Reedy Creek (Blacktown, Sydney) Explained

Reedy
Name Other:Branch of Reedy Creek
Subdivision Type1:Country
Subdivision Name1:Australia
Subdivision Type3:Region
Subdivision Name3:Sydney basin (IBRA), Greater Western Sydney
Subdivision Type5:Local government area
Subdivision Name5:Fairfield, Blacktown
Length:6km (04miles)
Source1:Horsley Memorial Park
Mouth:confluence with Eastern Creek
Mouth Location: (suburb)
River System:Hawkesbury-Nepean catchment
Custom Label:Nature reserve

Reedy Creek, an urban watercourse that is part of the Hawkesbury-Nepean catchment, is located in Greater Western Sydney, New South Wales, Australia.

Course and features

Reedy Creek rises in the western suburbs of Sydney about north-west of the Melville trigonometry station in the Memorial Park located in the suburb of . The creek flows generally north-east by north before reaching its confluence with Eastern Creek, in the suburb of, west of Sydney Motorsport Park. The course of the creek is approximately .

In 2005, the Reedy Creek catchment area was rated the lowest polluting catchment out of the twenty-two catchments in the Blacktown local government area. Whilst only a small proportion of the catchment lies within the City of Blacktown, it is anticipated that future development pressure may lead to significant detrimental changes due to the altering of the run off and stream flow regime and its resulting impacts on the creek.[1]

Reedy Creek is transversed by both the Westlink M7 and Wallgrove Road.

As part of the Streamwatch program, students from Marion Catholic Primary School compare weekly physical and chemical tests on water collected from Reedy Creek.[2] [3]

See also

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Notes and References

  1. Web site: Reedy Creek . PDF . . State of the waterways: Management plan . 2005 . 27 December 2013 .
  2. Web site: Chapter 2: Creeks . PDF . State of the Environment Report 2005 – 2006 . . 2006 . 27 December 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20130420001609/http://www.fairfieldcity.nsw.gov.au/upload/tilhz85984/soe0506_Creeks_ch2.pdf . 20 April 2013 . dmy-all .
  3. Web site: Get involved in Streamwatch . . 23 December 2013 . 27 December 2013 . dead . https://web.archive.org/web/20131228081623/http://www.fairfieldcity.nsw.gov.au/default.asp?iDocID=6823&iNavCatID=56&iSubCatID=2149 . 28 December 2013 . dmy-all .