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Ecosystem Health Monitoring Program – Event-based Monitoring Program

Coverage

The map below highlights the areas where sampling has occurred for this program.

Click on the map to view information about the drainage basins in this area.

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Start Date

June 2006

End date

Ongoing program dependent on annual renewals

Objectives of the program

This program aims to:

  • collect a robust set of data to describe non-urban diffuse sourced pollutants during storm events
  • provide information to third parties for validation of catchment models
  • provide insights into catchment processes influencing water quality models
  • foster partnership approach across organisations to ensure consistent approaches to water quality collection.

Who is involved?

Lead organisation

Healthy Waterways

Contact details of lead organisation: hwwinfo♲healthywaterways.org

Partner organisations

Ecosystem Health Monitoring Program Partners

List of indicators monitored 

Note not all indicators are monitored at all sites.

  • Discharge
  • Total nitrogen
  • Total phosphorus
  • Oxidised nitrogen
  • Total dissolved nitrogen
  • Ammonium nitrogen
  • Dissolved organic nitrogen
  • Total dissolved phosphorus
  • Dissolved organic phosphorus
  • Filterable reactive phosphorus
  • Suspended sediment
  • Particle size analysis

Scale of program

Regional and catchment or basin scale

Brief description of sampling locations

End of catchment and major sub-catchments - 29 gauging stations to gather data over a long period of time (30 years).

Single land use and small catchments - ‘mini’ gauging stations at 10 sites. Rising stage samplers may also be installed at some sites. 

Frequency of monitoring

Stream flow rates are calculated from continuously logged stream water level height measurements using site specific rating curves.

Water quality sampling is conducted throughout major flow events. It is also conducted on a monthly basis during periods of base flow conditions. Manual ‘grab’ sampling is conducted at monitoring sites:

  • where auto-samplers are not installed (or not functional)
  • on the falling stage at sites where rising stage samplers are installed
  • when sampling base flow. 

Where is the program reported? 

Ecosystem Health Monitoring Program

Last updated: 18 November 2015

This page should be cited as:

Department of Environment, Science and Innovation, Queensland (2015) Ecosystem Health Monitoring Program – Event-based Monitoring Program, WetlandInfo website, accessed 30 August 2024. Available at: https://wetlandinfo.des.qld.gov.au/wetlands/assessment/monitoring/current-and-future-monitoring/ecosystem-health-monitoring-event-based.html

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