The RTA works with local councils to prepare Stormwater Management Plans (SMPs) for each of the catchments, districts or local government areas in which the RTA has some responsibility for stormwater management.
As part of these activities, the RTA has submitted a SEIP to the NSW Environment Protection Authority. The SEIP comprises all actions that the RTA is responsible for implementing, or that the RTA should contribute to, under the SMPs.
The SEIP focuses on supporting management actions by the RTA and councils that improve water quality by removing potential pollutants nearest to the source, and reviewing activities so that their environmental impact on stormwater is reduced. The RTA spends about $1 million annually on the SEIP, with individual project funding from the RTA ranging from $10,000 to over $100,000.
Projects funded under the SEIP include the installation of gross pollution traps and oil and grease separators, re-establishing sedimentation basins, wetland construction and education programs.
The Cost Apportionment Methodology to evaluate the RTA contribution has been derived in consultation with RTA and NSW EPA personnel. It involves a two-staged assessment of each strategy identified in the Stormwater Management Planning Process for each urban catchment.
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