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Drinking water catchments

The drinking water catchments that exist south and west of Sydney include some of the most pristine habitats in New South Wales.

 

Flora and fauna surveys have discovered healthy ecosystems packed with threatened species functioning much as they would have for millennia.

The Warragamba Special Area

Warragamba Dam and Lake Burragorang are known to most Sydneysiders as the source of their everyday drinking water.

However, the catchment for this water supply is an extensive part of the southern Blue Mountains, which encompasses a stunning variety of habitats and hundreds of threatened species.

Reports

The Woronora Plateau: Metropolitan, O'Hare's Creek and Woronora Special Areas

Southern Sydney and Wollongong get their drinking water from the catchments on the Woronora Plateau, which runs between Heathcote and Robertson.

This high-rainfall sandstone plateau hosts a variety of interesting vegetation communities, fauna habitats and threatened species.

Reports

These reports were completed as part of the major study Threatened and Pest Animals of Greater Southern Sydney

The Blue Mountains Special Areas: Blackheath, Katoomba and Woodford Creek

Drinking water for the Blue Mountains urban population is still collected in numerous small reservoirs alongside the Blue Mountains villages. Fauna studies have been completed for these catchments.

Report

This report was completed as part of the major study Threatened and Pest Animals of Greater Southern Sydney