Hydrocotyle ranunculoides has the potential to severely impact on aquatic ecosystems and has been prolific in this drain prior to work commencing in 2012.

A condition of development at part of the Australian Marine Complex in Henderson was to revegetate an area of 4.5ha on the southern edge of Lake Coogee

The Urban Waterways Renewal project had a multimillion dollar investment that consisted of 11 sub-projects aimed at reducing nutrients and pollutants entering the Swan Canning Riverpark