15th November 1998
To see the streams within Chatswood West capable of supporting aquatic ecosystems (including large vertebrates) secondary contact recreation and high visual amenity.
To regularly monitor the main streams within Chatswood West Ward with a view of identifying water quality conditions which may require remedial action.
Lane Cove River CMC Water Quality Inventory - November 1998
| Name | Role | Organisation |
| Geoff Weeks | Co-ordinator Home Base Team |
CWWPA Inc. |
| Councillor Terry Fogarty | Facilitator/Patron Team D |
Willoughby City Council Lane Cove River CMC |
| Jim McCredie | Team A | President, CWWPA Inc. |
| Jo Weekes | Home Base Team | CWWPA Inc. |
| Phil Sharratt | Team D | OH Reid Bushcare Group |
| Jessie Sharratt | Team D | Chatswood Primary School |
| David Magnusson | Team B | Lane Cover River EMC |
| Diana Pryde | Team B | CWWPA Inc. |
| Teddy Bradley | Team C | CWWPA Inc. |
| Lyn Zihrul | Team B | Willoughby Environmental Protection Association Inc. |
| Wim Van Bussell | Team C | (5th Chatswood Scouts) |
| Penny Drane | Team A | Blue Gum Preservation Society |
| Larry Agriesti | Team A | Blue Gum Preservation Society |
Currently the group is undertaking regular testing at two sites:
Lower Blue Gum Creek.
Water Temperature
Turbidity
Total Dissolved Solids
ph
Dissolved Oxygen (DO)
(DO % Saturation)
Available Phosphates
Biochemical oxygen demand
Faecal coliform
Our stakeholders include:
Willoughby City Council
Sydney Water
Lane Cove River Catchment Management Committee
Lane Cove River Estuary Management Committee
Chatswood West Ward Progress Association
citizens of Chatswood West Ward
Lane Cove National Park (NSW NPWS)
Whilst we have not yet fully established consistent and reliable test results the following preliminary comments are made:
Lower Blue Gum creek is tending towards
low 6.0 or less pH.
Initial faecal coliform readings are higher than desired.