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Partnership releases calendar to protect our waterways

A full-colour educational calendar on stormwater issues is being distributed free to all residents of Latrobe City in the Latrobe Valley Express today.

By Latrobe City Council - 31st October 2003 - Back to News

The ‘Waterways for the future’ community calendar was funded by the Victorian Stormwater Action Program and developed by Latrobe City Council in partnership with the West Gippsland Catchment Management Authority, the Environment Protection Authority and Waterwatch.

Together, the partnership identified a number of stormwater issues that were of particular concern within the Latrobe City area and decided to target these issues in the calendar.

In launching the calendar, Chair of the Litter Prevention Taskforce and Latrobe City Mayor, Councillor Graeme Middlemiss, said that Council was committed to reducing stormwater pollution in our community, and the calendar was an innovative way of drawing the community’s attention to stormwater issues.

"Waterways provide significant environmental, commercial and recreational benefits to Latrobe residents and we need to work together to ensure that these values are protected," Cr Middlemiss said.

Wendy Hayne of the West Gippsland Catchment Management Authority said the ‘Waterways for our future’ community calendar was a great way to reach a wide range of audiences on a number of different topics. "Not only is the calendar useful but it provides handy hints to help individuals reduce the impacts of their activities on the region’s waterways," Ms Hayne said.

Latrobe City Stormwater Education officer, Peter Collins, said that Stormwater pollution was the single biggest threat to the health of Latrobe’s waterways. "Every time it rains, water washes cigarette butts, dog litter, plastic bags and bottles, fertilizers, chemicals, paint, soil, leaves, oil and other types of pollution down the drain. It all ends up in our creeks, rivers and lakes," Mr Collins said.

"The calendar provides many good examples of things we can do during our everyday life to ensure that only clean water goes down the drain, whether it is in the garden, around the house or washing the car. Every month in the calendar’s life there’s a different issue raised, so there’s a whole year’s worth of tips and hints to help our waterways remain healthy," Mr Collins said.

Additional copies of the ‘Waterways for our future’ calendar are available from Latrobe City Service Centres.

Source: www.gippsland.com

Published by: news@gippsland.com

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