There are 45 priority actions under the "habitat management: water" recovery strategy. These actions apply to 29 threatened species, populations and communities.
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Scientific name
Prefer common name? | Type of species | Level of threat | Priority actions
Show only: high | medium | low priority | | Alexfloydia repens | Herbs and Forbs | Endangered | 1. Prevent the input of pollutants into waterways. (Medium priority)
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| Amaurornis olivaceus | Birds | Vulnerable | 1. Reduce nutrient runoff into freshwater wetlands known to be used by Bush-hens. (High priority)
2. Restore natural hydrological regimes to freshwater wetlands and maintain existing hydrological regimes; do not fill or drain wetlands; retain and protect native vegetation in and around wetlands and restore degrdaded wetlands. (High priority)
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| Anseranas semipalmata | Birds | Vulnerable | 1. Reduce nutrient runoff into wetlands, and avoid the use of herbicides and pesticides near or in wetlands. (High priority)
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| Blue Mountains Swamps in the Sydney Basin Bioregion | Threatened Ecological Communities | Vulnerable | 1. Develop and implement strategies to reduce impacts of urban runoff on this community. Impacts include erosion and channelisation, sedimentation, changes in water quality and spread of weeds. (High priority)
2. Ensure all bores and springs within the Blue Mountains and Wollondilly LGAs are mapped, licensed and have meters installed to measure water use. Establish a ceiling on the number of bores in the Blue Mountains. (Medium priority)
3. Ensure that developments upstream of this community maintain, and if possible improve, water quality exiting the site. (High priority)
4. Implement a strategy to prevent sewerage overflows, prevent illegal stormwater connections and identify and remedy blockages in catchments containing this community. (Medium priority)
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| Byron Bay Dwarf Graminoid Clay Heath Community | Threatened Ecological Communities | Endangered Ecological Community | 1. Liaise with relevant authorities regarding stormwater issues. (High priority)
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| Crinia sloanei | Amphibians | Vulnerable | 1. Investigate opportunities for environmental water flows to assist with providing breeding opportunities to improve reproductive output and recruitment. . (Medium priority)
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| Dysphania plantaginella | Herbs and Forbs | Endangered | 1. Develop management strategies for water flow regimes and water quality changes. (Medium priority)
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| Dysphania platycarpa | Herbs and Forbs | Endangered | 1. Develop management strategies for water flow regimes and water quality changes. (Medium priority)
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| Eleocharis tetraquetra | Herbs and Forbs | Endangered | 1. Minimise alteration of existing drainage patterns on public land at Boambee. (High priority)
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| Emydura macquarii (Bellinger River Form) | Reptiles | Vulnerable | 1. Provide for adequate erosion control and riparian buffers to protect water quality in private native forestry operations in the Bellinger River catchments. (High priority)
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| Epacris hamiltonii | Shrubs | Endangered | 1. Development consent issued on land in the vicinity of known or potential habitat to ensure that appropriate stormwater and sediment control measures are in place, and that natural water flows are not affected. (Medium priority)
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| Esacus neglectus | Birds | Endangered | 1. Implement programs to increase freshwater environmental flows into estuarine systems. (High priority)
2. Support programs to improve water quality in floodplain drains and improve quality of flood flows. (High priority)
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| Eucalyptus camaldulensis | Endangered Populations | Endangered Population | 1. Provide appropriate environmental flows to assist in the lifecycle of the species. (High priority)
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| Eucalyptus camphora subsp. relicta | Trees | Endangered | 1. Maintain hydrological processes at the known sites for the species. (High priority)
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| Eudyptula minor population - endangered population | Endangered Populations | Endangered Population | 1. Marine Pollution spill management. (Medium priority)
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| Falco hypoleucos | Birds | Vulnerable | 1. Develop management strategies for water flow regimes to protect riparian areas. (Medium priority)
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| Hamirostra melanosternon | Birds | Vulnerable | 1. Develop management strategies for water flow regimes to protect riparian areas. (Medium priority)
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| Hoplocephalus bitorquatus | Reptiles | Vulnerable | 1. Develop management strategies for water flow regimes to sustain riparian habitat. (Medium priority)
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| Illawarra Lowlands Grassy Woodland in the Sydney Basin Bioregion | Threatened Ecological Communities | Endangered Ecological Community | 1. Implement measures to prevent/control inappropriate water flows and erosion. (Medium priority)
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| Lepidosperma evansianum | Herbs and Forbs | Vulnerable | 1. [Environmental water] Develop and implement strategies to ensure underground aquifers are appropriately managed. (Medium priority)
2. [Pollution] Prepare Pollution Incident Control Plan to prevent pollutants entering the catchments of this species in the event of an accidental spill. (Low priority)
3. [Water quality] Develop and implement strategies to reduce impacts of urban runoff, stormwater runoff from Gt Western Highway, sewerage overflows, illegal stormwater connections and to improve in-stream water quality. (Medium priority)
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| Litoria olongburensis | Amphibians | Vulnerable | 1. Control (stormwater) runoff, drainage, ground water extraction and associated changes in water chemistry, pH, quality and quantity that may adversely impact on habitats and/or species' populations. (Medium priority)
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| Litoria spenceri | Amphibians | Endangered | 1. Continued sediment control and monitoring at Bogong creek. (High priority)
2. Control release of water at Bogong Creek. (High priority)
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| Maroota Sands Swamp Forest | Threatened Ecological Communities | Endangered Ecological Community | 1. Negotiate with relevant authorities to address threats due to stormwater runoff and hydrological changes from e.g. water extraction, sand mining, market gardening. (High priority)
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| Microstrobos fitzgeraldii | Shrubs | Endangered | 1. Develop and implement strategies to reduce impacts of urban runoff on known populations. (High priority)
2. Develop guidelines that ensure the groundwater requirements of dependent ecosystems are maintained and that establish a ceiling on the maximum number of bores permitted in the Blue Mountains. (Medium priority)
3. Ensure all bores and springs within the Blue Mountains LGA are mapped, licensed and have meters installed to measure water use. (Medium priority)
4. Ensure that all riparian corridors and swamps are protected with adequate buffer zones in catchments with known populations. (Medium priority)
5. Ensure that developments upstream of known populations maintain, and if possible improve, water quality exiting the site. (High priority)
6. Ensure that Pollution Incident Control Plans and Standard Operating Procedures in place in catchments of known populations are adequate to address specific water quality issues that may affect this species. (Medium priority)
7. Implement a strategy to prevent sewerage overflows, prevent illegal stormwater connections and identify and remedy blockages in catchments of known populations. (Medium priority)
8. Investigate potential sources of groundwater contamination, such as ground absorption septic systems, and investigate methods of resolving this contaminant source. (Medium priority)
9. Investigate the adequacy of current sediment control devices above known populations and schedule replacement of ineffective devices. Regularly maintain these devices to ensure their continued effective operation. (High priority)
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| Myotis macropus (formally Myotis adversus) | Bats | Vulnerable | 1. Better regulate pollution of waterways e.g. sewage and fertilizer run-off (eutrophication) and pesticide/herbicide leakage (chemical pollution) and thermal pollution. (Low priority)
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| Osteocarpum scleropterum | Shrubs | Endangered | 1. Develop management strategies for water flow regimes and water quality changes. (Medium priority)
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| Petalura gigantea | Invertebrates | Endangered | 1. Maintain hydrological regimes of swamp habitats. (High priority)
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| Platyzoma microphyllum | Ferns and Cycads | Endangered | 1. Develop management strategies for water flow regimes and water quality changes. (Medium priority)
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| Pterostylis pulchella | Orchids | Vulnerable | 1. Development consent issued on land in the vicinity of known populations to ensure that appropriate stormwater and sediment control measures are in place, and that natural water flows are not affected. (High priority)
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