Environment and Resource Management

Publications

For enquiries about water quality issues contact Freshwater and Marine Services (Indooroopilly) on (07) 3896 9249.

ANZECC reports

Working together to reduce impacts from shipping operations

ANZECC Working Party on Marine Debris, Review of Legislation, Management Strategies and Practices Volume 1 [Report]
Best practice guidelines for waste reception facilities at ports, marinas and boat harbours in Australia and New Zealand [Report]
Best Practice Guidelines for the Provision of Waste Reception Facilities at Ports, Marinas and Boat Harbours [Brochure]
Code of Practice for Antifouling and In-water Hull Cleaning and Maintenance [Report]
Code of Practice for the Use of Antifouling Products in Australia and New Zealand (PDF, 249K)* [Brochure]
Community and Industry Awareness and Needs Survey (PDF, 1.1M)* [Report]
Communicating with the Maritime Industry about Sea Areas Sensitive to Shipping and Boating Operations [Report]
Development and Implementation of a Management / Auditing Strategy for Waste Reception Facilities at Ports, Marinas and Boat Harbours (PDF, 152K)* [Report]
Development and Piloting of a Waste Recording/Audit System for Small Commercial Vessels (PDF, 1.0M)* [Report]

Water quality

Water Quality in Wet Tropics streams, estuaries and inshore coastal waters - 2006 Water Science Technical Report
Long-term monitoring of chlorophyll-a in Hervey Bay, Queensland
A city-wide assessment of water quality in Brisbane's creeks October 1999 - April 2000
Nerang River, Tallebudgera, Currumbin and Coombabah Creeks: Water Quality Report 1999
Testing the Waters - A report on the quality of Queensland waters 1999 Executive summary and introduction. (Full report available on CD)
Water Quality Sampling Manual, Third edition December 1999. For use in testing for compliance with the Environmental Protection Act 1994
Hervey Bay report: Chlorophyll-a sampling by Oceana Project. Environment technical report No. 23.
Southport Broadwater and adjacent Pacific Ocean: water quality study 1979 -1998.
Maroochy and Mooloolah Catchments - Water quality study 1997. Environment technical report No. 29
Logan, Coomera and South Moreton Bay Regional Wastewater Management Study. Environmental Monitoring Program Annual report 1996.
Water quality in Moggill Creek, Nundah Creek and Oxley Creek - November 1995 to December 1996. Environment technical report No. 22.
Ambient water quality monitoring program, March to December 1992. Environment technical report No. 12.
A preliminary assessment of sediment and nutrient exports from Queensland coastal catchments. Environment technical report No. 5, 1992
Water quality monitoring in the Broadwater and the Pacific Ocean adjacent to the Gold Coast Seaway: Reports 1 and 2. Environment technical report No. 2, February 1992.
Water quality data report Queensland, January 1988 to December 1991. Environment data report No. 4.
Water quality summary report No. 1: Albert River, Canungra Creek and Logan River estuary, February 1989 - January 1990. Environment technical report No. 4.
Water quality summary report No. 2. Oxley Creek, September 1988 to June 1990. Environment technical report No. 7.
Water quality summary report No. 2 - data: Oxley Creek, September 1988 to June 1990. Environment data report No. 3.
Water quality summary report No. 3 data: Maroochy River, October 1989 to September 1990. Environment data report No. 5.

South East Queensland Water Quality Monitoring Program - Redland Shire Waterways Water Quality Study 1997 Environment technical report No. 27 incorporating the Tingalpa Creek Water Quality Study (June-July 1997 and November-December 1997)
South East Queensland Water Quality Monitoring Program - Redland Shire Waterways: Water Quality Study 1998
South East Queensland Water Quality Monitoring Program - Redland Shire Waterways: Water Quality Study 1999
Water quality in Moggill, Oxley and Nundah Creeks: January 1998 to June 1999
Logan, Coomera and South Moreton Bay regional water quality management study 1999
Logan, Coomera and South Moreton Bay regional wastewater quality management study 1998
Logan, Coomera and South Moreton Bay regional wastewater quality management study 1997
Logan, Coomera and South Moreton Bay regional wastewater quality management study 1996

Noosa river

Bacteriological monitoring

Recreational water quality monitoring at popular beaches, lakes and rivers in south-east Queensland, 2000-2001

Bacteriological assessment of beaches and river recreation areas in Redcliffe, Caboolture and the Sunshine Coast October 1998 to April 1999
Bacteriological monitoring of Sunshine Coast, Caboolture and Redcliffe beaches, and Maroochy and Mooloolah Rivers from 1994 to 1997. Environment technical report Nos. 9, 13, 17, 18, and 21.
Bacteriological monitoring of Oxley Creek, December 1994. Environment technical report No. 14.
Water quality summary report No. 4: Bacteriological monitoring of Gold Coast beaches, December 1992 to 1993. Environment technical report No. 10.
Microbial aspects of the disinfection of sewage effluents. Policy review paper. Environment technical report No. 1, 1991.

Fish kills

Heavy metals and contaminants

Contaminants in Blunder Creek Biota, August 1994. Environment technical report No. 15
Metals in sediment data summary - Queensland, 1970 to 1992 report No. 10.

Waterways brochures

Brisbane Creeks Water Quality Study No. 7 January 2002
Gold Coast water quality: No. 2
Nerang River, Tallebudgera, Currumbin and Coombabah Creeks
The tussle with the Asian green mussel - How to stop these unwanted hitchhikers boarding your boat

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Last updated: 22 October 2007

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