Clean coastal catchments monitoring

Published 31 January 2024 Clean coastal catchment monitoring will assess the benefits of on-ground activities that aim to reduce diffuse-source water pollution.

One of the project's monitoring sites at Wapengo Creek. Photo credit: DPE Megan Powell)

Overview

Why is this project important?

Water quality monitoring and ecosystem health assessment methodologies are used to measure the success of targeted on-ground works and achievement of outcomes.

This project is quantifying changes in water quality and aquatic ecosystem health in response to on-ground works. This may include stock exclusion fencing and riparian vegetation rehabilitation.

Monitoring waterways is also quantifying nutrient and sediment export from intensive agricultural land use activities, for example from beef grazing or dairy farming.

What are we doing?

Report assessment methodologies and frameworks outlining assessment techniques and methods from this project can be applied in other coastal catchments.

An annual dashboard, factsheets and technical reports summarising findings will be produced. These reports will be made available on the NSW Marine Estate and NSW Environment websites.

Annual stakeholder and community workshops will continue to communicate results, invite feedback and present findings.

Lead agency

Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water

Partners

Department of Climate Change, Energy, the Environment and Water

Local Land Services

Department of Primary Industries - Agriculture

Department of Primary Industries - Fisheries

Our Initiatives

Initiative

Water quality and litter

Status

Current

Contacts

Name

Jessica Amies, Senior Scientist, NSW DCCEEW

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