What's this project all about?

This TasWater project, delivered in partnership with Glenorchy City Council, was the first step towards completion of the full vision outlined in the Glenorchy City Council’s Master Plan, developed through extensive consultation with Glenorchy’s communities on the future of this important asset.

This project involved employing a contractor for earthworks and landscaping that removed most of the 20-metre-high dam wall and sculpted the area into a usable space.

The new grasslands and water features are now established and ready for the community to enjoy.

The key features of this project included:

• creating a gently undulating site that included level, family-friendly areas
• the creation of shapes that allow for drainage and overflow following large rain events, and topsoil installed to stabilise the new area with vegetation
• a chain of lined wetland ponds, filled with water and appropriate plants
• a series of level walking tracks
• most of the dam wall was removed and used to fill the site, but a small section remains as a viewing platform and reflects the site’s heritage
• the existing concrete bypass channel was not changed
• the existing masonry wall along the north-western edge remains in place
• the boundary fence remains in place until the new grasslands are well established.

The contract was delivered by local contractor Gradco. Based on a collaborative design between TasWater and Council, Gradco built a small chain of wetland ponds, a gently sloping site shaped to allow for drainage, covered with topsoil and vegetation. TasWater handed the site back to council as a community parkland in late 2024.