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Ecologically Sustainable Annandale 2011

1-29 October 2011 Free Mon-Fri:9.30am-8pm, Sat:9.30am-4pm, Sun:10am-4pm, Closed Mon 3 Oct
Leichhardt Library, Italian Forum, Norton Street, Leichhardt
Eco-Annandale is an annual exhibition supported by Ramin Communications

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The theme for Eco-Annandale 2011 is Water. Annandale is bounded by Johnston's Creek, White's Creek, Port Jackson (Sydney Harbour) and Parramatta Road.

Rainwater which falls on Annandale

• is absorbed by the clay soil;
• evaporates
• trickles through the ground
• runs over the surface or via storm water drains, into Rozelle Bay, via White's Creek and Johnston's Creek;
• is transpired, into the air, by Trees and plants¹.

Constructed wetlands along side White's Creek and Johnston's Creek, in Federal Park filter some rain water, before it enters Rozelle Bay and Sydney Harbour.

Annandale's "Town Water" comes from the Prospect Dam, on the Prospect Creek which was completed in 1888² and from the Desalination Plant at Kurnel³.

Sewage from Annandale and the Inner west is carried via the two Annandale Sewage Aqueducts to the Bondi Ocean Outfall Sewer. The partly treated sewage⁴ is discharged at 130ML/day 2.2km from the shoreline⁵.

The water in Prospect Dam has fallen as rain water and has run into a river which has been dammed to control the flow of water to the Ocean. The desalination plant draws its water from the Ocean.

This year's exhibition includes the work of Margot Alexander, Merrick Fry, Michelle Genders, Susanne Martain, Sue Toohey, Fujiko Watt, Sandra Winkworth, Viki Alonso and Rosanne Antico-Hall. All works are for sale. Ted Floyd has provided the diagram of the Urban Water Cycle. The exhibition also includes examples of salt glazed earthenware sewer and storm water pipes, currently in use in Annandale, and an extract from my book 1890s Annandale a Short Walk.

We hope you enjoy the exhibition and welcome your comments and enquiries.

Marghanita da Cruz,Curator
Email: marghanita@ramin.com.au
Mobile: 0414-869202
Twitter: @callicoma or Hashtag: #ecoannau

Events

Exhibition is Free - view during Library Hours
Mon-Fri:9.30am-8pm, Sat:9.30am-4pm, Sun:10am-4pm, Closed Monday 3 October 2011

Setup: Saturday 1 October 2011

Jamie Parker, Member for Balmain
will be opening Eco-Annandale 2011 and
Launching 1890s Annandale a Short Walk
1.30-3.30pm Saturday 8 October 2011
RSVP: 5 October 2011
Email: marghanita@ramin.com.au
Mobile: 0414-869202

Bump Out and Sale of Works: 10am Saturday 29 October 2011

References

1. Transpiration by Trees, by Ted Floyd (ramin.com.au/creekcare/trees.shtml)
2. Prospect Reservoir is located on Prospect Creek, approximately 35 kilometres west of Sydney. The dam was completed in 1888 and was the first earthfill embankment dam in Australia. Its original purpose was to store water fed by gravity from the dams of the Upper Nepean system via the Upper Canal.
   From there the Lower Canal led to a basin at Guildford, from where water was piped to several reservoirs around the city.
   Water from the Warragamba Emergency Scheme reached Prospect Reservoir in May 1940...www.sca.nsw.gov.au
3. Sydney Water Fact Sheet (http://www.sydneywater.com.au/OurSystemsAndOperations/WaterSystems/PDF/WaterSupplyNetworkFactSheet.pdf)
4. Getting into Deep Water: Sydney's Extended Ocean Sewage Outfalls (Viewed 3 September 2011)
5. Coastal wastewater treatment plants (www.sydneywater.com.au)

video

Surface Water in Annandale

• Mosaic Water Bubbler and Filler, Shops, Corner Johnston and Booth Streets Annandale.
• World Environment Day 2010 at Whites Creek Wetlands, Annandale NSW following Storms in SydneyVideo clip
• Sydney region Maps have been prepared for three sea-level rise scenarios of 0.5m, 0.8m and 1.1m,relevant for the 2100 period.www.ozcoasts.org.au
• Sea Level Rise (CSIRO)
• Rising sea levels will swamp parts of Sydney [including Annandale] SMH December 16, 2010
• Creekcare - Soils and Urban Catchments
• Precautions against floods, 1817
• Draft Leichhardt Flood Study and Draft Estuarine Planning Levels Study
• "Significant flooding occurred in many areas of Queensland during late December 2010 and early January 2011, with three quarters of the state declared a disaster zone." - www.qld.gov.au/floods/
• "Victoria experienced heavy rainfall and flash flooding during January 2011. This page provides helpful information and services regarding the Victorian floods." - www.vic.gov.au
• Japan Tsunami
  11 March 2011
• "The Lake Eyre basin is a drainage basin that covers just under one-sixth of all Australia." - en.wikipedia.org
• "Australian rainfall patterns during El Niño and La Niña events" - www.bom.gov.au
• "Climate Change. Australia's climate is changing. ..." - www.bom.gov.au
• "Drought, climate change and water shortages make water reform and improved water management more necessary than ever." - www.nwc.gov.au

Sewerage System

• Bondi Ocean Outfall Sewer (BOOS)
• Johnstons Creek Sewage Aqueduct, Hogan Park, Off Nelson Street
• White’s Creek Sewer [Sewage] Aqueduct
• Johnstons Creek Stormwater Channel No 55, The Crescent
• Whites Creek Stormwater Channel No 95, Railway Parade to Parramatta Road
• Sewage Pumping Station No 3 (SP0003), Booth Street
• Sewage Pumping Station No 4 (SP0004), Rose Street
• Sewage Pumping Station No 5 (SP0005), Hutchinson Street

ramin.com.au/annandale/eco-annandale-2011.shtml last updated 6 March 2012.