Environment

Council's Environment and Sustainability Branch provides a range of essential services to the Highlands Community including:

• Bushfire Hazard Reduction and Management

• Managing Environment Impact of Council Operations
  - REF capacity building, implementation, monitoring and improvements
• Review of Environment Impact Assessments for State Significant Development and Preparation of Submissions
  - eg. Hume Coal; Other Extractive Industries
• Climate Change Adaptation

• Energy Efficiency Initiatives

• Environmental Policy Development, Review and Refinement
  - including Biodiversity Offsets and Backyard Burning

• Contaminated Land Management

• Environmental Water Watch Program

• Drinking Water (Reticulated) Quality Monitoring and Reporting
• Public Swimming Pool Water Quality Monitoring

• Environmental and Health Systems Team

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