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This work is to ensure:

• We are keeping the drains clear so that water can drain quickly during weather events
• We are reducing the spread of plant pests such as Water celery, Blackberry, Fennel, Cow cress and Hemlock.

The maintenance work does vary for each waterway but typically includes mowing and weed spraying, which may be required up to three times annually depending on weed and grass growth. The work is a continuous mobile operation where our machines move through a large number of properties on any given day.

All weed spraying operations will be undertaken by Growsafe certified staff or contractors, and the agrichemicals to be used are Glyphosate 510 and/or Metsulfuron-methyl.

The sprays are used depends on the types of weeds and location and they may be used on their own or in combination.

All our staff are licenced, trained and competent in the machinery they operate and the tasks they undertake.  All staff complete a daily site safety plan and undertake continual hazard identification of the worksite, along with adhering to the requirements of Council’s operational Codes of Practice.

The council makes every reasonable effort to contact landowners before undertaking inspections or further significant works.  We place public notices of our intention to work on waterways in the newspaper and we send notification letters to landowners where our records show their properties border waterways that we maintain.