Report a leak

Pesticide use notification

As part of our maintenance activities we need to control weeds and pests.

Pesticide Use Notification Plan 2022-27

Our Pesticide Use Notification Plan details how we do this and what notification we provide to the community.

The main aim of this plan is to meet the community’s general right to know about pesticide applications made to outdoor public places that are owned or controlled by public authorities.

The plan allows members of the community to take action to avoid contact with pesticides, and warnings about the subsequent use or entry onto land.

View our plan

Forward plan for stormwater channels

We have approximately 92 kilometres of stormwater assets that require maintenance on an ongoing basis. Open channels have ample access to water, nutrients and sunlight making them ideal places for weeds to grow, especially in the cracks of concrete. Vegetation can impede the flow of storm water and result in unnecessary inundation of community assets.

Our contractors will be spraying weeds in the cracks of the concrete storm water channel and adjacent land when required. All labelled directions will be followed and applications will be done in adherence to the Pesticide Act 1999 and the Pesticide Regulation 2017.

Stormwater channel Treatment of Timing
Throsby Creek system Weeds in concrete cracks Ongoing
Cottage Creek system Weeds in concrete cracks and kidney leaf mud plantain around the Hamilton and Hamilton North areas (typically in the warmer months and further notification will be distributed via signs and letterbox notification to neighbouring properties) Ongoing
Wallsend system Weeds in concrete cracks Ongoing
Jesmond system Weeds in concrete cracks Ongoing
Cessnock system Weeds in concrete cracks Ongoing
Cardiff system Weeds in concrete cracks Ongoing

Forward plan for parks and picnic grounds

We have a number of public parks and picnic grounds we maintain. In an effort to minimise bindies and weeds in the turf grass we spray broadleaf herbicides in the late winter early spring (August / September). Other notification procedures will be in place where warning signs will be put in place before, during and after spraying as per our notification plan.

Stormwater channel Treatment of Timing
Finnan Park Turf grassed areas - broadleaf (bindies) August/September
Balickera Park Turf grassed areas - broadleaf (bindies) August/September
Chichester Dam picnic areas Turf grassed areas - broadleaf (bindies) August/September

Forward plan for pump stations, reservoirs and depots

Pump stations, reservoirs and depots Treatment of Timing
Various locations Cracks in concrete, weeds in gardens and controlling environmental and priority weeds. Ongoing, small quantities are generally used (≤20 L) to apply domestic like use using hand held hand powered applicators).