Project Description
Dan Cunningham from Sydney Water describes the reconstruction of ‘one of the most polluted waterways in Australia’, Cooks River, west of Sydney airport. An alternative to reconcreting was proposed to a highly engaged community that involved renewal of trapezoid concrete channels to regraded and naturalised vegetated banks. A great example of a paradigm shift in Sydney Water ‘who for 126 years have done big concrete things and this is the first time they’ve done a big unconcrete thing’.
| Topic | Mins: seconds |
|---|---|
| Intro | 00:10 |
| Location | 00:28 |
| Degrading factors | 00:44 |
| Purpose of the project | 01:20 |
| Community involvement | 01:48 |
| Range of issues | 02:12 |
| Creek naturalisation process | 02:38-03:45 |
| Reference models | 03:50 |
| Methods and results | 05:15 |
| Benefits | 06:55 |
| Credits | 07:10 |
Read more-Links
- Cooks River naturalisation, Sydney, NSW
- Landscape-scale terrestrial revegetation around the Coorong, Lower Lakes and Murray Mouth, South Australia
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