Ipswich City Council

Waterways

Tributaries

The Bremer River Catchment

The Bremer River Catchment is approximately 2030 km² in area and encompasses a diverse range of land uses which include agriculture, mining, industry, commerce, natural areas and urban development. The City of Ipswich lies within the Bremer River Catchment. It is a historic city as well as the residential, commercial and industrial centre of the Catchment.

The Bremer River Catchment contains six major waterways, being the Bremer River, Bundamba Creek, Purga Creek, Reynolds Creek, Warrill Creek and Western Creek. The three larger waterways, also known as sub-catchments, contain a wide range of land uses.

The Bremer River Catchment Management Strategy has been developed to facilitate better management of the natural resources of the catchment, and to encourage objective decision making in accordance with community values. For the purposes of the management strategy, the Bremer River catchment has been divided into 13 sub-catchments.

The following is a list of the characteristics and management issues pertaining to each sub-catchment.

Sub-Catchment Area	Characteristics	Management Issues
Upper Bundamba Creek 9305ha	future urban development Swanbank Power Station extractive industries significant wetlands - Daley's Lagoon	flooding salinity industrial discharges water quality degradation vegetation clearance
Lower Bundamba Creek 3758ha	largely urbanised manufacturing industries extractive industries abbatoirs grazing	flooding water quality degradation vegetation clearance sedimentation industrial discharges
Deebing Creek 3457ha	residential future urban development conservation parks highly erosive (solodic) soils	flooding vegetation clearance erosion sedimentation
Purga Creek 2254ha	predominantly rural extractive industries significant remnant vegetation - Melaleuca irbyana	flooding vegetation clearance salinity sedimentation environmental weeds
Reynolds Creek 26760ha	predominantly rural Lake Moogerah remnant vegetation	vegetation clearance water quality sedimentation sustainable irrigation tourism and recreation
Upper Warrill Creek 19640ha	predominantly rural remnant vegetation extractive industries sewerage treatment plant	flooding vegetation clearance nutrient loads sustainable irrigation
Mid Warrill Creek 30390ha	predominantly rural inappropriate levees significant remnant vegetation - Melaleuca irbyana sewerage treatment plant	flooding vegetation clearance salinity nutrient loads feral animals
Lower Warrill Creek 16067ha	predominantly rural RAAF Amberley extractive industries sewerage treatment plant inappropriate levees significant remnant vegetation - Melaleuca irbyana	flooding vegetation clearance salinity nutrient loads feral animals pollution - air, noise, soil and water environmental weeds
Upper Bremer River 17370ha	predominantly rural inappropriate levees remnant vegetation extractive industries	flooding vegetation clearance nutrient loads sedimentation sustainable irrigation
Mid Bremer River 11260ha	predominantly rural significant remnant vegetation - Melaleuca irbyana	flooding vegetation clearance erosion sedimentation nutrient loads sustainable irrigation environmental weeds
Lower Bremer River 10520ha	predominantly rural urban development RAAF Amberley industrial estate extractive industries septic discharge significant freshwater wetlands	flooding vegetation clearance erosion sedimentation nutrient loads industrial discharges environmental weeds sustainable irrigation
Tidal Bremer River 5835ha	City of Ipswich residential, commercial and industrial developments sewerage treatment plants urban stormwater drainage	flooding vegetation clearance sedimentation nutrient loads pathogen levels industrial discharges environmental weeds stormwater
Western Creek 26010ha	predominantly rural urban township sewerage treatment plant significant remnant vegetation - Rosewood Scrub	flooding vegetation sedimentation nutrient loads environmental weeds

Last Updated 9 Nov 2009 |

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