Penrith City Council has been awarded $193,333.00 funding to help manage flood risk and reduce the 
impact of floods on their community under the NSW Government’s Floodplain Management Program.

Penrith City Council will use this funding to Claremont Creek Catchment Flood Study. 

Member for Penrith Ms Karen McKeown OAM said the project included that Council proposes to 
undertake a detailed local overland flow study for the Claremont Creek Catchment and adjoining 
South Creek and Upper Surveyors Creek locality. The study area contains a number of overland flow 
paths and flows from the catchment area contributes to Claremont Creek, South Creek and Ropes 
Creek. The study area comprises 16.1 square kilometers (1,606 hectares) within Claremont Meadows, 
a large part of Orchard Hills as well as parts of Werrington, Kingswood and Caddens. The study will 
be undertaken by a specialist consultant and overseen by Penrith City Council's floodplain risk 
management committee. The study will define the flood behaviour under current floodplain 
conditions. All potential flooding mechanisms will be included in the analysis of flood behaviour 
including local overland flow and creek flooding. This adopted flood study will form the basis for the 
future flood planning of the study area.

Minister for Climate Change and the Environment Penny Sharpe said, “the grants will help ensure 
communities right across New South Wales are more resilient and better protected from potential 
flooding”.

“The NSW Government will continue to partner with councils to increase our understanding of flood 
risk. This will allow us to more effectively implement actions to reduce flood impacts on local 
communities.”

The Floodplain Management Program has been running since the 1980s. Funding is usually provided 
at a 2:1 ratio, with $2.00 contributed from the NSW government for every $1.00 provided by the 
council.

The grants support the NSW Flood Prone Land Policy, which aims to reduce the impacts of flooding 
on communities. The policy can be found here: http://bit.ly/3Skjvn6

More information about the NSW Floodplain Management Program and Floodplain Management 
Grants can be found at https://bit.ly/3ufeILF