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State of the Environment 2006-2007 Wyong Shire Council Wyong TABLE of CONTENTS state of the environment 2006-2007 wyong shire council wyong TABLE OF CONTENTS INTRODUCTION ...................................................................................................................................2 CHAPTER 1 SUSTAINABILITY .............................................................................................................4 Introduction ..................................................................................................................................4 Sustainability At a Glance ............................................................................................................4 Council’s Management Plan.........................................................................................................6 Council Responses ......................................................................................................................0 CHAPTER 2 POPULATION AND HUMAN SETTLEMENTS ................................................................12 Introduction ..................................................................................................................................2 Population and Settlement Patterns at a Glance .........................................................................2 Council’s Management Plan.........................................................................................................3 Drinking Water Use and Quality ...................................................................................................2 Energy ..........................................................................................................................................27 Transport ......................................................................................................................................29 Noise ............................................................................................................................................34 Waste…………………………………………………………………………………………… .............35 Council’s Sewerage System.........................................................................................................42 Liquid Trade and Hazardous Waste ............................................................................................45 On-site Sewage Management ......................................................................................................46 Council Responses ......................................................................................................................47 CHAPTER 3 LAND ................................................................................................................................50 Introduction ..................................................................................................................................50 The Highlands and Valleys ...........................................................................................................5 The Floodplains and The Coastal Lowlands ................................................................................52 The Coastline and Wallarah Peninsula ........................................................................................55 Council Responses .....................................................................................................................56 CHAPTER 4 AIR QUALITY AND CLIMATE CHANGE .........................................................................58 Introduction ..................................................................................................................................58 Air Quality and Climate Change at a Glance ...............................................................................58 Council’s Management Plan.........................................................................................................60 Council Responses ......................................................................................................................69 CHAPTER 5 WATER AND CATCHMENT MANAGEMENT ..................................................................70 Introduction ..................................................................................................................................70 Water and Catchment Management at a Glance .........................................................................70 Council’s Management Plan.........................................................................................................74 Beachwatch Monitoring Program .................................................................................................8 Council Responses .....................................................................................................................85 CHAPTER 6 BIODIVERSITY .................................................................................................................86 Introduction .................................................................................................................................86 Biodiversity at a Glance ..............................................................................................................86 Council’s Management Plan........................................................................................................87 Environmental Care Groups ........................................................................................................93 Bushland Management ...............................................................................................................98 Council Responses .....................................................................................................................03 CHAPTER 7 HERITAGE ........................................................................................................................105 Introduction .................................................................................................................................05 Heritage at a Glance ...................................................................................................................05 Council’s Management Plan........................................................................................................09 Council Responses .....................................................................................................................09 State of the Environment Report 2006/07 INTRODUCTION Welcome to Wyong Shire Council’s Supplementary environment. Our lives, are inseparably linked State of the Environment Report which covers the and dependent upon resources provided by our period from July 2006 to 30 June 2007. This environment from what we eat and drink to where should be read in conjunction with the 2003-04 and how we live. When the environment starts to Comprehensive SoE Report and the previous become degraded, so does our quality of life. We supplementary reports. also share Wyong Shire with many unique plants and animals. Ethically, we have a responsibility This report provides an outline of significant to current and future generations of all beings, to changes over the last reporting period (such as new ensure that everyone has the opportunity to enjoy or expanded pressures on the environment, new the same or a better quality of life than we do. data indicating an altered state of the environment and new or altered responses or management actions by Council) and updates action towards the What change can it make? management responses identified in the 2003-04 Comprehensive SoE Report. State of the Environment reporting is part of a continuous improvement framework. It is a decision-making tool that should help us identify Why do we produce the SoE Report? trends and those areas that need attention now and in the future. It should therefore be considered in All Councils are required to produce a comprehensive partnership with Council’s Management Plan and State of Environment Report (SoE Report) under other strategic documents, to influence Council and the NSW Local Government Act (1993) every four the community’s decision making processes. years. The SoE Report is the annual report card on ecological sustainability and covers environmental Where issues are identified in the SoE Report that protection and management within the Shire. may require additional or amended actions in the As such it does not always present desirable Management Plan, these are initially channelled information. Through the use of consistent through the Operational Plans of various Units indicators and frankness, we as a Council, are within Council. Here the issues can be assessed able to gain an accurate picture of the health of and examined against competing issues and our environment, which affects the health of our budget constraints before being addressed in community. We then have a choice to alter our the Management Plan. This reporting cycle is actions and move in a positive direction towards illustrated in the diagram below. sustainable living. Operational Plans Monitoring & Annual Management Implementation Why does it matter if trends get worse or quarterly Report (incl. Plan Plan better? reporting SoE report) “…a prosperous and liveable Wyong Shire depends Source: Department of Local Government (1999), on a healthy environment ” Environmental Guidelines p.4 We are all dependent upon the health of our State of the Environment Report 2006/07 2 How does this document work? Each chapter discusses
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