MCU14/0056 - Attachment I -Environmental Report

              environmental management
            ecological assessment report


Natural Resources Code Response – Water Supply Catchment Areas
Specific Outcomes                                      Probable solutions

13.46     Effects of uses and works
Water quality and quantity
O11 Development does not have adverse effects          No solution provided.                                The proposed development will not have adverse
on the quality or quantity of water entering Lake                                                           impacts on the water quality of Lake Macdonald.
Macdonald, Cedar Pocket dam or their tributaries,                                                           Stormwater on site will be treated through a system of
including effects on—                                                                                       bio-retention basins adjacent to the waterway. No
a)     nutrient or other chemical levels; and                                                               adverse impacts to the existing waterway are
b)     sediment loads; and                                                                                  anticipated
c) turbidity.
                                                                                                            Refer to Stormwater Management Plan

Buffering to Lake Macdonald and its tributaries
O12 The buffering and filtering function of riparian    S12.1 For land used for Animal husbandry and        The development site is located approximately 1.5 km
zones adjacent to Lake Macdonald and its                adjoining Lake Macdonald and its tributaries—       south-east from Lake Macdonald. Stormwater
tributaries is maintained or improved.
                                                        a)    properties are fenced to prevent stock        generated on site will be treated through a system of
                                                              accessing the riparian zone, Lake Macdonald   bio-retention basins. No adverse impacts to the existing
                                                              or its tributaries; and                       waterway are anticipated.
                                                        b)    stock watering points are not located on
                                                              watercourses;                                 Refer to Stormwater Management Plan
                                                        AND

                                                       S12.2 Riparian vegetation is retained.

Visual amenity of Lake Macdonald
O13 The visual amenity of Lake Macdonald, its          No solution provided.                                The proposed development is have negligible impact
foreshores and immediate surrounds are                                                                      on visual amenity and will not impact on the visual
maintained or improved including views—                                                                     amenity of Lake Macdonald. It is anticipated through
a) from the lake; and                                                                                       landscaping, that the proposed development will add
b) to the lake and beyond when viewed from private                                                          to visual amenity of the area.
lands and from public areas, including the Botanic
Gardens.

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