Your Backyard
Why Stormwater Impacts Your Daily Life.
You deserve clean beaches to swim in, safe local seafood to eat, and a home protected from preventable flooding. When stormwater is mismanaged, it directly impacts your property value, your insurance premiums, and your weekend recreation. We are fighting to ensure your local waterways are treated as community assets, not open sewers.
Cleaner beaches & waterways
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Less flooding and lower risk
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A healthier place to live
The Local Impact
The Reality for Our Communities.
Heavy rain can make swimming unsafe.
1 DAY / 3 DAYS
NSW Beachwatch advises avoiding ocean swimming for at least 1 day after heavy rain, and estuaries and inland waterways for up to 3 days, due to pollution washed in by stormwater runoff.
Tyres are polluting our waterways.
19 IN 20
An Australian study found that approximately 19 out of every 20 microplastic particles collected in stormwater runoff during rain were tyre wear particles.
Source: Griffith University / Environmental Science & Technology research, 2023.
Flood risk is closer than you think.
1 IN 6 HOMES
More than 2 million Australian homes; approximately 1 in 6 residential properties are exposed to varying levels of flood risk. Of these, at least 70% have experienced a reduction in property value due to that risk.
Source: Property Value Report – How Climate Change Could Worsen Australias 42 Billion Flood Risk
The drain is not a treatment plant.
2 SEPARATE SYSTEMS
Stormwater and sewage travel through separate systems and stormwater is generally not treated before entering waterways.
Source: Australia’s Guide to Environmentally Sustainable Homes – Stormwater
OUR COMMITMENT
How We Are Fighting for You.
Stopping Pollution at the Source
Lobbying for world-class filtration targets so heavy metals and plastics never reach your local beach.
Lowering Housing Costs
Fighting to standardise confusing council red tape, removing unnecessary delays that make building a home more expensive.
Cooling Your Streets
Pushing to transform ugly concrete drains into tree-lined green spaces that lower local temperatures.
Stay Informed
Community News & Updates.
Cleaner Stormwater for Safer Swimming Now
Cleaner stormwater for safer swimming starts in our streets. Learn the simple actions that protect local beaches, creeks and family time this weekend, too.
What Pollutes Creeks After Rain? The Street Truth
What pollutes creeks after rain? Learn how rubbish, oil, soil and pet waste wash from our streets into waterways – and what neighbours can do locally.
Your Community Guide to Local Creek Care
Use this guide to local creek care to keep rubbish, soap and garden waste out of drains, protect wildlife, and make every weekend by the water better.
Get Involved
Turn Local Concern Into Community Action.
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1. Share Your Story
Tell us how stormwater affects your local area and help build the case for change.
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2. Take Local Action
Get involved in clean-ups, awareness activities and community-led projects.
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3. Use Your Voice
Support campaigns for cleaner waterways, safer streets and better stormwater infrastructure.
Help protect the places you love.
Build cleaner beaches, safer streets and healthier local waterways by getting involved with Stormwater 2030.
