An established raingarden at the Flood Memorial site near Service Street in Curtin.
04 May 2023
The ACT Government is calling for community feedback on plans to build a mini raingarden in Higgins to help improve the quality of storm water entering Canberra’s lakes and waterways.
Raingardens look like a regular garden on the surface but beneath they help to filter water, reducing sediment and other pollutants.
Kippax Creek in Higgins continues to receive poor quality stormwater from upstream urban areas. The proposed raingarden will help to improve water quality and help the government better understand the role that these nature-based filters can play across Canberra’s waterways.
The proposed raingarden is part of a $20.5 million investment by the ACT Government under the Healthy Waterways program to help tackle the challenge of polluted stormwater leaving urban areas where it concentrates in Canberra’s lakes and ponds leading to blue-green algae blooms.
Canberrans and particularly the residents of Higgins are encouraged to submit their comments on the proposed design of the raingarden through the YourSay website.
The survey is open until 13 June 2023. View the designs and submit feedback: yoursayconversations.act.gov.au/higgins-raingarden-healthy-waterways
Further information on the ACT’s Healthy Waterways program is available on the ACT’s Environment website at environment.act.gov.au
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