EASTERN BEACHES FORESHORE RESERVES MANAGEMENT PLAN - COMMUNITY CONSULTATION OVERVIEW AND PROPOSED CHANGES · Attachment 3 EBFRMP Engagement Analysis Articulous

7.13. Action area 9: Coastal creeks and stormwater
Respondents were asked to provide a written response on whether there was anything missing or overlooked in the proposed actions for coastal
creeks and stormwater.

Of the 204 people who took part in the survey, 65 provided a response to this question (31.9%).

   •   60 of these responses (92.3%) related to the coastal creeks and stormwater action area, and 5 related to other action areas
   •   There were an additional 29 responses shared across other action areas that related to coastal creeks and stormwater

Relevant responses were analysed to identify the below key themes:

 Theme                     Key comments include:

 Water quality             “Assess the quality of all stormwater at intervals throughout the year and make the results readily available to the public."

                           “Very good points. Kabi Kabi are very interested in water quality assessments, very important to have Kabi Kabi involved
                           and resourced to be involved."


 Burgess Creek             “Burgess Creek really needs to be fixed. I cannot believe that all the run off is allowed. At the very least it looks terrible
                           and it is toxic, you can't go in that water and sometimes you cannot even cross it on the beach. That pollution then travels
                           north and south to where people are swimming. And what is it doing to marine life? What if people catch and eat fish
                           (from the open beach) that have been in that water?"

                           "I would imagine that improved water quality at Burger Creek stems from the occasional overflow from the sewage plant
                           when working at full capacity, there is no mention of enlarging this facility, address the problem at the head, rather than
                           the tail. See that storm water is redirected into storm water outlets at street level rather than directly onto the dunes."