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‘GREEN infrastructure’ and nature-based solutions for flood mitigation on the Northern Rivers is the basis of the Northern Rivers Watershed Initiative.
The aim is to restore the Richmond and Tweed rivers back to as natural and as healthy a state as they were prior to European settlement.
Developed by Rous County Council and adopted by the Northern Rivers Joint Organisation in 2019, the project proposes the use of natural flood mitigation practices to address upper catchment health and downstream flooding impacts.
Besides managing bulk water supply for Byron, Ballina, Lismore and Richmond River councils, Rous also deals with weed biosecutiry and matters of flood mitigation for those areas.