Western Australian Partners
Participants in the New WAter Ways Program

City of Armadale
The City of Armadale is located in Perth’s South East Corridor and is currently experiencing rapid urban growth on the Swan Coastal Plain portion of the City, much of which has high water tables or is seasonally waterlogged.  It is expected that over the next decade over 15,000 lots will be created on the Swan Coastal Plain portion of the City.  The City is a signatory to a Memorandum of Understanding between the City and relevant state government agencies wherein the City commits to encourage innovation in urban design and public open space to meet the intent of an Urban Water Management Strategy prepared for the development area.  The City has also committed to assisting with capacity building in the region and is a partner in the Monash University’s National Urban Water Governance Program which is researching institutional barriers, institutional capacity building and transformative organisational change to achieve a sustainable urban water future.		    
     
Perth Region NRM
The Perth Region NRM, formerly Swan Catchment Council, is a community-led regional group with responsibility for coordinating and delivering natural resource management (NRM) in the Swan Region. As one of 56 groups from around Australia, the Council is helping to achieve a nation-wide approach to management and restoration of our precious natural resources and environment.

Major activities are:

  • Implementing the Swan Region Strategy for Natural Resource Management - A regional strategy guiding environmental activity in the Swan Region.
  • Managing and administering the distribution of the Australian Government’s Natural Heritage Trust funding in the Swan Region.
  • Administering the Swan Alcoa Landcare Program – A funding program for community groups involved in on-ground revegetation and rehabilitation projects.
  • Coordinating government and corporate investment in NRM.

The Council aims to improve NRM by:

  • Better integration of programs, strategies and statutory processes. 
  • Increasing understanding in community, government and industry of NRM issues. 
  • Influencing government policy and practice, and 
  • Linking local catchment activities to regional priorities.

More information can be obtained form the Council’s Website www.swancatchmentcouncil.org