Maylands Lakes

Maylands Lakes residents and community members are invited to two community engagement events relating to the management and remediation of Maylands Lakes. The details for each event are provided below.

Maylands Lakes Masterplan Listening Post

RSVP: By 5pm, Friday 6 December 2024 to Coordinator Executive Services, Nicole Ceric, via nicole.ceric@bayswater.wa.gov.au or 9272 0622.

Contractors will be onsite 19 September to undertake monthly water quality monitoring. This monitoring helps us understand water conditions and provides data to assist the preparation of the Environmental Restoration Masterplan.

On Thursday 5 September, the City held its second Maylands Lakes Community Forum at the Maylands Sport and Recreation Club.

The workshop report and slides can be found below and in the Documents section to the right-hand side of this page.

• Workshop Report
• Slides

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A new project tracker for the Maylands Lakes Environmental Restoration Masterplan has been added to the dashboards above.

This dashboard will be updated as key project milestones progress, providing you with up to date information.

The project tracker includes buttons to isolate activities such as community forums, Council meeting decisions, Scientific Advisory Panel meetings and more. Noting, this information is indicative and may be updated as key events are adjusted.

At its December 2023 meeting, Council endorsed the scope for the preparation of the Maylands Lakes Environmental Restoration Masterplan. Alluvium Consulting has been appointed as the consultant to prepare the masterplan.

If you would like further information, contact the City's Environment Manager at alex.devine@bayswater.wa.gov.au.

On Thursday 5 September, the City held its second Maylands Lakes Community Forum at the Maylands Sport and Recreation Club.

Thank you to all the residents who attended.

The City is committed to finding a solution to the poor water quality and midge issues being experienced at Maylands Lakes.

The report and slides from the forum will be published on this page within the next two weeks.

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The City has deployed four new traps at Maylands Lakes in an effort to reduce midge activity.

The City has partnered with the Bayswater Community Men’s Shed to construct the traps, with Men's Shed members building the frames that sit atop the bins which collect midge. Approximate midge numbers are reported each week.

For more information on midge numbers, click on the Midge Management tile on the project page or visit PowerBI to view the data.

The City continues to work on managing midge numbers through applying larvicides to the maximum permitted level and through the raking of midge breeding areas.

Existing midge traps have been adjusted to turn on earlier in the evening to better intercept midge before they reach light sources on private properties.

To help minimise the impact of midge during these times of elevated breeding, residents can:

• Keep windows and doors closed at sunset and early in the morning
• Place blacklight traps outside their property
• Install fine mesh flyscreens
• Reduce the wattage of external lights
• Use yellow external lights
• Apply a registered residual barrier insecticide on external harbourage areas of your home. Impacted residents can obtain a barrier insecticide and supporting information free of charge by contacting the City’s Environmental Health team on 9272 0648.

Pictured: City of Bayswater Acting Mayor Elli Petersen-Pik with Bayswater Community Men’s Shed President Bill Voss and member Lloyd.

The City has appointed Mr Ian Edwards to the Scientific Advisory Panel (SAP) for Maylands Lakes. This is in addition to the recent appointment of Dr John Ruprecht to the SAP.

Ian Edwards has a Bachelor of Engineering (Mechanical) and 35 years of engineering experience in the mining industry.

Ian lives adjacent to Lake Bungana and has been passionately assisting the City to manage water quality challenges at the site.

He has practical experience and working knowledge of pumps and filters, and has designed large-scale filtration systems for mining projects.

We trust Ian’s experience and expertise will contribute to achieving positive outcomes for Maylands Lakes.

The City will undertake landscape rejuvenation works in the garden bed area adjacent to De Havilland View near Lake Bungana from Monday 2 September 2024. Plants will be a native species mix, endemic to the area and proven to tolerate local conditions. The plants will provide a floral display and act as habitat for endemic fauna. A species list is provided in the Documents section under Letters to Community. If you have any questions, please contact the City’s Natural Area Coordinator Matthew Moore at matthew.moore@bayswater.wa.gov.au.

Additional Scientific Advisory Panel member

At the April 2024 Ordinary Council Meeting, it was resolved to include an additional member on the Scientific Advisory Panel with an engineering and/or environmental engineering background, with knowledge and/or experience in dealing with similar lakes environments.

Following an expression of interest process, Professor John Ruprecht has been appointed to the panel. Dr Ruprecht brings a wealth of knowledge and is highly regarded in the engineering and water management field. His qualifications include a Bachelor of Engineering, Master of Engineering Studies, MBA and PhD.

His background includes working with the City of Melville on water quality improvements at Frederic Baldwin Lake and Capel Lakes water quality with Iluka. Dr Ruprecht is also an Associate Professor at the Centre for Water, Energy and Waste within the Harry Butler Institute at Murdoch University.

Expressions of Interest for the use of pumps and filtration

The City has progressed expressions of interest (EOI) for the use of pumps and filtration following Council’s resolution at its April 2024 meeting.

EOIs were invited to offer proven solutions to:

• remove cyanobacteria
• prevent the release of cyanobacteria toxins
• prevent reoccurrence of cyanobacteria blooms.

Project delivery firm Plexus Water & Energy is assisting the City in progressing the EOI. Twenty-three companies registered and, of these, eight responded to the EOI with nine potential solutions. Outcomes of the EOI process will be presented as a report at the Ordinary Council Meeting on 27 August 2024. Subject to this, a tender process will be required to engage an appropriate contractor. It is hoped to have a preferred solution identified by spring 2024 with infrastructure in place by early 2025.

Maylands Lakes Environmental Restoration Masterplan

Alluvium Consulting, in collaboration with Josh Byrne and Associates, have been appointed to develop the Maylands Lakes Environmental Restoration Masterplan. The consultant has considerable experience in the management of lakes and water bodies across Australia and is experienced in dealing with water quality issues and approaches to mitigate them. The consultant will be in attendance at the Maylands Lakes Community Forum on 5 September at the Maylands Sport and Recreation Club.

A project plan and engagement plan with deliverables and associated timeframes is currently being refined by the consultant and will be published prior to the forum.

Community members are invited to the second Maylands Lakes Community Forum.

These forums will be held quarterly as part of the City’s commitment to addressing the water quality and midge issues at Maylands Lakes.

The details are as follows:

• Time: 5.30pm (for a 6pm start) until 7.30pm
• Date: Thursday 5 September 2024
• Location: Main Function Hall, Maylands Sport and Recreation Club, 50 Clarkson Road, Maylands
• RSVP: By 5pm, Friday 30 August 2024 to Coordinator Executive Services, Nicole Ceric, via nicole.ceric@bayswater.wa.gov.au or 9272 0622

During the forum, the City will provide an update on actions taken since the previous forum.

We thank you for your patience and understanding as we work to improve the environmental conditions at Maylands Lakes.