Saltwater Creek Catchment Resilience Master Plan and Implementation Plan

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Plans & strategies
Coastal & environmental
Consultation period: 25-Jul-2025 12:00AM until 10-Aug-2025 11:59AM

The Saltwater Creek Catchment is a thriving, crucial ecosystem that flows from the foothills of Mt Whitfield, through the suburbs and out to the Great Barrier Reef Lagoon. But it's at risk from urban development, flooding, pollution, heat and climate change.

The Saltwater Creek Catchment Resilience Master Plan and Local Implementation Plan aims to establish a long-term vision for the catchment while identifying actions to enhance its health, function and resilience.

It has been developed in close collaboration with key stakeholders who live and work in the catchment. It is also informed by extensive review of existing plans, studies, engagement and technical reports and environmental monitoring data (where available). The Implementation plan is a collation of actions to support the delivery the of Saltwater Creek Catchment Resilience Master Plan. Actions were identified and collated following a review of the applicable literature, workshops with project stakeholders and from a walking the catchment study tour.

Read more about the draft Saltwater Creek Catchment Resilience Master Plan and Local Implementation Plan and have your say via our short online survey. Your input will help Council to build understanding and awareness of the community values and concerns for Saltwater Creek Catchment.

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Last Updated: 25 July 2025

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