Eurobodalla Integrated Water Cycle Management Strategy

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Eurobodalla Integrated Water Cycle Management Strategy
Healthy Rivers
Commission
- Long term sustainability of water catchments and
resources including effluent management
- Workplace and employee safety
Work Cover Authority - Dangerous Goods Act 1975 for the storage of chemicals
required for STPs and WTPs.
- Protection of fishing industries, aquatic habitat and
NSW Fisheries
threatened species under Fisheries Management Act
1994
- Approvals for dredging works to be carried out.
- National Parks and Wildlife Act 1974
NSW National Parks and - Threatened Species Conservation Act 1995
Wildlife Service
- Manages National Parks and the protection of threatened
species in Eurobodalla’s catchments.
- Provides advice on protection and management of
NSW Agriculture
agricultural resources
- Provides advice on reclaimed water irrigation schemes.
Sydney Catchment
Authority
- SEPP 58 Protecting Sydney’s Water Supply.
Forestry - Manages land in Eurobodalla’s water catchments
6.2 Catchment Issues
An area bounded by natural features such as hills or mountains, where all runoff water
flows to a low point, is a water catchment. Eurobodalla has three major catchments, Clyde,
Tuross and Moruya. Water extracted from the Buckenboura, a tributary of the Clyde, the
Deua, which flows into the Moruya, and water taken directly from the Tuross, make up the
Eurobodalla town water supply. In additional there are numerous small coastal catchments
that contain intermittently open coastal lakes and small coastal inlets. These lake systems
are of environmental significance and are sensitive to impacts from neighbouring
developments. The Southeast Catchment Management Board oversees the management
of these catchments.
It is important that catchments are managed in a sustainable fashion and that the land uses
within a catchment are consistent with the physical features of the land. Catchment
objectives provide direction for the management of the catchment.
6.2.1 Environmental Issues
The following points are a summary of the main environmental issues in Eurobodalla.
Erosion in the upper Deua catchment due to deforestation, causing high levels of
sediment washout into downstream river reaches and estuary
Agricultural water use during low flows is impacting on river health
Areas of dryland salinity
Algal blooms reported in Moruya Estuary
Uncontrolled microbiological, nutrient and sediment runoff from farms and irrigation
areas