Jellyfish employed to clean stormwater

A new stormwater connection in Richmond is using the latest technology to ensure pollutants are kept out of the marine environment.

Our Gladstone-Poutama stormwater connection has been built between the Berryfields subdivision and the Railway Reserve next to Jubilee Park.

We’ve installed a ‘Cascade gross pollutant trap’ and ‘Jellyfish storm filter’ outlet into Poutama Creek.

The Cascade trap will remove hydrocarbons, litter and debris from stormwater runoff while the Jellyfish uses special filtration cartridges which look like tentacles to further remove pollutants from entering waterways. The Jellyfish cartridges are simply lifted out and water blasted clean when necessary.

We are using both new engineering technologies to keep our waterways as clean as possible while being easy to maintain.

A gravel path that will double as maintenance access has been included in the work to provide a better connection between Eton Street and the Railway Reserve.