Draft Manning River Catchment and Estuary and Catchment Management Program 2021-2031 - Main document

MidCoast Council MidCoast Council (MCC) takes responsibility for, among other things, roads and bridges, parks, sporting grounds, waterway facilities, water and sewer provision, community services, libraries and environmental planning as services within the Local Government Area. The organisational structure of MCC is illustrated in Figure 39.

Figure 39

MidCoast Council Organisational Structure

The Manning River ECMP will be administered internally by the Natural Systems Team of Council and direct implementation of different actions will primarily be through teams in the Liveable Communities Directorate and the Infrastructure and Engineering Directorate. MidCoast Council (MCC) presently has an income of approximately $270M per annum with around 60% coming from general rates. MCC commonly uses rates revenue to leverage additional funding from external grant programs. MCC’s rate revenue includes an environmental rate which raises approximately $4M per year. This funds the Natural Systems team which will administer the Manning River ECMP and is the primary funding mechanism for delivery of actions in the program. A total annual contribution of approximately $250,000 per annum has been allocated from the environmental rate for either direct expenditure or as a contribution to leverage grant funding sources. MCC also charges a Stormwater Levy, raising approximately $850,000 annually to deliver projects that address local flooding and improve stormwater quality across the whole LGA. A Manning River ECMP Exhibition Draft V2 June 2021

Draft Manning River Catchment and Estuary and Catchment Management Program 2021-2031 - Main document

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Figure 39 MidCoast Council Organisational Structure

Appendix 6: MCC land-use strategies aligned to the CM SEPP objectives

Implementation Streams

Appendix 2: The Public Participation Spectrum

13. Bibliography

12. Proposed amendments to the CM SEPP

11.3 The Manning River ECMP Research Program

11.1 MERI for the Manning River, Estuary and Catchment

7. Management Actions

6.15 Systems thinking: the interaction between issues

10. Coastal Zone Emergency Sub-Plan

6.13 Sewerage and Septic System Pathogens

Figure 33: The Manning River floodplain, 20 March 2021

Figure 32: Cattle on the riverbank is a common sight

Table 4: Key impacts associated with water pollution from diffuse-source runoff

Figure 25: Estuary with negative impacts vs well-managed estuary

Figure 27: Cattai Wetlands

Figure 26: Conceptual diagram of the Greenhouse Effect

Figure 24: The relationship between activities, stressors and ecological impacts

Figure 22: Risk ratings for sediment and nutrient loading in drainage units

Table 2: Subcatchments posing the highest risk to ecological and community values

Figure 21: Stock intensity in the catchment

Figure 18: Manning River TN and TP readings from 2015-18

Figure 17: The sampling location for water quality data

Figure 9: The Integrated Planning and Reporting Framework

Figure 15: National Parks make up18.5% of the Manning catchment

Figure 14: Program Logic Model

Figure 12: Values our community ascribed to each subcatchment

Figure 11: The consultation program

Figure 16: Water quality monitoring sites in the estuary

Figure 10: Option for the Manning River ECMP Governance Structure

Figure 7: The five stages of a Coastal Management Program