- Our Environment
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- State of the Waterways Management Plan
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- Bushland Reserves
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- Wetlands and Waterways
- Wetlands: Natural and Constructed
- Benefits of Wetlands and Waterways
- Human Changes in Waterways
- Catchment Management
- Location of Wetlands and Waterways within the Blacktown Local Government Area
- Catchments within the Blacktown Local Government Area
- Animals, Plants and Algae in Wetlands
- Past Use of Wetlands and Waterways
- Some Issues in Wetlands and Waterways
- What is Happening in the Blacktown City Council
- Individual Wetlands
- William Lawson Wetlands
- Plumpton Park Wetlands
- Tuscan Waters
- Woodcroft Lakes
- Lorikeet Marsh at Nurragingy Reserve
- Mount Druitt Waterholes
- Individual Waterways
- Blacktown Creek
- Eastern Creek
- Ropes Creek
- Bells Creek
- South Creek
- Bungarribee Creek
- Lalor Creek
- Cattai Creek Sub-Catchments
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- Plans of Management - Parks and Reserves
Human Changes in Waterways
Humans can change natural waterways (creeks and rivers) in many different ways to suit their needs. For example, waterways can be deepened or widened to assist in boat navigation, or their banks strengthened to help reduce erosion and the impact of flooding. Sometimes even the direction of a waterway can be changed (eg by dredging). Some creeks can become concrete channels like part of Blacktown Creek below.
A concrete section of Blacktown Creek