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As part of the Healthy Waterways program, we're trying out new ways to improve our water systems. These trials will help us find new ways to manage water quality in the future.

The eight projects in the table below are part of Stage 2 of the Healthy Waterways program. They have either been constructed, are under construction now, or have been designed.

Project IDProjectLocationSuburb
N/A Lake Tuggeranong floating wetland North Arm, Lake Tuggeranong Greenway
VC212 Bioretention swales Kambah Playing Fields Kambah
YE003 Floating wetland Yerrabi Pond Adjacent to Amaroo
VC220/ 221 45 roadside drain outlets to green space Upper Kambah Kambah
TG032 Naturalisation of Tuggeranong Ck drain 500m between Monaro Hwy and Calwell shops Calwell
WB201 Wetland with subsurface elements Belconnen Oval, Eastern Valley Way Belconnen
VC201 Water re-use from water quality pond Kambah Playing Fields, Kett Street Kambah
TG221 (proposed) Reconnect old creek line Tuggeranong Homestead Richardson

We chose these projects based on:

  • how innovative they are
  • where they are in Canberra
  • how well they work compared to their cost
  • how much local support there is for improving water quality.

Learn more about each type of design.