Sydney Olympic Park is located downstream from Haslams Creek and Powells Creek. Protection of these waterways was a high priority in the initial development of the site and resulted in innovative technologies to treat the stormwater generated on-site.
New developments and activities at Sydney Olympic Park do not adversely impact the water quality of adjacent creeks and the Parramatta River.
All stormwater generated in the urban core area of Sydney Olympic Park flows through stormwater quality-improvement devices, which filter out gross pollutants before flowing to one of three on-site water quality control ponds. These ponds contain water plants that filter the stormwater by removing nutrients before the stormwater is either re-used on site for irrigation or overflows into adjacent creeks.
The Sydney Olympic Park Authority continues to give priority to stormwater management and regularly monitor water quality in the various ponds, wetlands and adjacent creeks. The results of this monitoring assist in reporting on the health of the various waterbodies and making environmental management decisions.
Sydney Olympic Park has a strong interface with surrounding Council areas to ensure the effective implementation of stormwater management and monitoring plans.
The Master Plan for Sydney Olympic Park contains a number of design initiatives to minimise stormwater run-off. In addition, the Plan of Management for the Parklands contains methods of stormwater management and ways to improve water quality at Sydney Olympic Park.
The Sustainability Policy and Sustainability Strategy provide further information on the Authority's approach to best practice sustainability.
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