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Merri Creek Stream Team Waterwatch Group
Waterwatch is a program that turns Darebin community members into citizen scientists who monitor and report on the health of their waterways.
The Waterwatch Program in Darebin has been operating successfully in Darebin for over ten years and is run by the Merri Creek Management Committee (MCMC) in partnership with Darebin City Council.
It is a public program that welcomes community volunteers and provides them with training to be able to perform water quality monitoring at one of four creek monitoring sites. These sites cover the Darebin, Merri and Edgars creeks. Monthly water quality data is collected from each site by one of four different Waterwatch groups.
Waterwatch also runs regular community events, such as the Frogs on Wheels Bike Ride, Friends of Edwardes Lake Frog Walk and Talk, Robinson Reserve Planting Day and Merri’s Magical Morning.
The Merri Creek Stream Team Waterwatch Group currently has 11 community volunteer members who meet on the first Sunday of each month at 2pm a Merri Creek site about 30m upstream of the St Georges Road bridge in Westgarth.
Outcomes
- Educated and engaged community
- Better understanding of Darebin Creek and other local waterways
- Long-term creek health data available to guide management of Darebin Creek