Macnamara, J., & Derry, C. (2017). Pollution removal performance of laboratory simulations of Sydney’s street stormwater biofilters. Water, 9(11). https://doi.org/10.3390/w9110907 Abstract: The City of Sydney is constructing more than 21,000 square metres of street biofilter units (raingardens) in terms...
The aim of this project was to investigate the economic values of improvements in urban streams. While trying to put a value on the enjoyment of nature, an economics researcher at Charles Sturt University (CSU) in Bathurst found that...
The Cooks River to Iron Cover GreenWay runs through the urban landscape of the inner western suburbs of Sydney and contains small pockets of remnant native vegetation. Many of the remnant vegetation areas are very small, degraded and infested...
A snapshot of river health for the Cooks River and the Georges River. Cooks and Georges River Health Report Card 2011-12 (4.3MB) Cooks and Georges River Health Report Card 2012-13 (3.3MB)
A total of 13 Local Councils of the Cooks River catchment, working together with State Authorities and the community, prepared a Stormwater Management Plan for the Cooks River. The Plan was aimed at improving water quality and the health...
Strategy document produced by the Cooks River Catchment Management Committee (CMC). This strategy reflects the desire of the community to correct those mistakes and repair the damage that has occurred to the Cooks River and the many creeks in...
The Cooks River Foreshore Working Group (CRFWG) was a voluntary association of councils in the Cooks River catchment working together with state government agencies and the local community to improve the health and amenity of the Cooks River, its...
Cooks River/Community information about the Castlereagh Ironbark Forest which is listed as an endangered ecological community under the Threatened Species Conservation Act 1995. Click to read the fact sheet produced by the NSW National Parks and Wildlife.
A 2013 report investigating the suitability of the Cooks River for swimming.
In the 1940s, William L Howard grew up at Earlwood and describes his memories of the Cooks River.