Fact sheets and information sheets
| Product title | Brief description | Availability |
|---|---|---|
| Salinity in Queensland | This fact sheet describes the extent of salinity in Queensland, contributing factors, indicators, and options for the prevention and control of salinity | Fact sheet L51 (PDF, 234K)* |
| Salinity hazard mapping in Queensland | This fact sheet discusses salinity hazard factors and how this information can be used to prepare a salinity hazard map | Fact sheet L57 (PDF, 186K)* |
| Salinity hazard in the Burdekin River catchment and adjoining coastal plains | This information sheet accompanies the salinity hazard map for the Burdekin River catchment, describing the area covered, what the map shows, and how to use the map | Information sheet (PDF, 33K)* |
| Salinity hazard in the Burnett Mary and Western Catchments of South East Queensland | This information sheet accompanies the salinity hazard map for the Burnett Mary and Western Catchments of south east Queensland, describing the area covered, what the map shows, and how to use the map | Information sheet (PDF, 46K)* |
| Salinity hazard in the Queensland Fitzroy Basin | This information sheet accompanies the salinity hazard map for the Fitzroy Basin, describing the area covered, what the map shows, and how to use the map | Information sheet (PDF, 32K)* |
| Salinity hazard in the Queensland Murray-Darling Basin | This information sheet accompanies the salinity hazard map for the Queensland Murray-Darling Basin, describing the area covered, what the map shows, and how to use the map | Infomation sheet (PDF, 30K)* |
| Super-Sites Information Sheets | These information sheets describe the soils and regolith at key reference sites (‘super sites’) in the NAP catchments | Available by emailing Ben Harms or phone: 07 3896 9609 |
| Deep drainage – a problem or an asset? | This fact sheet describes deep drainage—a natural process in which water leaks below plant roots leading to the recharge of groundwater—and how changes in land use may affect deep drainage and salinity development | Fact sheet L109 (PDF, 148K)* |
| HowLeaky?—a tool for exploring the impact of land use on water quality and water balance | This information sheet describes ‘HowLeaky?’, a software tool developed to explore water balance and erosion aspects of different land uses for any specified soil type or climate | Fact sheet (PDF, 108K)* |
| RAPUP—a tool to assist natural resource impact assessment and decision making | This information sheet describes RAPUP, a process for assessing priorities in catchment planning, and also for evaluating the impacts of land use change at the catchment scale | Information sheet (PDF, 81K)* |
| Salinity management in the Condamine Catchment: Landholder Series | This series of information sheets present case studies of the salinity management carried out at four properties in the Condamine catchment | Available by emailing Kristie Watling or phone: 07 4688 1092 |
| Salinity management in the Condamine Catchment: Conceptual Model Series | This series of information sheets describes the five most common forms of salinity seen in the Condamine catchment | Available by emailing Kristie Watling or phone: 07 4688 1092 |
| Salinity management in the Condamine Catchment: Landscape Series | This series of information sheets describes the soils, vegetation, land use, salinity issues and salinity management options for the six most common landscape units in the Condamine catchment | Available by emailing Kristie Watling or phone: 07 4688 1092 |
| Salinity problems in the Callide Valley | This fact sheet describes how farmers are managing salinity in areas where herbs are grown | In preparation Will be available at Salinity |
| Measuring salinity | This fact sheet describes different methods for measuring soil and water salinity, and it also lists standard EC values for a range of soil and water types | In preparation Will be available at Salinity |
A complete list of the department salinity fact sheets is available from Fact and information sheets: Salinity.
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Last updated: 06 October 2008