Biodiversity
Wetlands

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Hundreds of frogs, birds and other native flora and fauna have made
their home in the wetlands adjoining Australia Post’s mail processing
centre in Dandenong, thanks to a special partnership between Post and
Melbourne Water.

At a cost of $2.4 million, this entirely new and healthy ecosystem was
created in 1998 to tackle water quality contamination problems.

These wetlands are also an important open-air laboratory for people
researching hydrology and monitoring water quality treatment. And today
they are contributing to the improved health of Port Phillip Bay’s
ecosystem as cleaner water flows through to south-eastern beaches and
the Bay.
As the first of its type it has formed the basis for additional wetlands
across Melbourne to improve the quality of our river ecosystems.
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