Information about the Cooks River and how this project will improve it
How you can get involved to help improve the health of the river
Find out how local communities are involved in the project
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Cooks River Sustainability Initiative partner Councils
Ashfield
Bankstown
Canterbury
City Of Sydney
Hurstville
Marrickville
Rockdale
Strathfield
Other Links
Cooks River related sites
- CookNet: Cooks River Portal – History, science, community of the Cooks River
- Cadigal Wangal – Indigenous history and culture in the Marrickville area including the Cooks River
- NSW EPA Cooks River environmental assessment and education project
- Cooks River to Iron Cove GreenWay
- Cooks River Cycle-way
- Cooks River Foreshores WorkingGroup
- Native plants of the Cooks River
- Coors River Valley Association
- Vegetation of the Cooks River
- Cooks River/ Castlereagh Ironbark Forest, Endangered Ecological Community
- Unwins Bridge over Cooks River
- Cooks River Sewerage Aqueduct
- NSW Water Quality and River Flow Objectives, Cooks River
- Cooks River Mudcrabs Community Eco Group
- Waterkeepers Australia
- RiverScience Ecological Monitoring Program
- The Cooks River Health Report
- Wolli Creek Preservation Society
Cooks River Images
Other River Restoration Projects
The Water Cycle
Links related to the water or hydrological cycle
- http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Water_cycle
- http://www.connectedwater.gov.au/processes/hydrological.html
- http://ga.water.usgs.gov/edu/watercycle.html
- http://www.sewl.com.au/PERSONAL/EDUCATION/FORSTUDENTS/Pages/NaturalWaterCycle.aspx
- http://www.sawater.com.au/SAWater/Education/OurWaterSystems/The+Water+Cycle.htm
Water Sensitive Urban Design
Water Sensitive Urban Design (WSUD) is about integration of water cycle management into urban planning and design.
- Water Sensitive Urban Design in the Sydney Region
- Melbourne Water. What is water sensitive urban design?
- Marrickville Council Urban Stormwater Integrated Management Project (USWIM)
Related Research sites
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