Floodplain Management Study Spring Street Drain, Muddy Creek and Scarborough Ponds - Volume 2

APPENDICES

APPENDIX A STUDY BRIEF
APPENDIX B REVIEW OF MUDDY CREEK FLOOD STUDIES
APPENDIX C ADDITIONAL FLOOD MODELLING, MUDDY CREEK CATCHMENT
APPENDIX D ADDITIONAL FLOOD MODELLING, SPRING ST DRAIN
CATCHMENT
APPENDIX E LOCAL STORMWATER FLOOD MODELLING
APPENDIX F ADOPTED 'DESIGN' FLOOD LEVELS
APPENDIX G FLOOD DAMAGES ESTIMATE
APPENDIX H ANALYSIS OF SELECTED OPTIONS, MUDDY CREEK CATCHMENT
APPENDIX I ANALYSIS OF SELECTED OPTIONS, SPRING ST DRAIN CATCHMENT
APPENDIX J COMMUNITY CONSULTATION
APPENDIX K SOCIAL AND ECONOMIC EVALUATION

Catchment Description
Spring Street Drain
The Spring Street Drain has a total catchment area of approximately 3.5 km2. The upper
reaches of the catchment are in the suburbs of Rockdale and Bexley and are principally
residential. It flows through a pipe network towards the Illawarra Railway Line. The railway
line is raised above the natural ground level for a considerable distance either side of the main
pipe network under the line which may restrict surface flows from the western side.
Immediately east of the railway line the catchment comprises a Commercial area along
Princes Highway and incorporates most-of the Rockdale City Centre.
The pipe conduit network combines into an open concrete trapezoidal section at Short Street,
Banksia. The section downstream is through a low level residential area built fairly close to
the channel. As the channel continues past West Botany Street it flows through an open park
area with some adjacent wetland areas. It eventually drains into the Cooks river at the
confluence of the Cooks River with Muddy Creek.
Muddy Creek
The catchment area of Muddy Creek is about 5.6km2, its catchment area is heavily urbanised
with a mixture of residential, commercial and industrial development, and it drains into the
Cooks River near its entrance to Botany Bay. The residential development is mainly low
density with some patches of medium to high density residential area consistent with urban
consolidation.
Muddy Creek consists of a formed concrete channel from the Cooks River upstream to Frys
Reserve. There are a number of side channels, both open and piped, that laterally feed the
trunk flows into the creek. Upstream of Frys Reserve the trunk drainage system divides into a
number of drainage systems combining open concrete channels with piped sections.
The section of Muddy Creek downstream of the Bestic Street bridge has been widened and
dredged to form part of the lower Cooks River estuary. The tailwater level for Muddy Creek
is controlled by the water level in the Cooks River.
Scarborough Ponds has a catchment area of about 4 km2 and a stream length of about 3.4 km.
There are three main ponds or wetlands, from England Street to President Avenue, from
President Avenue to Barton Street, and downstream of Barton Street. The day-to-day water
levels of each pond are controlled at the downstream end by weirs at President Avenue,
Barton Street and the outlet structure at Florence Street. The Florence Street outlet structure
connects the ponds to Botany Bay, allowing the tide to penetrate into the downstream ponds.
The Florence Street culvert consists of triple 1350 mm diameter pipes.
Development within the catchment is predominantly low to medium density residential
development with localised commercial and industrial development. The areas adjacent to
the ponds have been landscaped into open spaces suitable for passive recreational activities.
Some residential development on the eastern side of the ponds comes very close to the ponds.
Scarborough Ponds
The existing culvert under the railway line at Frys Reserve produces a throttling of the flows
and causes Frys Reserve to act as an on-line retarding basin. The adjacent Warialda Street is
expected to be inundated in about a 20% AEP flood. Sydney Water has recently constructed
a new bypass culvert under the railway line to alleviate the hazard of floodwater through the
Hegarty Street underpass. The flood study examined flood behaviour for the original and
now existing culvert conditions under the railway line at Frys Reserve.
There are a large number of road and pedestrian bridges over Muddy Creek that may impact
on the flood behaviour. The major bridge crossings are at the Princes Highway, Bay Street and Bestic Street. In addition a sewer line crosses over Muddy Creek upstream of the Princes
Highway. This sewer line would act as a major impediment to flood flows, ponding water
against the concrete structure with no bypass arrangement. Some of the properties adjacent to
the creek have boundary fences located close to the Muddy Creek channel and these would
impact on flood flows by restricting the spread of water onto the floodplains.
The section of Muddy Creek downstream of the Bestic Street bridge has been widened and
dredged to form part of the lower Cooks River estuary. The tailwater level for Muddy Creek
is controlled by the water level in the Cooks River.
Scarborough Ponds
Scarborough Ponds has a catchment area of about 4 km2 and a stream length of about 3.4 km.
There are three main ponds or wetlands, from England Street to President Avenue, from
President Avenue to Barton Street, and downstream of Barton Street. The day-to-day water
levels of each pond are controlled at the downstream end by weirs at President Avenue,
Barton Street and the outlet structure at Florence Street. The Florence Street outlet structure
connects the ponds to Botany Bay, allowing the tide to penetrate into the downstream ponds.
The Florence Street culvert consists of triple 1350 mm diameter pipes.
Development within the catchment is predominantly low to medium density residential
development with localised commercial and industrial development. The areas adjacent to
the ponds have been landscaped into open spaces suitable for passive recreational activities.
Some residential development on the eastern side of the ponds comes very close to the ponds.

Tags: Bexley, Muddy Creek, Rockdale, Scarborough Ponds, Spring Street
Organization: Bayside Council