Our Stormwater Network

Cottage Creek Stormwater System, Newcastle

This system is mainly open, with concrete trapezoidal and rectangular sections up to 12.3 metres wide. Covered sections are in concrete with small laterals of reinforced concrete pipes. The total length, including branches, is 18.6 kilometres.

Throsby Creek Stormwater System, Newcastle & Lake Macquarie

This system is mainly open, with sections lined with concrete up to 55 metres wide. Covered sections are in concrete of variable section, rectangular in the larger sizes with reinforced concrete cover. Smaller laterals consist of reinforced concrete pipes or box culverts. The total length is 54.2 kilometres.

Jesmond Stormwater Channel (Dark Creek System), Newcastle

This system is generally open section with the portions under roadways constructed of box section. Some laterals are constructed of reinforced concrete pipe or reinforced concrete box culverts. The total length is 4.7 kilometres.

Wallsend Plattsburg Stormwater Channel, Newcastle

The channel is generally reinforced concrete open section with reinforced concrete box culverts or pipe branches. The total length is 2.3 kilometres.

Cardiff Stormwater Channel (Winding Creek System), Lake Macquarie

This system is mainly open concrete trapezoidal or rectangular section with the portions under roadways constructed of box section. The total length is 3.9 kilometres.

Cessnock Stormwater Channel System, Cessnock

This system is generally open section, but some lengths in roadways are box section. The total length of the system is 10.6 kilometres.

  • Frequently Asked Questions

    • What is stormwater?

      Answer

      Stormwater is water that falls from the sky and runs across roofs, roads and parks into stormwater drains. Hunter Water works closely with local councils and other agencies to manage the stormwater in Hunter Region.

      Stormwater services:

      • protect people and properties from flooding
      • improve the health of waterways
      • allow for stormwater to be reused.

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