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Program name
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Location
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Monitoring indicators
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Aerial Surveys of Waterbirds in Eastern Australia
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Queensland, New South Wales, Victoria and South Australia
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Identification of waterbirds and their abundance
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Black Ross (Townsville) Water Quality Improvement Plan Event Monitoring
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Black and Ross Basins
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Various water quality indicators
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Cattana Wetlands Water Quality Monitoring
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Artificial lakes at Smithfield, Cairns
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Various water quality indicators
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Central Queensland Ambient Estuary Program
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Tin Can Inlet north to the Fitzroy estuary
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Various water quality indicators
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Creek to Coral Community Monitoring
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Townsville local government area
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Various water quality and biological indicators
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Ecosystem Health Monitoring Program - Estuarine and Marine
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South East Queensland
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Various water quality indicators, sewage plume mapping Lyngbya, coral, seagrass and riparian extent
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Ecosystem Health Monitoring Program – Event-based
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South East Queensland
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Stream discharge and various water quality indicators,
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Ecosystem Health Monitoring Program - Freshwater
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South East Queensland
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Various water quality and biological indicators, nutrient cycling and ecosystem processes
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Environmental Flows Assessment Program (EFAP)
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Statewide
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Indicators vary across Water Resource Plan areas.
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Fitzroy Priority Neighbourhood Catchments Water Quality Monitoring Program
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Fitzroy Basin neighbourhood catchments
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Various water quality indicators
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| Fitzroy River Enhanced Environmental Monitoring Program |
Fitzroy catchments |
Various water quality and biological indicators |
| Framework for the Assessment of River and Wetland Health (FARWH) – Queensland trials |
Surface Water Management Areas
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Six themes: catchment disturbance, physical form, hydrological disturbance, water quality and soils, fringing zone, aquatic biota
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Great Artesian Basin Springs Monitoring Program
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Great Artesian Basin
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Spring extent and flow
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Groundwater Ambient Network (GWAN) – Water quality
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Statewide
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Various water quality indicators
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Groundwater Water Level Network
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Statewide
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Groundwater water level
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Lake Eyre Basin River Health Assessment
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Lake Eyre Basin
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Fish assemblages, waterbirds, general vegetation, vegetation of Nationally Important Wetlands, physical habitats, hydrology and various water quality indicators
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| Long term Historical Trend Water Quality Monitoring Data |
Statewide |
Determine and results cover chemical, physical and biological properties of water, sediment, plant and tissue samples and direct measurements from across Queensland. |
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Lyngbya Monitoring Program
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South East Queensland (primarily Moreton Bay)
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Lyngbya presence and coverage
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| Mackay Water Quality Monitoring |
Mackay Botanical Gardens |
Various water quality and biological indicators |
| Mangrove and associated communities of Moreton Bay |
South East Queensland (primarily Moreton Bay) |
Extent, type and change in extent and type |
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Moreton Bay Marine Park Monitoring Program
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Moreton Bay Marine Park
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Indicators vary according to specific projects within the program
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Moreton Bay Regional Council Waterway Health Monitoring Program
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Moreton Bay Regional Council local government area
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Various water quality and biological indicators in freshwater and estuarine environments
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Murray-Darling Basin Authority – Basin Salinity Management Strategy Annual Reporting and Audit
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Queensland and northern New South Wales sections of the Murray-Darling Basin
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Stream flow and electrical conductivity
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| Pioneer Valley Water Board Monitoring |
Pioneer Catchment |
Various water quality and biological indicators |
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Port Curtis Integrated Monitoring Program (PCIMP)
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Port Curtis (port-wide)
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Various water quality and biological indicators, mangroves, intertidal invertebrates and seagrass
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| Queensland Murray-Darling Committee Community Monitoring Program |
Region |
Various water quality and biological indicators |
| Queensland wetland extent mapping |
Statewide |
Wetland extent, wetland type, change in wetland extent |
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Reef Plan Paddock to Reef Integrated Monitoring, Modelling and Reporting Program (Paddock to Reef Program)
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Eastern Coastal Catchments
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Various water quality indicators (freshwater and inshore marine), catchment mapping, inshore coral reef and seagrass monitoring
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South East Queensland (SEQ) Catchments Community Water Quality Monitoring Program
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South East Queensland
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Various water quality indicators and air temperature
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Stream and Estuary Assessment Program (SEAP) – Freshwater
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Statewide
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Varies according to the biogeographic province monitored
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Surface Water Ambient Network (SWAN) – Water quality
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Statewide
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Various water quality indicators
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Surface Water Monitoring Network
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Statewide
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Rainfall, flow, height and some time series water quality indicators
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The Lakes Environmental and Ecosystem Health
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The Lakes (Paradise (Keyatta) Lake and Curralea Lake), Ross Creek catchment
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Various water quality indicators
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| Water Quality of Port Curtis and Tributaries |
Port Curtis and Tributaries |
Various water quality indicators |
| Wetland walkabout monitoring |
Reef catchments |
pH, EC, DO, water and air temp, turbidity, weather conditions, last rainfall, water level, water flow rate, stream data (width, depth, erosion, siltation), water appearance, water odour, exotic water plants, algal types, fish |
This page should be cited as:
Department of Environment, Science and Innovation, Queensland (2013) Water quality, water quantity and aquatic ecosystem monitoring, WetlandInfo website, accessed 8 May 2025. Available at: https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/assessment/monitoring/current-and-future-monitoring/
— Department of the Environment, Tourism, Science and Innovation