Stormwater and drainage

Drainage responsibilities

House gutters, downpipes, buried pipes from your property to the street or to the pit at the rear of your allotment, and any other private drainage structures such as grated trenches and pits within private property - are the responsibility of the property owner.

The property owner is responsible for the installation, maintenance, operation and replacement of all private stormwater to the City specified legal point of discharge or connection point.

The City is responsible for all assets downstream of this connection point, including drainage pits, pipes, side entry pits in the street, manholes, headwalls, culverts under roads, open channels and retardation basins.

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Drainage maintenance responsibilities diagram.
The Property owner is responsible for the installation, maintenance, operation and replacement of all private stormwater to the City specified Legal Point of Discharge or connection point.

Register flooding of a property

We're updating the information on flood-prone properties and areas. We encourage you to register your property if it has experienced significant flooding. This helps us progress stormwater investigations and drainage projects.