Water management
Land Practice
Having sufficient quantities of good quality water is vital for meeting domestic, recreational, industrial and agricultural demands. It also is vital to sustaining our natural systems. Water quality describes the chemical, physical and biological characteristics of water, usually in respect to its suitability for a particular purpose. The water quality of our creeks and rivers provides an indication of the overall health of a catchment.
This section on water management covers fresh and wastewater, suface and groundwater management.
Water management may involve the management activities of:
- Aquacultural pond use
- Groundwater extraction
- Irrigation with effluent water
- Irrigation with fresh water
- Livestock access to waterways
- Overland flow mitigation
- Ponded pasture use
- Settling pond use
- Sewage treatment
- Stormwater drainage
- Stream flow regulation
- Surface water extraction
- Wastewater release
Last updated: 24 June 2008