We’re not the only project supporting healthier waterways!
Our North West Treatment Hub project is just one of the ways Sydney Water is supporting healthier creeks and local waterways in the Hills Shire. Sydney Water is proud to partner with the Cattai Hills Environment Network and Western Sydney University in a study to monitor the platypus populations across the Cattai Creek catchment area.
The platypus is notoriously shy and difficult to spot in the wild. To know where platypuses are living in Sydney’s North West, the Cattai Hills Environment Network’s volunteers take water samples across the Cattai Creek catchment area. In June this year, with Sydney Water’s support, the monitoring program was able to double the number of sites sampled, from 18 to 36 sites. Extending the number of sample sites helps provide a better picture of local waterway health and the health of the local platypus population. Sydney Water’s lab teams have developed a testing method to provide vital information on platypus numbers from the water samples collected.
Recently, this important monitoring program was featured on ABC news. For more information:
Read: Sydney Water media release
Watch: ABC news report.
