and private properties. of Planning and Infrastructure 2008).
Plan set out a vision to work towards Perth supply 15% of Perth’s scheme water, with Wetlands are important ecological assets that This document provides guidance on the
becoming a Waterwise City by 2030. Targets the largest source now being from rainfall require conservation and protection; they implementation of State Planning Policy 2.9
set by the Waterwise Perth Action Plan that are independent desalination using sea water also function as biological filters, treating Water Resources (Government of WA, 2006). It
relevant to the City of Kwinana’s operations (Water Corporation, 2020). Unfortunately, stormwater and attenuating floods. Due to is also supported by Liveable Neighbourhoods
and community are: desalination is a very energy-intensive and their high importance, wetlands are protected under Objective 6 – Ensure that water is
costly method for sourcing water. These high under the Environmental Protection Act 1986 protected and managed to maximise efficiency
• An average residential water use of 110kL/ energy requirements contribute to greenhouse (WA), which prohibits the clearing or damage by incorporation of urban water management
capita. For comparison, Perth’s current emissions unless they come from renewable of vegetation in and around them. The City techniques into the urban design (Department
average is 126kL/capita, while the City of sources, further impacting climate change and actively manages and rehabilitates wetlands of Planning, 2015).
Kwinana residents used 76.61kL/capita in subsequent water availability challenges. on its own land to enhance their ecological
2020-2021 health and function.
The availability of groundwater is declining LITTER
• 10% less groundwater is to be used across due to a combination of lower recharge rates Wetlands, waterways and other natural areas
the region by 2030 than 2019 levels. from decreasing rainfall plus an increasing can be negatively impacted by weeds, litter, In the development of this Plan, litter was
• 100% of irrigated POS is audited and demand to utilise this resource, driven by illegally dumped materials, unauthorised identified as a priority water issue. Illegal
adopting waterwise management practices. rapid population growth. Many aquifers have access, feral or domestic animals, pollutants dumping, litter from building sites and general
now reached their licensed abstraction limits or nutrients carried by stormwater or public place litter can all make their way into
Through the City’s continuing involvement in reserves and wetlands and eventually into
in certain areas and many new subdivisions groundwater, and sediment.
the Waterwise Councils Program, the above local waterways and the ocean. Plastic litter
are refused a new groundwater allocation by
targets will be addressed. The above impacts can cause a range of in particular never biodegrades, and when
the Department of Water and Environmental
Regulation (Department of Water, 2009). problems, for example; washed into waterways animals commonly
mistake it for food or become entangled
Water issues in the This reduction in both scheme and
groundwater availability means we will no
• Sediment, litter and other dumped
materials can smother vegetation, (Australian Marine Conservation Society,
2018). The City has the opportunity to address
introduce toxic pollutants and block
City of Kwinana longer be able to enjoy the easy access to
cheap water for our pools, parks and gardens stormwater infrastructure. illegal dumping and building site management
through local laws and compliance as well as
that had been taken for granted in the past. • Excess nutrients can build up in water adapting stormwater infrastructure to collect
When considering the best course of action, it We must adapt and innovate if we are to bodies causing algal blooms (Department litter.
is important to assess what the major water maintain our community facilities to a level the of Water 2004).
issues and priorities for the City are. These are community expects.
described below.
This is particularly relevant to the irrigation
of the City’s parks and gardens which rely on URBAN STORMWATER MANAGEMENT
WATER AVAILABILITY groundwater for irrigation. The City also owns
a large number of buildings and facilities that
The City has an opportunity to prevent
Australia’s climate is on average 1.4+/- 0.24oC use scheme water including the Recquatic and
the transport of pollutants, nutrients and
warmer now than when national temperature Kwinana Adventure Park. There are continued
sediment by installing treatment measures in
records first began in 1910. In the southwest opportunities to reduce water use in these
our existing stormwater infrastructure and by
of Australia, annual rainfall has declined by facilities through retrofits and improvements
implementing Water Sensitive Urban Design
approximately 16% since 1970, with the largest to leak detection.
in our new developments. This approach
reduction in rainfall of 20% occurring between
uses urban planning and design to attenuate
May and July (Bureau of Meteorology, 2020).
WATER ACROSS THE LANDSCAPE stormwater high in the landscape, stopping it
Under all projected climate change scenarios,
from picking up pollutants and reaching our
these trends will continue, and will worsen
The City of Kwinana is situated within the Peel- waterways (Melbourne Water, 2018).
over time (CSIRO, 2020).
Harvey Catchment, through which the Peel
This can be achieved by reducing the amount
Major adaptations to climate change Main Drain passes and eventually terminates
of piped stormwater infrastructure and
have already had to be made in the at the Peel-Harvey estuary, an important
infiltrating and treating rain higher in the
Perth metropolitan area by the scheme natural environment that experiences many
catchment with swales, raingardens, rainwater
water supplier, Water Corporation. Water water quality issues. Particular care should
tanks, gross pollutant traps, street trees and
Corporation has had to diversify its water be taken with development in this area to
sediment ponds. It also involves restoring
sources due to changes in rainfall over time. minimise nutrient export in accordance with
wetland habitats to improve their ability to
During the 1980s, 65% of Perth’s water State Planning Policy 2.1 Peel Harvey Coastal
filter stormwater.
came from storage dams linked to surface Plain Catchment (WAPC, 2003).
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Corporate water use Figure B: Top 10 scheme water consuming sites
Top 10 scheme water using sites 2020-2021 (kL)
The City’s corporate water use data is presented below. This data allows the City to track its Recquatic Centre
water usage performance and help identify priority areas for action.
Banksia Gardens - Retirement village
SCHEME WATER Callistemon Court - Retirement village
Operations Depot
Figure A: Scheme water use water use
Scheme Darius Wells Library and Resource Centre
40,000 Kwinana Adventure Playground
Sloan's Cottage
35,000
Thomas Kelly Oval
30,000 Administation Centre
Water use (kL)
25,000 Chisham Oval
0 2,000 4,000 6,000 8,000 10,000
20,000
Scheme water use (kL)
15,000
10,000
Figure B above shows the top 10 consuming sites during 2020-2021. These sites represent 87%
5,000 of the City’s total scheme water use for that year. Water use will be monitored closely for these
accounts, and they will be prioritised for any water efficiency upgrade works.
0
2016-2017 2017-2018 2018-2019 2019-2020 2020-2021
GROUNDWATER
Financial year
Figure C: Groundwater usage compared to licence allocation
Figure A indicates the City’s total scheme water consumption over the past five years. During this
time consumption has varied from around 33,000kL to 40,000kL per annum. Water use varies
naturally due to weather conditions, user behaviour and leaks.
Actual groundwater usage compared to licensed allocation
In 2016-2017 the Kwinana Recquatic re-opened following a refurbishment and the Kwinana
Adventure Park opened for the first time, which includes a Splash Pad. An anticipated increase in 150,0000
consumption occurred the following year as the Adventure Park only opened part way through
the 2016-2017 financial year. Water efficiency measures were implemented with the majority
taking effect in 2015-2016 and 2016-2017. The cost of water has also increased over this time, 120,0000
from $1.33 to $2.65 per kilolitre, with the City currently spending approximately $90,000 on
Volume of water (kL)
scheme water each year.
90,0000
Usage total
60,0000 Allocation total
30,0000
0
2016-2017 2017-2018 2018-2019 2019-2020 2020-2021
Financial year
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Figure C displays the City’s actual groundwater
usage compared to the City’s licensed
The groundwater efficiency measures that
have been implemented to-date include: Community Switched on Businesses, Competitions
such as the Young Reinventor of the Year
education and
allocation amount for the past 5 years. There program as well as other grant funded
is an increasing trend in total usage during • Centralised irrigation control, which allows projects.
this time, however, the City has remained for detailed water budgeting based on
well within its licensed allocation. Over time,
as the City’s residential population grows and
the quality of turf or garden required and
seasonal conditions, enables centralised engagement • Participation in Clean Up Australia Day and
various other litter clean up days each year,
deactivation of systems in response to which aim, in part, to reduce the amount of
more houses are built, the City acquires more
heavy rains, and also reduces water use The City can also play a role in educating the litter that ends up in wetlands, waterways
public open space to manage and irrigate. This
during infield testing and repairs due community about water conservation and and the ocean.
is reflected in the increases over time to the
licensed allocation amount. In addition, over to mobile activation and de-activation quality issues by delivering education and The City’s Environmental Education Strategy
the past few years, the City has also taken on capability. 88% of the City’s bores are now engagement programs. Existing initiatives 2019-2024 was developed by the City in
the management of more sports playing fields. centrally controlled. include: 2018 and incorporates broad sustainability,
These turf surfaces require significantly more • Updated the City of Kwinana Irrigation environmental and water education aspects. It
• Living Green Program - This program
water to maintain at the high levels of amenity Development Guidelines in 2019 to guide is currently under its mid-cycle review.
includes environmental, sustainability and
required, compared to turf areas utilised for new developments to ensure irrigation waste initiatives and is held between May
passive recreation. systems that are handed over to the City and July each year. Living Green provides
Extensive groundwater efficiency works
are water efficient and compatible with the
City’s systems.
our community with opportunities to
get involved in local planting days to
Progress to date
had been undertaken as part of the City’s
Groundwater Strategy (previous version 2014- • Replacement of poorly performing help revegetate natural area reserves
In 2018 the City of Kwinana adopted its second
2019, updated version released in 2019). The irrigation systems at Calista Oval, the and encourages residents to plant their
Sustainable Water Management Plan (City of
majority of this work had been completed by Administration Centre, Rhodes Park and own local native waterwise gardens by
Kwinana, 2018) to outline how the City would
the commencement of this Plan revision in Apex Park. The efficiency performance offering subsidised local native seedlings
move towards becoming a Water Sensitive
2021, and as predicted at the time, the rate of of the remainder of the City’s in-field through the City’s popular Seedling Subsidy
City. The Plan underwent a mid-cycle review
improvement in water efficiency has slowed irrigation infrastructure is considered Scheme. Planting endemic species in home
in 2021, resulting in this document. Details on
down since then. Any further improvement appropriate and, therefore, no notable gardens drastically reduces the need for
the review methodology are outlined in the
in groundwater and irrigation-related water water efficiency improvements are irrigation, as these plants don’t usually
Monitoring and Review section.
efficiency is largely reliant on further advances anticipated to be achieved through further require ongoing watering once they are
in technology and best practice. system replacements in the foreseeable established. In 2021, Living Green was The 2021 mid-cycle review found that actions
future. launched with a screening of the ‘2040’ achieved to date from the original Sustainable
film, showcasing inspiring, currently Water Management Plan 2018-2023 include:
available solutions to mitigate against
climate change and its associated impacts • Gold Waterwise Council endorsement
on water availability. Local environmental retained
community groups also attended to talk to • Awarded Gold Waterwise Aquatic Centre
attendees about the great work they do, endorsement
and encourage community participation.
• Updated the City’s Irrigation Development
• Living Smart Sustainable Living Courses Guidelines (2019)
– a seven-week sustainable living course
• Continued to update old bore controller
for residents has been delivered annually
systems to an SDS compatible centralised
for the past 6 years. This course includes
control system
sessions on home water efficiency and
water efficient gardening. • Gross pollutant trapping drainage nets
(litter socks) were successfully trialled
• Switch Your Thinking – The City subscribes
to collect and prevent litter and organic
to the Switch Your Thinking Program, a
debris from entering sensitive natural
regional organisation of Councils that
environments. The City now has a total
delivers sustainability programs to the
of five drainage nets installed and
public. As part of this the City receives
operational.
public education workshops, access to the
Rewards for Residents and Rewards for • Continued to participate in Clean Up
Businesses program featuring discounts on Australia Day and other litter clean up
sustainability-related products and services events at City natural area reserves and
that assist the community to improve their beaches
energy and water efficiency, recognition
programs like Switched on Schools and
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• Continued to run an annual seven-week
sustainable behaviour change course for Water SCHEME WATER COMMUNITY WATER MANAGEMENT GOALS
management goals
residents Target: To maintain scheme water use • Improve our community’s awareness and
• Continued to participate in the Switch within 5% of 2016-2017 levels until 2023 understanding of water, encouraging them
Your Thinking environmental education to value it both at home and across the
program, running workshops on The City set an intention to work towards The City used 10.8% less scheme water in landscape
sustainable living for our community becoming a Water Sensitive City in its original 2020-2021 compared with the 2016-2017 • Encourage and support our community to
Sustainable Water Management Plan 2013- baseline year. However, a new community improve home and local business water
• Continued to install, maintain and monitor
2018. Since then, the City has made significant sporting pavilion is due to open in the next efficiency
water meter data loggers on top water
progress in this area, and will continue to work two years and will therefore increase scheme
using sites • Maintain residential water use below the
towards its water management vision: water use and require further improvements
• Maintenance procedures for water Waterwise Perth Action Plan’s target of
to water efficiencies to achieve the goal.
sensitive design features are well 110kL/capita until 2023
Water everywhere is appreciated as
developed and scheduled maintenance In addition, the City will further improve
an essential and finite resource that
undertaken at a regular frequency to our water use data collection, tracking and
brings value to us all, and is utilised
ensure their continued function and analysis. This will enable more accurate
in ways that ensure its continued
•
amenity
The establishment and continued use
availability and quality in the future.
monitoring, target setting, streamline response
actions and better inform planning decisions. Implementation plan
of the Verge Permit system. These A Water Sensitive City considers the many
GROUNDWATER The implementation of actions and priorities
enforceable permits are issued to objectives a local government has for public
may vary as circumstances and technologies
builders for worksites. They require the open space and infrastructure. In particular,
Target: Maintain groundwater use change, and in response to availability of
containment of construction waste and providing beautiful and useable public areas
efficiency at 2016-2017 levels until 2023 funding opportunities. This 2021 update to
sediment on site, preventing impacts on and supporting local biodiversity. The City of
the implementation plan includes actions
roadways and stormwater systems. Kwinana also acknowledges its role as a source
required to maintain the City’s Waterwise
of reliable information and education for our The City has improved its water budgeting over Council endorsement, with each action
community. The journey toward becoming a several years as well as transferring irrigation identified as new, existing or updated relative
water sensitive city can be framed through the systems to a centralised control system. This to the original 2018 Plan. In order to ensure
following seven goals: work will be completed over the coming years, a concise, focused and clear implementation
and the rate of improvement in the efficiency plan, the action list has been shortened
• Ensure good water sensitive governance,
of the City’s groundwater use is therefore likely compared to the original Plan for the following
• Increase community capital, to plateau. The City will continue to take over reasons:
• Improve productivity and resource management of a large number of irrigated
efficiency, parks in residential subdivisions. Combined • Actions that have been completed have
with continued climate change impacts, the been removed
• Improve ecological health, City will face challenges in not increasing • Actions that are duplicates from other City
• Ensure quality urban space, irrigation over the ever-drier and hotter strategic and operational plans have been
summer months in order to retain amenity removed and, instead, listed in the water
• Achieve equity of essential services, and and avoid vegetation loss. management actions within other plans
• Promote adaptive infrastructure. (CRC for section
Water Sensitive Cities, 2018).
• One action was removed as it was no
Of the above goals, only ‘improve productivity longer applicable
and resource efficiency’ can have quantitative
targets applied. Although their performance
is not quantifiable in the same way, the other
goals are addressed through actions set within
the Implementation Plan section.
The following corporate water use targets
were set by representatives from the City’s
Engineering, Environment, Assets, Recquatic
and Parks Teams. These targets are believed
to be achievable, based on the actions set by
the Plan. It should be noted that these targets
are intended to be aspirational and there will
be no penalties if the City fails to achieve them.
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New/
Action Existing/
Action Water Sensitive (Actions marked with an asterisk* are Waterwise Council Responsible position/ Updated Timeframe for
Number City goal area Program mandatory set actions) team Action completion Budget Measure of success
Develop and maintain a database and scheduled process to track
Improve
water use patterns for City water meters utilising installed data logger
Productivity Database developed and in
1 network plus ongoing water billing data for meters without data Sustainability Officer New 2021-2022 Staff time
& Resource use.
loggers. This system will establish water use patterns and identify
Efficiency
water use anomalies.
Improve
Develop a standard response procedure to action necessary repairs or Standard water use anomaly
Productivity
2 maintenance triggered by anomalies in the water use database (above Sustainability Officer New 2021-2022 Staff time response procedure
& Resource
action). developed and in use.
Efficiency
Develop and implement a system to make it easier for the community Sustainability Staff time,
Improve
to report a fault (such as leaking taps) to the City. This may utilise QR Officer, Information service
Productivity System developed and
3 codes to provide an easy to access reporting channel with an input Technology, Marketing New Annually provider
& Resource successfully in use.
form to submit maintenance requests. This will improve response & Communications, costs (if
Efficiency
times for maintenance work. Facilities Maintenance applicable)
Sustainability Improved identification of
Improve Development of a surface water quality monitoring regime at sites Operating
4 Officer, Coordinator New 2021-2022 water quality issues and
ecological health where health may be affected by disease vector-capable mosquitoes. budget
Environment & Waste hotspots.
Improve Reduction in water use. This
Continue to install and maintain data loggers on priority high water
productivity $9,000/year will be dependent on the
5 using Council water meters for leak detection purposes. Develop data Sustainability Officer Updated Ongoing
& resource (in budget) number and magnitude of
logger asset maintenance plan.
efficiency leaks.
Promote and support waterwise verges and gardens, encouraging
people to remove lawn and plant a waterwise and low nutrient
requirement garden instead. This includes: $4000/year
Improve • Providing subsidised local native plant seedlings through the annual
productivity Sustainability Officer, (seedling Number of residents
6 Seedling Subsidy Scheme. Updated Ongoing subsidy
& resource Bush Care Officer engaging in these initiatives.
efficiency • Redeveloping and promoting the City’s waterwise and local native scheme in
gardening brochure(s). budget)
• Running events providing advice explaining how to plant a
Waterwise verge while meeting the City’s verge requirements.
Water management work and
Increase Develop and implement an annual communications plan that Sustainability
achievements communicated
7 community promotes the City’s work and achievements in water management Officer, Marketing & Updated Annual Staff time
to our community at least
capital with our community and stakeholders. Communications
twice a year.
Improve
Continue to add remaining groundwater bores to the centralised
productivity In annual All bores are attached to
8 irrigation controller and, where deemed beneficial, install Variable Parks Existing Annually
& resource Parks Budget centralised controller.
Frequency Drive at time of asset replacement.
efficiency
Continue to encourage developers to implement Water Sensitive
Improve Engineering Services / All new developments include
9 Urban Design in new developments including pipeless design in areas Existing Ongoing Staff time
ecological health Planning Services Water Sensitive Urban Design
with multiple water issues in the Peel Harvey Catchment area.
Water Management
Good water Continue to use a cross-functional water management team to
team (team listed in Participation and input from
10 sensitive consider Council initiatives related to the progression towards a water Existing Ongoing Staff time
Waterwise Council staff in team.
governance sensitive city. *
Action Plan 2021)
Improve
productivity Encourage local developers to participate in the Waterwise All new developments are
11 Planning Services Existing Annually Staff time
& resource Development Program. * Waterwise developments
efficiency
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Water management actions
within other plans
There are numerous actions related to water management that have been set in other City of
Kwinana strategic and operational plans. To avoid duplication of planning and reporting, these
actions have not been included in the Implementation Plan section of the Sustainable Water
Management Plan.
While the below actions sit within other plans, they all contribute toward responsible and
integrated water management by the City and these actions will be implemented and reported
against within each Plan’s reporting and review cycle.
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Timeframe for
City Plan/Strategy Action Responsible position/ team completion Budget Measure of success
Gold Waterwise Council
Gold - annually,
Retain Gold Waterwise Council endorsement to promote corporate endorsement maintained.
Sustainability Officer Platinum 2025- Staff time
water efficiency. Aim to achieve Platinum Waterwise Council status Platinum endorsement
2026
achieved.
Staff time Recquatic Gold Waterwise
Gold - annually,
Attain and retain Gold Waterwise Aquatic Centre re-endorsement. Aim Recquatic Centre Operations plus any Aquatic Centre endorsement
Platinum 2025-
to achieve Platinum endorsement Supervisor proposed maintained and Platinum
2026
capital works endorsement achieved.
Community workshops
Continue to utilise the Switch Your Thinking program: run three
$5,000/year delivered annually, promotion
community workshops per annum and promote the Rewards for Sustainability Officer Ongoing
(in budget) of Rewards for Residents
Residents scheme
undertaken
$7,500/year
Continue to deliver an annual seven-week sustainable living course Sustainability Officer Annually Course delivered annually
(in budget)
Identify and collate environmental, sustainability and waste education Sustainability Officer, Bush Environment, sustainability
resources, tools and services into an integrated package that the City Care Officer, Waste Education and waste education package
can offer to schools, local businesses, community groups and sporting Officer, Coastal and Marine Ongoing Staff time developed. Relevant groups
groups. This will form a component of the review and update of the Program Manager, Marketing have been offered these
Environmental Education Strategy and Communications resources
Climate Change Plan Coordinator Parks, Technical
2021-2026 Staff time All parks are hydrozoned
Officer Parks Operations,
Investigate further opportunities to hydrozone parks and/or replace Ongoing, 2025- plus any where possible and plants are
Technical Officer Public Open
traditional plants with waterwise/endemic species 2026 proposed Waterwise and/or appropriate
Space Infrastructure Assets,
retrofit works for their location
Landscape Architects
Coordinator Engineering WSUD is considered at
Investigate opportunities for expanding Water Sensitive Urban Design
Design, Manager Asset Asset renewal the time of asset renewal/
(WSUD) components throughout the City’s stormwater drainage 2024-2025
Management, Coordinator budget replacement for drainage
infrastructure at time of asset renewal
Infrastructure Operations assets
Update the Green Building Policy to be able to accommodate regular Green Building Policy updated
Sustainability Officer, Technical
improvements in available technologies and efficiency levels. This may to accommodate regular
Officer Building Infrastructure
involve the development of a related set of guidelines referring to 2023-2024 Staff time improvements in available
Assets, Manager Asset
technologies and efficiency standards available at the time of planning technologies and efficiency
Management Services
new building projects or renovations levels
Sustainability related
development provisions
Investigate opportunities to encourage applicants to include identified and considered for
Sustainability Officer, Planning
sustainability related initiatives in their developments via the planning 2022-2023 Staff time inclusion in Structure Planning,
Services
approvals process subdivision design, Local
Development Plans and/or
Development Applications20 21
Timeframe for
City Plan/Strategy Action Responsible position/ team completion Budget Measure of success
Senior Environmental Planner,
Climate Change Plan Develop a Sea Level Rise Policy incorporating the projections completed Sea Level Rise Policy adopted
Coastal and Marine Program 2022-2023 Staff time
2021-2026 as part of the Cockburn Sound Coastal Alliance project by Council
Manager
City managed wetland habitats
Natural Areas Staff time and
Continue to protect and restore City managed wetland habitats through maintained and restoration
Management Plan 2021- Natural Areas team Ongoing Natural Areas
weed control and planting with appropriate endemic species works have been undertaken
2024 budget
annually
Environmental Education Continue to participate in Clean Up Australia Day and other litter Bush Care Officer, Coastal and Natural areas and beach clean
Annually Staff time
Strategy 2019-2024 reduction initiatives Marine Program Manager ups held annually
Litter and Illegal Dumping
Develop a Litter and Illegal Dumping Strategy Waste Management Officer 2022-2023 Staff time
Strategy adopted by Council
Education and support
provided to local residents and
Waste Plan 2021-2025 Support the State-wide phase out of plastics Waste Education Officer 2022-2023 Staff time businesses to enable them to
adapt to the single-use plastic
bans
Deliver education events aimed at reducing plastic waste which is a Waste education events
Waste Education Officer Ongoing Staff time
large proportion of the City’s litter delivered annually22 23
Monitoring and review References
There are a variety of actions specified within • Benchmarking other local government City of Kwinana, 2021, Strategic Community Plan 2021-2031 and Corporate Business
the implementation plan, each assigned to approaches Plan 2021-2025
specific positions or teams. The progress
• Reviewing the original Plan’s actions to Bureau of Meteorology & CSIRO, 2020, State of the Climate 2020, Commonwealth of
of each action will be reviewed annually
determine status and relevance, and Australia, Canberra, Australia
against its relevant measure of success and
amending original actions to better fit the
considered in the context of priorities of the CSIRO, Climate Change in Australia Projections for Australia’s NRM regions: Regional
City’s current situation and operational
organisation and community at the time. Climate Change Explorer.
needs as required
Ongoing reviews will ensure the plan stays • Developing new actions to continue to Government of Western Australia, 2019, Waterwise Perth Action Plan, Government of
up to date with changes in policy and new improve our strategic and operational Western Australia, Perth, Australia
technology. This process will help to review approach to water management
priority areas, monitor progress towards goals Environmental Protection Act 1986 (WA)
and assess the effectiveness of implemented • Various updates to the Plan document
to ensure currency and consistency with Water Corporation. How Perth’s water sources have changed over time, Retrieved
actions. It will also assist in the preparation
other Plans December 2020.
of annual reports, budgets and the City’s
Corporate Business Plan. A full review and update of the Plan will City of Kwinana, 2021, Climate Change Plan 2021-2026
be undertaken leading into its planned
As intended, this Plan has undergone a City of Kwinana, 2014, Natural Areas Management Plan 2014-2024
replacement in 2023.
planned mid-cycle review, in 2021. The
purpose of the review was to ensure that the The City will continue to monitor for any City of Kwinana, 2018, Environmental Education Strategy 2019-2024
Plan remains relevant and aligned with the changes in government regulations or
City of Kwinana, 2021, Waste Education Plan 2021-2025
City’s priorities. The review process included standards that apply to the management of
the following: water and respond accordingly. City of Kwinana Waste Plan 2021-2025
• Reviewing the City’s recent water data Australian Marine Conservation Society, 2018, Ocean Plastic Pollution
• Reviewing and updating water City of Kwinana, 2019, Irrigation Development Guidelines
management goals and targets
City’s Groundwater Operating Strategy by Groundwater Consulting Services
CRC for Water Sensitive Cities, 2018, What is a Water Sensitive City?
Department for Planning and Infrastructure, 2008, Better Urban Water Management
Department of Planning, 2015, Draft 2015 Liveable Neighbourhoods,
Department of Water, 2004, Stormwater Management Manual for Western Australia,
Department of Water, Perth, Western Australia.
Department of Water 2009, Perth-Peel Regional Water Plan 2010–2030 Responding to
our drying climate, Department of Water, Perth, Western Australia.
Department of Water, 2018, Rainwater
Melbourne Water, 2018, Introduction to WSUD
Water Corporation, 2018, Historical streamflow
Water Corporation, 2018, Waterwise Council Program
Western Australian Planning Commission, 2003, Statement of Planning Policy No. 2.1
The Peel Harvey Coastal Plain Catchment
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