Water publications
- ANZECC reports
- Ecosystem health indicators
- Biological and habitat monitoring
- Water quality guidelines
- Water quality data
- Water pollution
- Brochures
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 (PDF, 365K)*
- Best practice guidelines for waste reception facilities at ports, marinas and boat harbours in Australia and New Zealand (PDF, 1.6M)*
- Best Practice Guidelines for the Provision of Waste Reception Facilities at Ports, Marinas and Boat Harbours (PDF, 318K)*
- Code of Practice for Antifouling and In-water Hull Cleaning and Maintenance (PDF, 38K)*
- Code of Practice for the Use of Antifouling Products in Australia and New Zealand (PDF, 249K)*
- Community and Industry Awareness and Needs Survey (PDF, 1.1M)*
- Communicating with the Maritime Industry about Sea Areas Sensitive to Shipping and Boating Operations (PDF, 595K)*
- Development and Implementation of a Management / Auditing Strategy for Waste Reception Facilities at Ports, Marinas and Boat Harbours (PDF, 152K)*
- Development and Piloting of a Waste Recording/Audit System for Small Commercial Vessels (PDF, 1.0M)*
Ecosystem health indicators
- Albert River environmental values and water quality objectives Basin No 145 (part) including all tributaries of the river (PDF, 330K)*
- Ambient water quality monitoring program, March to December 1992. Environment technical report No. 12 (PDF, 593K)*
- Bloomfield River environmental values and water quality objectives: Basin No. 108 (part), including all tributaries of the river (PDF, 298K)*
- Bremer River: environmental values and water quality objectives: Basin No 143 (part) including all tributaries of the Bremer River (PDF, 348K)*
- Brisbane Creeks – Bramble Bay: environmental values and water quality objectives: Basin No. 142 (part), including Bald Hills, Cabbage Tree, Downfall, Kedron Brook, Nudgee and Nundah creeks (PDF, 485K)*
- Brisbane River Estuary: environmental values and water quality objectives: Basin No. 143 (part), including all creeks of the Brisbane River estuary, other than Oxley Creek (PDF, 419K)*
- Broadwater environmental values and water quality objectives Basin No. 146 (part), including Biggera and Loders Creeks, the Broadwater and all creeks of the Broadwater catchment and Runaway Bay (PDF, 332K)*
- Burrum, Gregory, Isis, Cherwell and Elliott Rivers: environmental values and water quality objectives: Basin No. 137 (PDF, file unavailable)*
- Caboolture River: environmental values and water quality objectives: Basin No. 142 (part), including all tributaries of Caboolture River (PDF, 456K)*
- A city-wide assessment of water quality in Brisbane's creeks October 1999 - April 2000 (PDF, 1.3M)*
- Coomera River: environmental values and water quality objectives: Basin No. 146 (part), including all tributaries of the Coomera River (PDF, 415K)*
- Currumbin and Tallebudgera Creeks and Pacific Beaches: environmental values and water quality objectives: Basin No. 146 (part), including al tributaries of Currumbin and Tallebudgera creeks and all creeks of Pacific Beaches catchments (PDF, 343K)*
- Daintree River environmental values and water quality objectives: Basin No. 108 (part), including all tributaries of the river (PDF, 303K)*
- Development of a water quality metric for nutrient offsets for Moreton Bay, Queensland: final report (PDF, 909K)*
- Douglas central coastal creeks: environmental values and water quality objectives: Basin no. 109 (part): including all coastal creeks between the Mowbray River and the Mossman River (PDF, 303K)*
- Douglas coastal waters: environmental values and water quality objectives: adjacent to Basins 108 and 109 (PDF, 296K)*
- Douglas northern coastal creeks: environmental values and water quality objectives: Basin no. 108 (part): including all coastal creeks north of Daintree River and east of Bloomfield River (PDF, 303K)*
- Douglas southern coastal creeks: environmental values and water quality objectives: Basin No. 109 (part): including all coastal creeks between Mowbray River and Simpson Point (PDF, 303K)*
- Establishing draft environmental values and water quality objectives (PDF, 413K)*
- Fraser Island: environmental values and water quality objectives: Basin No. 139 (PDF, 365K)*
- Great Sandy Strait and coastal creeks: environmental values and water quality objectives: Basin No. 140 (part), including Great Sandy Strait, Tin Can Bay, Rainbow Beach and mainland coastal creeks draining into Great Sandy Strait (PDF, 330K)*
- Hervey Bay: environmental values and water quality objectives: adjacent to Basins No. 137 and 139 (PDF, 308K)*
- Information report: environmental values projects - Moreton Bay / South-east Queensland, Mary River Basin / Great Sandy Region and Douglas Shire waters: Queensland water quality guidelines (PDF, 1.3M)*
- Logan River: environmental values and water quality objectives: Basin No 145 (part) including all tributaries of the Logan River (PDF, 380K)*
- Maroochy River: environmental values and water quality objectives: Basin No. 141 (part), including all tributaries of the Maroochy River (PDF, 395K)*
- Mary River: environmental values and water quality objectives: Basin No. 138, including all tributaries of the Mary River (PDF, 355K)*
- Mooloolah River: environmental values and water quality objectives: Basin No. 141 (part), including all tributaries of the Mooloolah River (PDF, 363K)*
- Moreton Bay: environmental values and water quality objectives: Basin No. 144 (part) and adjacent basins 141, 142, 143, 145 and 146, including Moreton Bay, North Stradbroke, South Stradbroke, Moreton and Moreton Bay Islands (PDF, 386K)*
- Mossman River: environmental values and water quality objectives: Basin No. 109 (part), including all tributaries of the river (PDF, 299K)*
- Mowbray River: environmental values and water quality objectives: Basin No. 109 (part), including all tributaries of the river (PDF, 302K)*
- Nerang River: environmental values and water quality objectives: Basin No. 146 (part), including all tributaries of Nerang River (PDF, 374K)*
- Noosa River: environmental values and water quality objectives: Basin No. 140 (part), including Kin Kin Creek, Teewah coastal creeks, Lakes Cooroibah, Cootharaba, Doonella and Weyba (PDF, 368K)*
- Oxley Creek: environmental values and water quality objectives: Basin No. 143 (part), including all tributaries of the creek (PDF, 352K)*
- Pimpama River: environmental values and water quality objectives: Basin No. 146 (part), including Behm and McCoys Creeks and southern Moreton Bay coastal creeks (PDF, 342K)*
- Pine Rivers and Redcliffe Creeks: environmental values and water quality objectives: Basin No. 142 (part), including Hays Inlet and all tributaries of the North Pine and South Pine rivers (PDF, 533K)*
- Potential impacts of salinity and turbidity in riverine ecosystems (PDF, 962K)*
- A preliminary assessment of sediment and nutrient exports from Queensland coastal catchments. Environment technical report No. 5, 1992 (PDF, 5.7M)*
- Pumicestone Passage environmental values and water quality objectives Basin No. 141 (part), including waters of Bribie Island and Bells, Coochin, Dux, Elimbah, Mellum, Ningi and Tibrogargan Creeks (PDF, 370K)*
- Redland Creeks: environmental values and water quality objectives: Basin No. 145 (part), including Coolnwynpin, Eprapah, Hilliards, Lota, Moogurrapum, Tarradarrapin, Tingalpa and Wynnum Creeks (PDF, 378K)*
- Saltwater Creek: environmental values and water quality objectives: Basin No. 109 (part), including all tributaries of the creek (PDF, 301K)*
- Sandy, Six Mile, Wolston, Woogaroo and Goodna Creeks: environmental values and water quality objectives: Basin No. 143 (part), including all tributaries of the creeks (PDF, 514K)*
- Scheduling environmental values and water quality objectives
- Testing the Waters - A report on the quality of Queensland waters 1999 (PDF, 765K)* Executive summary and introduction. (Full report available on CD)
- Trinity Inlet: environmental values and water quality objectives: Basin No. 111 (part) (PDF, 282K)*
Biological and habitat monitoring
- Bacteriological monitoring of Redcliffe and Sunshine Coast beaches March 1994 - April 1994 (PDF, file unavailable)*
- Bacteriological monitoring of Sunshine Coast, Caboolture and Redcliffe beaches, and Maroochy and Mooloolah Rivers October 1997 to April 1998 (PDF, 252K)*
- Bacteriological assessment of beaches and river recreation areas in Redcliffe, Caboolture and the Sunshine Coast October 1998 to April 1999 (PDF, 898K)*
- Bacteriological assessment of beaches and river recreation areas in Redcliffe, Caboolture and the Sunshine Coast October 1999 to April 2000 (PDF, 428K)*
- Contaminants in Blunder Creek biota (PDF, 685K)*
- Contaminants in crabs living in tidal drain lines from an industrial area on Redcliffe Peninsula in December 2001 (PDF, 720K)*
- Contaminants in crabs living in tidal drain lines from industrial areas on Redcliffe Peninsula in April 2003 (PDF, 1.1M)*
- Contaminants in Mud Crabs and Sediments from the Maroochy River (PDF, 111K)*
- Contaminants in oysters and crabs in a canal adjacent to Lae Drive, Runaway Bay, Queensland (PDF, 1.0M)*
- Contaminants in oysters collected from residential canals at Biggera Waters, Gold Coast City. March and September 2003: final report: November 2004 (PDF, 550K)*
- Contaminants in oysters collected from residential canals between Ruanaway Bay and Sovereign Islands in Februrary 2001 (PDF, 771K)*
- Contaminants in oysters collected from residential canals between Ruanaway Bay and Sovereign Islands in June 2001 (PDF, 697K)*
- Contaminants in oysters collected from residential canals between Runaway Bay and Sovereign Islands in January 2000 (PDF, 734K)*
- Contaminants in oysters deployed in canals at Newport Waterways, Redcliffe, February - May 2001 (PDF, 694K)*
- Contaminants in oysters from residential canals - Runaway Bay to Sovereign Islands, August 2000 (PDF, 794K)*
- Hervey Bay report: Chlorophyll-a sampling by Oceana Project (PDF, 196K)*. Environment technical report No. 23.
- Interim report on contaminants in oysters collected from residential canals at Biggera Waters, Gold Coast City, March 2003 (PDF, 463K)*
- Investigation of mangrove dieback in the Pioneer River estuary, MacKay (PDF)*
- Levels of heavy metals in the sediments of Queensland rivers, estuaries and coastal waters (PDF, 8.7M)*
- Logan, Coomera and South Moreton Bay regional wastewater management study : Environmental Monitoring Program: Annual Report 1996 (PDF, 762K)*
- Long-term monitoring of chlorophyll-a in Hervey Bay, Queensland (PDF, 487K)*
- Lyngbya monitoring update archive: 2000 to 2010: last updated Dec 2010
- Maroochy and Mooloolah Catchments - Water quality study 1997 (PDF, 2.2M)*. Environment technical report No. 29
- Nerang River, Tallebudgera, Currumbin and Coombabah Creeks: Water Quality Report 1999 (PDF, 267K)*
- A preliminary assessment of sediment and nutrient exports from Queensland coastal catchments. Environment technical report No. 5, 1992 (PDF, 5.7M)*
- Recreational water quality monitoring at popular beaches, lakes and rivers in south-east Queensland, 2000-2001 (PDF, 1.9M)*
- Scoping study on a nutrient trading program to improve water quality in Moreton Bay (PDF, 1.7M)*
- South East Queensland Water Quality Monitoring Program - Redland Shire Waterways Water Quality Study 1997 (PDF, 266K)* 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 (PDF, 798K)*
- South East Queensland Water Quality Monitoring Program - Redland Shire Waterways: Water Quality Study 1999 (PDF, 1.0M)*
- Southport Broadwater and adjacent Pacific Ocean: water quality study 1979 -1998 (PDF, 232K)*
Water quality guidelines
- Monitoring and Sampling Manual 2009, Environmental Protection (Water) Policy 2009 (PDF, 3.7M)*. Provides common monitoring and sampling techniques for use by QLD government organisations, relevant persons and other organisations
- Protecting Queensland's waters: Queensland water quality guidelines: (PDF, 868K)* Environmental values projects: Moreton Bay / South-east Queensland, Mary River Basin / Great Sandy Region, Douglas Shire waters
- Queensland water recycling guidelines (PDF, 1.4M)*
Water quality data
- Long-term monitoring of chlorophyll-a in Hervey Bay, Queensland (PDF, 487K)*
- Water quality in Moggill, Oxley and Nundah Creeks: January 1998 to June 1999: incorporating long term trends analysis for the period November 1995 to June 1999 (PDF, 1.1M)*
- Water Quality in Wet Tropics streams, estuaries and inshore coastal waters - 2006 (PDF, 1.3M)* Water Science Technical Report
- Water quality summary report No. 2 - data: Oxley Creek, September 1988 to June 1990. Environment data report No. 3 (PDF, 361K)*
Water pollution
- Fish-kill reporting and investigation manual (PDF, 350K)*, November 1998
- Logan, Coomera and South Moreton Bay regional wastewater quality management study 1996 (PDF, 762K)*
- Logan, Coomera and South Moreton Bay regional wastewater quality management study 1997 (PDF, 644K)*
- Logan, Coomera and South Moreton Bay regional wastewater quality management study 1998 (PDF, 580K)*
- Logan, Coomera and South Moreton Bay regional water quality management study 1999 (PDF, 910K)*
- Waste water discharge to Queensland's waters
Brochures
- Brisbane Creeks Water Quality Study (PDF, 441K)* No. 7
- Gold Coast water quality (PDF, 810K)* No. 2
- Gold Coast wastewater and the environment (PDF, 702K)* No. 1
- Logan-Nerang water quality study (PDF, 1.3M)* No. 3
- Mary River - water quality condition and trends (PDF, 1.2M)* No. 6
- Nutrient loads from the Dawson River Catchment: National Pollutant Inventory (PDF, 789K)* No. 4
- Redland Shire Water Quality Study (PDF, 1.5M)* No. 5
- Regulatory impact statement: amendment to Schedule 1 of the Environmental Protection (Water) Policy 1997 - environmental values projects (PDF, 1.5M)*
- The tussle with the Asian green mussel - How to stop these unwanted hitchhikers boarding your boat (PDF, 352K)*
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Last updated 9 February 2011