Koonung Creek (or Koonung Koonung Creek ) is a small tributary of the Yarra River in Melbourne's east. The creek originates in Nunawading near Springvale Road , and flows to join the Yarra at the border between Ivanhoe East , Bulleen and Balwyn North . The place the two waterways meet forms the borders between these suburbs. Bushy Creek (now carried by an underground pipe) is a tributary to the creek, joining near Elgar Park in Mont Albert North . A shared use path follows the course of the creek (and therefore also the Freeway), known as the Koonung Creek Trail .
14-551: Melbourne Water rates the condition of the creek as 'Very Poor'. Also according to Melbourne Water, the river is the unhealthiest waterway in Melbourne. Melbourne Water's monitoring station for the creek at Bulleen Road in Bulleen, detected an average E. coli count of 1800, this is nine times the safe swimming level (200). This was the highest level of E. coli measured in all of metropolitan Melbourne's waterways. The poor condition of
28-433: A system of restrictions to manage water supplies into the future. It reports on storage levels on Thursday each week while an interactive graph compares actual use. Further reviews of restrictions were needed to counter an ongoing drought, poor rainfall, record low storage levels and rising water use compared with past years. The water supply system operated and managed by Melbourne Water comprises: Melbourne Water manages
42-711: Is a government agency of the state of Victoria , Australia . Parks Victoria was established in December 1996 as a statutory authority , reporting to the Victorian Minister for Environment and Climate Change. The Parks Victoria Act 2018 updates the previous act, Parks Victoria Act 1998 . Under the new Act , Parks Victoria is responsible for managing over '...4 million hectares including 3,000 land and marine parks and reserves making up 18 per cent of Victoria's landmass, 75 per cent of Victoria's wetlands and 70 per cent of Victoria's coastline'. Parks Victoria replaced many of
56-472: Is an Australian statutory authority owned by the Victorian State Government , which controls and manages much of the water bodies and supplies in metropolitan Melbourne , the capital of Victoria . Its jurisdiction includes all the reservoirs , lakes , wetlands , canals and urban creeks , and the sewerage and drainage systems that services the city. Melbourne Water was formed by
70-581: Is by an independent Board of Directors in conjunction with the Minister for Water. Melbourne Water supplies water to the metropolitan retail water businesses (namely, Great Western Water , South East Water and Yarra Valley Water ), other water authorities, local councils and the land development industry. The Victorian Water Industry Association (VicWater) is the peak industry association for water companies in Victoria. In 1994, Melbourne Parks and Waterways
84-516: The Minister for Water places an order for the following financial year, up to 150 gigalitres a year, at an additional cost to Melbourne Water and consumers. Northern Sewerage Project is a major infrastructure project to increase the capacity of the sewerage system in Melbourne's growing northern suburbs. It will also help protect the Merri and Moonee Ponds Creeks by virtually eliminating sewage overflows that can occur after heavy rain. Melbourne Water has
98-535: The borders of Nunawading and Donvale , 21 km east of Melbourne . From here, the creek flows in a roughly westerly direction for around 11 km, before reaching the Yarra River below the Yarra Flats in southern Bulleen . The creek is joined by various gullies and creeks, the most prominent of the tributaries include; St Clems Gully, Bushy Creek and Gawler/Lungren Gully. Approximately 80-90,000 people live in
112-740: The creek has been evident from the earliest days of European settlement. Five species of frog call the creek home, these are the Common Eastern Froglet , the Spotted Marsh Frog , the Striped Marsh Frog , the Eastern or Pobblebonk Frog and the Southern Brown or Ewing's Tree Frog . The Eastern Freeway follows the path of the creek within the band of parkland that adjoins the creek over its entire length. The creek's headwaters meet near
126-569: The creek's catchment area. Most settlements are extensions of suburban areas down the Koonung Creek Valley, with Doncaster and Balwyn North being notable exceptions. The settlements located along its course are listed below, from downstream to upstream; Koonung Creek lends its name to many things, including many local streets and roads; 37°47′12″S 145°06′17″E / 37.78667°S 145.10472°E / -37.78667; 145.10472 Melbourne Water Melbourne Water
140-437: The functions and absorbed the staff of the then Department of Natural Resources and Environment (which managed National and State parks) and Melbourne Parks & Waterways, which itself was originally part of the former Melbourne and Metropolitan Board of Works , which mostly managed urban parklands, some of which were formerly MMBW facilities, such as Braeside Park . The Department of Natural Resources and Environment itself
154-626: The merger of Melbourne and Metropolitan Board of Works and a number of smaller urban water authorities in 1992. Melbourne Water primarily operates under the Water Industry Act 1994 and the Water Act 1989 . Melbourne Water is wholly owned by the Victorian State Government . It manages Melbourne's water supply catchments , sewage, rivers and major drainage systems throughout the Port Phillip and Westernport region. Governance of Melbourne Water
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#1732859337939168-621: The reservoirs in the table above, water is harvested via a number of diversion weirs: Clearfell logging is permitted in the Yarra Tributaries and Thomson catchment areas. Some studies claims this reduces Melbourne's water supply arguing that young regrowth forest uses more water than existing forest Some environmental groups claim that up to 30 thousand megalitres of water could be saved per annum by phasing out logging. This represents 6% of Melbourne's annual usage. Download coordinates as: Parks Victoria Parks Victoria
182-510: The ten Melbourne reservoirs. The total storage capacity is 1,810,500 megalitres. Around 80% of Melbourne's water is sourced from uninhabited forests in the Yarra Ranges and Central Highlands . In excess of 1,570 square kilometres is reserved for water catchment. These forests primarily consist of Mountain Ash . Catchment areas have been closed to the public for over 100 years . In addition to
196-606: Was separated from Melbourne Water, and became part of Parks Victoria in 1996. The Victorian Desalination Plant is a A$ 3.1 billion desalination plant that was built in the Wonthaggi region of the Bass Coast . The plant can provide an additional 150 gigalitres of water each year. The base fee payable to the owner of the plant, even if no water is ordered, is $ 608 million a year, or $ 1.8 million per day, for 27 years. being between $ 18 and $ 19 billion in total. On 1 April each year,
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