Lake Borrie Wetlands

Lake Borrie Wetlands is located in Victoria, Australia within the Western Treatment Plant at Werribee. This plant is administered by Melbourne Water. It is a highly significant wetland, with international importance, designated under the Ramsar Convention in 1983. [ [http://www.melbwater.com/content/sewerage/western_treatment_plant/lake_borrie_webcam.asp?bhcp=1 Melbourne Water : Sewerage : Western Treatment Plant : Lake Borrie Webcam ] ] Thousands of birds amongst more than 270 different species can be found there. [ [http://www.csiro.au/promos/ozadvances/Series16Wetlands.htm Australia Advances - Waste Water Wetlands ] ] The lake was named after Edwin Fullarton Borrie, a civil engineer and town planner in Melbourne. [ [http://www.adb.online.anu.edu.au/biogs/A130254b.htm Borrie, Edwin Fullarton (1894 - 1968) Biographical Entry - Australian Dictionary of Biography Online ] ]

External links

[http://www.melbournewater.com.au/content/library/publications/fact_sheets/sewerage/wildlife_at_the_western_treatment_plant.pdf Melbourne Water: Essential facts]

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