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The Port Adelaide catchment contains two main watercourses; the Port River and West Lakes. The Port
River is a naturally occurring waterway. However, seawalls, embankments and floodgates have been
installed along the river. West Lakes is an artificial recreational waterway constructed in the upper
reaches of the Port River. It receives stormwater from the Port Road sub-catchment as well as the
surrounding suburbs.
Table 12.1: Catchment summary
Catchment
Main Sub-
catchments
Catchment/ Water
Course
Description
Council
Features
PAE
CS
WT
Other
Port
Adelaide
Hindmarsh
Enfield Prospect,
Torrens Road
Drainage
Authority, South
Road, North Arm,
West Lakes, Port
Road, Trimmer
Parade, Meakin,
Highly engineered
urban catchment
and water course
with an artificial lake
(West Lakes)
9
9
Prospect Gillman Wetlands,
MAR schemes at 3
sites with wetlands
and MAR schemes
to be implemented
at another 3 sites as
part of Water
Proofing the West
Dry Creek
-
Ephemeral water
course
9
Salisbury Dry Creek wetlands
1000ML capacity
Torrens
River
Henley-Fulham,
Torrens East,
Torrens West
Urban and rural
catchments, water
course lined with
concrete in parts,
weir installed to
form artificial lake,
artificial outlet to the
sea
9
9
9
Adelaide,
Adelaide
Hills,
Burnside,
Campbell
town,
Tea Tree
Gully,
Barossa
etc.
Breakout Creek
wetlands, Apex
Park wetland
Patawa-
longa
Creek
Airport, Keswick-
Brown Hill Creek,
South Western
Suburbs Drainage
Scheme
Urban and rural
catchments with
predominantly
natural water
courses
9
9
Unley,
Mitcham,
Burnside,
Marion,
Holdfast
Bay
Lew Street Basin
1ML capacity,
stormwater reuse
projects to be
implemented at
Kooyonga Golf
Course, Glenelg
Golf Club (including
ASR scheme) and
Adelaide Shores
Stormwater drainage is predominantly through underground networks. In some areas, stormwater drains
directly to the coast. In others, stormwater drains to West Lakes, the Port River or via wetlands (City of
Port Adelaide Enfield, 2007,
State of Environment Report
). Part of the stormwater network in the Charles
Sturt council, particularly the underground drainage system along Port Road was found in 2007 (Connell
Wagner,
Port Road Rejuvenation Stormwater Management Plan
) to have capacities of less than 1 year
Average Recurrence Interval (ARI). Other parts of the stormwater network have been designed for 2 to 5
year ARIs.
The Gillman wetlands consist of the Barker Inlet wetlands and the Range and Magazine Creek wetlands,
spanning 172 ha, 17 ha and 36 ha respectively. The Barker Inlet wetlands have a capacity of 1200ML
