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The Trust supports the four local councils in both
the construction and maintenance of flood mitigation and water quality
structures in the catchment.
These assets play an important role in flood protection and/or
water quality improvement and must be regularly maintained to ensure
that they remain in good condition and so operate as designed. The
Trust is currently responsible for the maintenance of the Loyalty
Road flood retarding basin, but the councils and other agencies
are responsible for all the other structures. Historically there
has been limited resources for the on-going maintenance of these
assets and the Trust facilitates a Safety and Maintenance Working
Party to support the councils in their management of the assets.
It is important that councils have all the necessary information
about a particular asset in regard to its design, construction and
maintenance. These three issues may well have been managed by different
arms of council and it is not always easy to ensure that all the
required information is available in a convenient location. With
staffing changes over time critical information could easily be
lost. The best way to ensure this information is readily available
is to collect it in a single place such as a database. The councils,
or any other asset managers, also have a duty of care to inspect
and maintain assets. If any problems arise in the future, it is
important to have a record of all inspections and maintenance actions.
In order to help councils meet these requirements, the Trust has
developed the web-based Stormwater
Facilities Database. This database contains all the necessary
information about both water quality and water quantity assets in
the catchment and across the four council areas. While primarily
a management tool, much of the data is publicly available through
the above link.
If you require further information about the database, you can
contact the Trust's Operations Engineer, Mr
John Carse.
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