Water
Water management is an important issue for all South Australians. Council works to make sure that water is not wasted.
The City of Tea Tree Gully community uses more than 10 billion litres of water each year. That is enough to fill Adelaide Oval to the top of the stadium 10 times.
To keep our parks and sport fields green all year we need reliable and affordable water supplies. Council uses about 500 million litres of water each year to irrigate these public spaces.
Council’s Water Strategy shows its commitment to:
- using a smart mix of water to help our community, economy and environment
- keeping plants and wildlife healthy along our creeks and rivers
- protecting the community from floods and protecting the environment from water pollution.
Council waters some parks and sports fields with non-drinking water. This helps save precious drinking water. Non-drinking water comes from stormwater and from groundwater taken from underground aquifers.
Council uses non-drinking water at these parks and sports fields:
- Banksia Park Sports Area (Bulkanna and Pertaringa Ovals)
- Burragah Reserve
- Civic Park
- Golden Fields Reserve
- Greenwith Sports Park
- Harpers Field
- Hope Valley Sports Area
- Illyarrie Reserve
- Ladywood Reserve
- Modbury Sports Area (Ashley Avenue Reserve and Modbury Oval)
- Saturn Reserve
- Sir Frank Berryman Reserve
- Solandra Reserve
- Tilley Recreation Park
- Wynn Vale Recreation Area
Wetlands are great for the environment and the local community. Wetlands
- bring back nature and increase the variety of local plants and animals
- clean stormwater by using natural filters
- give people a relaxing space to enjoy the outdoors
- teach students and visitors about caring for the environment
- help manage flooding in the local area.
To do this, wetlands use special features like:
- trash racks to catch floating rubbish and plastic
- settling ponds to slow the water down so mud and dirt sink to the bottom
- reed beds to naturally filter the slow-moving water
- weirs (small walls) to control how much water flows into different areas.
Kingfisher Wetland at Modbury Heights and Mahogany Wetland at Dernancourt are great places to visit but please do not feed the ducks.
Floods can happen at any time. Protect your home from flooding by:
- checking Council’s disasters and emergency management page
- checking your flood risk at the Department for Environment and Water Flood Awareness website
- following the warnings and advice from the SA State Emergency Service.
Council is preparing new flood maps for the Dry Creek catchment. Council is also working with neighbouring councils to prepare flood maps for areas along the River Torrens.
Residential and commercial water tanks can help save drinking water. Some water tanks need development approval. Check if you need approval at the PlanSA website.
