Powells Creek

Powells Creek is an urban stream located in Sydney, Australia.[1]

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Description

Powells Creek begins as a concrete stormwater channel in the inner-western suburb of Strathfield, and flows north-west through the suburb of Homebush, past Bressington Park, where it joins Saleyards Creek.[2] Beyond this point its concrete walls do not continue, and it becomes a mangrove-lined stream, flowing through Bicentennial Park and emptying into Homebush Bay.[2] The Powells Creek Renewal Project intends to improve the appearance of the creek upstream of the confluence with Saleyards Creek.[3]

Ecological issues

Canalisation of Powells Creek and Saleyards Creek in the 1930s has affected salinity and pollution levels in nearby tidal wetlands. A drop board weir installed in 1998 has partly restored natural tidal flows.[4]

See also

References

  1. ^ Geoscience Australia place names search.
  2. ^ a b Stephen Ambrose, Vertebrate Fauna Study for the Strathfield LGA, April 2009.
  3. ^ *Powells Creek Renewal Project.
  4. ^ Strathfield Council: Mason Park Plan of Management.

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